Category: Red and Near-Infrared Light

For a really good general article about mitochondria, click here.

Some fascinating ideas are presented about how the mitochondria came to be.

These ideas fit beautifully with the otherwise perplexing fact that mitochondria can respond to specific wavelengths.

We have registered a not-for-profit association. We have some more administrative things to do to get it all ready for action, but it is underway.

Our aim is for this association to:

• develop and manufacture effective and low-cost light devices
• make the devices available for purchase through the association
• put all profits and donations into medical research –  randomised case studies are the gold standard, but they are expensive things to run.

We had hoped that all the light devices (including Elizas) could be gifted through the association, but if this is ever possible, it is a long way into the future.

We are currently working on different models of light hats, and when we think we have identified the best we can do, we will seek funding for the development of a light hat that looks, um, civilised. Eliza bucket hats have been a great way to prototype our ideas and adapt findings from ongoing research, but they are not aesthetically pleasing…

This is an early model of a one-wavelength Eliza. You can see that it refuses to lose its inner bucketness.

The elastic strap helps hold the Eliza on the head, with the back tilted back onto the base of the skull and the front just above eyebrow levels. It doesn’t matter if the red light gets into the eyes. I find it more comfortable to be able read or watch television while wearing an Eliza.

Despite its less than-magnificent-appearance, it gives a good spread of light around the head, and the foil insert reflects the lights a little. It all helps.

The instructions have been posted on the blog. Check out the DIY page on the main menu.