A blog written by Ivor Kovic.....about medicine, science, internet, soap bubbles, design, imaginary friends, books, music for robots, uncreative taglines...

Webicina smartphone app

My dear colleague dr. Bertalan Mesko, better known as Berci, who just happens to be one of the best medical bloggers out there, has recently published his own smartphone app. You see, apart from running a super successful blog called ScienceRoll, Berci is the founder and managing director of Webicina, a site that has been […]

15 March 2011 | iphone, medicine, science | 2 Comments

Dilbert & Medicine

You all know about Dilbert, right? The guy with a white dress shirt, black trousers and a red-and-black striped tie? From WIkipedia: Dilbert is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character. […]

21 November 2010 | humor, medicine | 1 Comment

Mobile Monday Amsterdam impressions

Several day ago I came back home after presenting at the Mobile Monday Amsterdam event titled Mobile Health. That is me on the left I am still impressed by the whole thing. First of all I have to congratulate the organizers (Marc, Yuri, Maarten, Sam, and Martijn) for doing a great job. They fully supported […]

29 January 2010 | design, internet, iphone, medicine, science | 4 Comments

Speaking at Mobile Monday Amsterdam

I will be speaking at the 14th event of the Mobile Monday chapter in Amsterdam titled Mobile Health. This event will take place on 25th of January with doors opening at 3pm and presentations running until 7pm with a half hour break. Even if you cannot be there, be sure to check out the livestream […]

20 January 2010 | design, internet, iphone, medicine, science | No Comments

Living in Emergency

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. […]

12 December 2009 | medicine | 3 Comments

TED Talk: Surgery’s past, present and robotic future

Catherine Mohr is quite an incredible women. She is both an engineer and a medical doctor. She combines these two fields with her great inventions which help advance surgery. Take a look at her TED Talk in which she presents the newest robotic tools for surgery, but also remembers the beginnings of this art/craft/science.

22 June 2009 | design, medicine, science | 1 Comment