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G for Geneva, G for Gold

I just came back home from 38th Exhibition of Inventions Geneva held in Geneva, Switzerland. Among around a thousand inventions, including 55 from class M (Medicine, Surgery, Hygiene, Orthopedics, Materials for the handicapped), I have demonstrated my CPR device (you can see it in my presentation from Amsterdam). The whole experience was truly fantastic and [...]

24 April 2010 | design, iphone, medicine, science | 3 Comments

Informed Pocket Guides for the iPhone

I discovered Informed Pocket Guides almost two years ago and have been a huge fan ever since. The first product I got was the Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide. I believe the fact that I take extra care this little/big guide is always in my bag when I go to work, says it all. [...]

27 December 2009 | design, internet, iphone, medicine | 3 Comments

AirStrip CRITICAL CARE

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is taking place in San Francisco right now. On the first day Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G S. They also continued their tradition of presenting some interesting upcoming applications.
AirStrip Technologies has presented its new medical app called Critical Care. I really don’t have any comments at this [...]

10 June 2009 | iphone, medicine | No Comments

Swine flu outbreak in iTunes store

There seam to be more swine flu apps in iTunes store than confirmed swine flu cases throughout the World . As of today, there are 25 iPhone applications related to swine influenza available in iTunes store.

Eleven of these apps are free, while the other 14 cost somewhere between $0.99 and $1.99. Most of [...]

19 May 2009 | humor, internet, iphone, medicine | 1 Comment

Clinical Trials app: video review and giveaway

Recently Kat Sanders presented Clinical Trials app for iPhone in a guest post on my blog. Now I am bringing you a video review of this great app.
But that’s not all! Geoffrey Young of StopWatch Media, makers of Clinical Trials app, was kind enough to offer us 4 promo codes which you can use [...]

18 May 2009 | internet, iphone, medicine, science | No Comments

NIH Database More Accessible to iPhone Users

By-line:
This article is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of phlebotomist schools at her blog Health Zone Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address.
The number of applications being developed for iPhone owners belonging to the medical community is increasing by the day. I guess it’s because more [...]

6 May 2009 | internet, iphone, medicine, science | 3 Comments