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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 [...]
The innovators over at USB fever have produced a USB powered ‘timesaving’ device that will have its users on the edge of their seats - the USB Digital Endoscope . As the manufacturers state:
You can use this USB Endoscope to reach the place that you cannot reach but still need to see
So why wait 6 months [...]
Posted in Administration, clinical interpretation, education, elearning, search, searchengine, timesaver on Oct 30th, 2008
The Lancet Informing and Reforming Medicine
The Lancet.com gets a makeover and has relaunched following an extensive review of the readership. Employing ‘development partners’ The Lancet’s new website has essentially been designed ‘with physicians, for physicians’. This new site should reduce the problems with the old site such as repetitive login requests, poor search functionality and [...]
Posted in humor, litigation, networking, social, timesaver on Oct 24th, 2008
A Sydney telco employee (Kyle Doyle) has learned the hard way the perils of sharing too much information on Facebook after he was caught by his boss chucking a sickie after a big night out.
In an email exchange doing the rounds of office blocks, Mr Doyle was asked by his employer to provide a medical certificate [...]
Posted in bookmarking, search, social, timesaver on Oct 23rd, 2008
Collation viewers and aggregators are two-a-penny and I have already reviewed many. I wanted to draw your attention to Alltop.com as an excellent alternative to iGoogle, Pageflakes, Simply Headlines and the like.
Posted in Infectious disease, education, timesaver on Oct 22nd, 2008
Life is busy - real busy, and we need some assistance every now and then to lighten the load. Thanks to a great article in the journal PLOS Medicine, and CNN Health Report this week - things are getting a whole heap easier.
Breaking up is hard to do - but add to the mix the conjecture, [...]
Posted in Equipment, gadget, technology, timesaver on Oct 5th, 2008
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‘ [...]
Posted in Equipment, education, fitness, gadget, health, technology, telehealth, timesaver on Oct 2nd, 2008
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 [...]
Life is busy - real busy, and we need some assistance every now and then to make it all a little easier. We already have the ‘Emergency Musical Interlude‘ to enhance our audio-visual-laughter interface - and to make the world seem a temporarily better place.
Now I would like to slowly introduce the concept of using [...]
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