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The following is a paper I did for my first OHSU class, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics with Dr Hersh. I turned out pretty well, and I go back to it every now and then to grab a nice citation… so I’m putting it up for all to see.
Nothing much original here, just a [...]

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Not automatic, but nothing went wrong so I’m OK with it.

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Folks over at eatmecrunchy.com have a bowl that keeps your breakfast cereal dry  It features a shelf that separates most of the cereal from the milk.
It is amazing to me just when you think things could go any further, someone finds a way to push it into the new.  Ceramics has been around for 25,000 [...]

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Using a brain-computer interface, folks are able to operate an avatar in Second Life. (Article)
While I don’t think doing simple things with computers via brain waves is all that new, it is cool to see it used in a ‘freely available’ virtual environment populated be all sorts of folks from around the world. [...]

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As readers of my blog may know. I travel around Second Life looking at healthcare related sites… I also sometimes wonder what good they might do.
Now I find the Methodist University Hospital has a Virtual Welcome Center that includes maps and videos to familiarize folks with their facilities prior to them visiting. Despite [...]

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The folks at Topoware have a nice set of dishes lined and labeled in ever increasing amounts. More fun in that they are not in your typical standard cooking measurements.
This is especially topical given recent articles on Brian Wansink’s work on on plate size, portions, and appetite. It seems that the larger the [...]

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