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Interesting MRI movie of childbirth in New Scientist. See the link at the bottom of their article for an MRI of a couple making a baby.
I had an interesting day at the 12th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in San Diego. The day started with the Simulation Education Network Meeting. Had quick chats with Lisa Sinz, Amanda Cooper, Mannie Pardo, Jeff Cooper, and Dave Gaba. SEN is up to 30 endorsed sites–and has already provided simulations for close [...]
There was an interesting blog entry in the New York Times this morning concerning the Microsoft Kinect. Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, touted the Kinect as the beginning of a revolution in human – computer interaction. Mundie believes the Kinect will ultimately replace today’s computer Graphical User Interfaces (or GUI). This proclamation [...]
Another cool Kinect game under development. This one is a must-have for swim families like mine. Michael Phelps: Push the Limit will bring Kinect-controlled swimming to your livingroom in June 2011. Careful not to get the XBox wet!
The vast majority of communication is nonverbal – derived from both body position and facial expression. Anyone that plays (or builds) video games realizes that in-game non-verbal communication leaves much to be desired. Well, It appears the race for in game realistic non-verbal communication is heating up. My friend, Rachel Brady, sent me a story [...]
The MIT Technology Review published an article on “enhancing reality in 2010″ including 3D TVs, cameras, and camcorders along with the rise of augmented reality. Read the article here. (Via The Year in Enhancing Reality – Technology Review.)
HopeLab (the makers of the serious game, Re-Mission), are getting into children’s excergames. Enter Zamzee–a rewards program to encourage physical activity. The concept is as follows: you wear a Zamzee meter that records your activity. You then upload the information to Zamzee and convert your activity to online currency you can spend in an online [...]
Does anyone else find this extremely disturbing? Designing synthetic organisms, although interesting from a scientific standpoint, seems incredibly risky. I’m going to send Venter a copy of Bill Joy’s article, Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us. J. Craig Venter: Designing Life November 21, 2010 5:02 PM Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose [...]
Duke University announces an RFI for creation of a virtual healthcare training platform
by jeffrey.taekman
on November 24, 2010
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· in Education, News, Opportunity, Virtual Worlds
Duke University is excited to announce a Request For Information for the development of a 3D virtual healthcare training platform (ILE@D-Immersive Learning Environments at Duke). Visit http://simcenter.duke.edu/ILE@D.html for more information. Responses in electronic format are due via email by 5p EST on December 15, 2010. Please direct questions and submissions to Michael Steele, ILE@D Program Manager, (michael.steele@duke.edu). Please [...]
Emergent Technologies, owners of the Gamebryo Lightspeed Engine, are being offered up for asset liquidation. The company racked up $30 million in operating expenses between 2005 and 2009. The sale is laying waste to $40 million of equity funding the company received from many venture capital firms including ?Worldview, Jerusalem Venture Partners and Cisco Ventures. (Via [...]
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