Mednar is a one-stop federated search engine designed for professional medical researchers to quickly access information from a multitude of credible sources. Researchers can take advantage of Mednar’s many tools to narrow their searches, drill down into topics and discover new information sources.
Mednar is here and it is good. Check it out medical librarians, public library staff, [...]
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Yottalook is free radiology-centric web search engine and was designed to provide the practicing radiologists with the most important and relevant information at the time of patient care. The search engine is based on natural query analysis, semantic ontology and ranking algorithms powered by iVirtuoso. The thesaurus of medical terminologies is supported by the Radiology Society of North [...]
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Posted in gadget, review, technology, timesaver on Dec 30th, 2008
Introducing the iBreath Breathalyzer & FM Transmitter for iPod from David Steele Enterprises. The iBreath gadget allows the user to check their breath alcohol content. The iBreath is an innovative gadget designed to operate with the iPod.
Just fold out the blow wand and exhale into it for at least 5 seconds. 2 seconds later, this amazing tool let’s you know [...]
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Health Sciences Online (HSO) has launched claiming to be a ‘virtual learning center’ which aims to deliver authoritative, comprehensive, free, and ad-free health sciences knowledge using the search technology of Vivisimo. HSO (www.hso.info) is a portal with browse and search functions with access to a comprehensive collection of top-quality courses and references in medicine, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, basic sciences, [...]
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Medical Multimedia with physician direction, editing and control is available but of variable quality. I have been searching for high quality animations to assist in the contextualization of e-learning and medical education.
With an ever-expanding collection of radiological and clinical images the next step is to combine core text, HQ clinical images and HD video with physician led animation. In this [...]
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I am no narcolept, but have on occasion found myself waking at the computer terminal in the realm of unpleasant disorientation, with the screensaver pixels dancing with laughter. But those troublesome sprites will worry me no more - thanks to the Kokuklok - all the way from Switzerland.
With the choice of ‘cockerel‘, ‘electronic‘, ‘classic‘ or ‘slayer guitar‘ [...]
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A regular flashlight can be handy in times of emergency - and now this device has been made even handier with the addition of audible BLS guidelines. This talking flashlight prompts the user through the critical aspects of the CPR process with a clear and calm female voice. It includes adult, child and baby specific instructions compliant with [...]
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The iPhone Heart Monitor - great stuff. This application uses your iPhones in-built microphone to detect, calculate and store your heart rate. The iPhone microphone (especially the one built into your headphones) can record your pulse from your chest, wrist or neck. Watching the video, it looks like it will be a perfect application for [...]
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Around the world, people are living longer and striving to lead independent, happy, and healthy lives - unfortunately the concurrent rise in chronic disease conditions such as diabetes, combined with ‘longevity’ has resulted in an exaltation of patients spending ‘quality time’ within the environs of their local emergency room and becoming acquainted with the personnel therein.
To assist [...]
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Posted in gadget, search, technology on Sep 25th, 2008
Over 1600 eponymous signs, symptoms and syndromes packed into this free website - alphabetically sorted and ready to read on your iPhone, Palm or windows mobile. Impress your friends with your knowledge of ‘Jumping Frenchman of Maine Syndrome’ or ‘Kew Gardens Spotted fever’…you know you want to
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