NCurse

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Walking Humanoids
Medgadget reported about the walking humanoid, PETMAN, developed by Boston Dynamics. I have never seen such a realistic movement from a robot.

I tried to find other similar videos just to highlight the difference:






And a walking robotic dog:
Collected 2 days ago from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged medicine, robotics, technology, video
Life in a glass sphere: Ecosphere
I’ve recently come across Ecosphere which is a really creative idea for those who would like to see something different from an aquarium or a terrarium on their desks.
Inside each EcoSphere are active micro-organisms, bright red shrimp and algae, each existing in filtered sea water. Because the EcoSphere is a self-sustaining ecosystem, you never have [...]
Collected 2 days ago from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged video, science
Social Search Makes It Easier
Do you remember Personas that visualizes the map of your online presence? Here is a better solution. From one point of view, it’s great to have such a useful tool as Google Social Search. A short video about what it is and how it works.
Social Search taps into a user’s social network profiles and displays [...]
Collected Nov 3, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged education, google, health, health 2.0, medical education
Is it only Google Wave?
Yesterday I found out I had 20 invitations for a Google Wave account. I asked my followers on Twitter whether anyone needed one, and I got over 80 requests. It seems people would like to give it a try. But what about other developments that also aim to change the way we communicate. Here is [...]
Collected Oct 28, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health 2.0, medicine, medicine 2.0, technology, web 2.0
Second Life News: Midwifery and Molecules
Midwifery, birth and Second Life



Can Training in Second Life Teach Doctors to Save Real Lives? (Discover)


A Virtual Science Environment in Second Life

Mary Anne Clark describes the organization and uses of Genome Island, a virtual laboratory complex constructed in Second Life. Genome Island was created for teaching genetics to university undergraduates but also provides a public [...]
Collected Oct 26, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged medical education, medicine, medicine 2.0, second life, video
What’s on the Web: Radiopaedia and Medical Videos
The Future of Health Care Is Social

Health care is a personal issue that has become wholly public–as the national debate over reforming our system makes painfully clear. But what’s often lost in the gun-toting Town Hall debates about the issue is a clear vision about how medicine could work in the future. In this feature [...]
Collected Oct 25, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged medicine, medicine 2.0, mobile, video, web 2.0
VenaHub Wirelessly Reports Health Data Compliance
Barbara Duck at The Medical Quack published an interesting article about new devices that help report health data compliance wirelessly. One example is the VenaHub device:
Collected Oct 25, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, innovation, invention, medicine
Healthcare and internet in the Netherlands
I saw the Dutch version of this video at the recent Reshape conference.
Collected Oct 25, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, healthcare, video, web 2.0
New Interface of Pubmed: Video
David Rothman shared a useful video that describes the new interface of Pubmed, the database of biomedical information.
Collected Oct 25, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged medical search, medicine, medicine 2.0, video, web 2.0
What’s on the Web: Telemedicine, Twitter and Wii-hab
HIPAA’s Broken Promise (e-Patients.net)


Self-Tracking Wins at the Mayo Clinic (The Quantified Self)



Physicians Using Twitter (iCons in Medicine)


The latest Parkinson’s treatment: Wii-hab (Times Online)

Could a real hope of improving the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease — here, now, in their own homes — lie in a computer game? With major drug breakthroughs still tantalisingly [...]
Collected Oct 24, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, medicine, medicine 2.0, technology
Kevin, MD On The Future Of The Medical Blogosphere
Here is an interview with Kevin Pho, the author of the popular KevinMD blog. He talks about why he blogs, what results he has seen and the future of the medical blogosphere. Recorded with Rohit Bhargava at Blogworld Expo 2009 in Las Vegas.
Collected Oct 20, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged blogging, medicine, medicine 2.0, video, web 2.0
FitBit: Self-Tracking 2.0
If you want to track your fitness, your diet and sleep, FitBit is something you will really like. Tim Stevens on Engadget had a detailed review with videos and screenshots. The wireless device that can be carried in a pocket or clipped to clothing, tracks calories burned and sleep cycles to help users be [...]
Collected Oct 19, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, invention, medicine, medicine 2.0
A piano in a hospital
Lee Aase from Mayo Clinic shared an interesting story with us at the recent Reshape 2009 event in the Netherlands. They placed a piano in the lobby of the hospital and an old couple showed their talent.

The video became a viral one and now has more than 4 million visits. A few weeks later, [...]
Collected Oct 19, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged fun, health, health 2.0, hospital, humor
Google Wave and Medicine
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the medical and scientific implications of Google Wave that might revolutionize the way we communicate nowadays. But it’s hard to demonstrate its power without real examples. This video shows how to combine Google Wave with the medical data stored in Google Health:

Artificial Intelligent Doctor:
Systematic and thorough: can check [...]
Collected Oct 18, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged google, health, health 2.0, healthcare, medicine
Personalized Genetics in the News: 3D Structure and Bar Code Reader
Scientists Decipher The 3-D Structure Of The Human Genome

The researchers report two striking findings. First, the human genome is organized into two separate compartments, keeping active genes separate and accessible while sequestering unused DNA in a denser storage compartment.
Second, at a finer scale, the genome adopts an unusual organization known in mathematics as a “fractal.” [...]
Collected Oct 10, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged genetic testing, health, health 2.0, medicine, medicine 2.0
Trendsmap in Medicine= Google Maps + Twitter Trends
A few months ago, I shared many interesting resources that help how the recent H1N1 outbreak can be followed online but have you ever thought about tracking diseases through an interactive map by using the information uploaded by people from around the world? Here is Trendsmap, the combination of Google Maps and Twitter trends.

I did [...]
Collected Oct 5, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, medicine, medicine 2.0, video
Young Scientists on Video
This video has been generated during a course for young scientists that has been held in Siena in April 2009: “Scientific communication to general public: different languages, different media, but only one clear message”.
Collected Oct 3, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged video, science
Social Media and Organ Donor Participation
Christopher Boyer has recently interviewed Chris Bevolo and also featured the great and creative videos of Half the Men.
Minnesota men in this age category register to be organ and tissue donors at a lower rate than the general population. The Half The Men initiative seeks to raise the rate of registration in this group to [...]
Collected Oct 2, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged medicine, video, web 2.0
Patient Education Video Series by Paul Levy and Val Jones
Dr. Val Jones has recently uploaded 3 videos as a part of a long series of patient education and inspirational story videos. These feature hospital safety described by Paul Levy, author of Running a Hospital blog.
“Paul Levy, President & CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses his innovative approach to keeping patients [...]
Collected Sep 28, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, healthcare, medicine, medicine 2.0
Health 2.0 Challenge
My good friend, Lucien Engelen, among others, launched Health 2.0 Challenge, a great initiative aiming to improve healthcare.
Healthcare faces a considerable challenge given: more demand for care, fewer people and higher quality. This demands for innovation!
Therefore, not only one answer is needed, but a couple of solutions are needful. Do you want to participate in [...]
Collected Sep 22, 2009 from feedproxy.google.com via blog import
tagged health, health 2.0, healthcare, innovation, video
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