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Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare

Filed under: Net News

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research has devoted its latest issue to medical applications of 3D virtual environments. The issue covers topics such as medical training, psychological applications, and how seriously we should take the studies emanating from this...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 5, 2009 12:00 AM



It's a COGAIN World! Locked In People to Walk, Fly in Virtual Environments

Filed under: Rehab

Fully paralyzed folks are strictly limited in their ability to interact in the real world. Luckily, the virtual world of gaming and 3D environments like Second Life does not require working arms and legs. All that is truly needed there...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 13, 2009 12:07 PM



Kiwis Test Online Virtual Medical Environment for Training

Filed under: Net News

Virtual reality systems are becoming a popular way to introduce medical students to physical exams, history taking, and patient-physician interactions. The University of Auckland is testing a clinical sim developed within Second Life called Long White Cloud, which so...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 23, 2009 12:14 AM



A Survey of Medical Activity on Second Life

Filed under: Net News

Who would have thought that Second Life online virtual world "offers unique design features for disseminating health information, training health professionals, and enabling patient education for both academic and commercial health behavior research..."? It turns out that the game's...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 26, 2009 12:55 AM



Smart Virtual Avatars Help Build the Real World

Filed under: Public Health , etc.

Parametric Technology Corporation, a company out of Needham, Massachusetts that makes engineering design software, is making available for sale a set of virtual manikins, looking very much like the ones in Second Life virtual world. Unlike the ones in...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 25, 2008 10:01 AM



Hospital Simulator As Tool for Patient-Physician Interaction

Filed under: Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London has been working on a virtual reality hospital to help students learn the mechanics of interacting with patients and working within the facility. A group of third year medical students have been...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 18, 2008 11:02 AM



Real Exercise for a Virtual World

Filed under: Rehab , Sports Medicine , Sports Medicine

A couple Dutch tinkerers, with the understanding that many of us already live in Second Life, spliced an exercise bike with a computer. The system now allows a user to control an avatar while getting some real life exercise...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 18, 2008 01:00 AM



No Paralysis in Second Life

Filed under: Neurology , Rehab

Scientists at the Keio University in Japan used a commercially available EEG headband to allow a human to control a character walking around the Second Life virtual world, all through raw brain power. Obviously this technology has tremendous potential...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on June 17, 2008 01:26 AM



Real Doctors, Real Patients, Virtual Office

Filed under: Net News

The Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine (FYC) and the Coalition for Citizens with Chronic Illnesses has setup a service for Spanish teenagers to virtually visit a real doctor in Second Life, the 3D online virtual world. The...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 12, 2008 12:27 AM



IBM Builds Virtual Healthcare Island

Filed under: Net News

To promote IBM's vision of the future of healthcare information management, the company setup a virtual island within Second Life to demonstrate potential possibilities. As more ideas in healthcare IT are developed, IBM plans to continue working on their...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on March 7, 2008 10:22 AM



Ins and Outs

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Researchers create stem cell lines from poor quality embryos discarded from fertility clinics ... [Children's Hospital Boston] MODIFIED ATKINS DIET CAN CUT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN ADULTS ... [Johns Hopkins] Drug industry reconsiders sales tactics ... [Thompson] New study finds resistant...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 29, 2008 12:00 AM



Sandio 3D Mouse

Filed under: OTC

More news from fabulous Las Vegas. Sandio Technology Corp., a California-based firm, has just introduced at the CES 2008 a new model of its 3D mouse, a device designed for navigation in volumetric environments, primarily in computer games, but...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 8, 2008 04:34 PM



Anatomy Goes to Second Life

Filed under: Art , Net News

Kim Plowright from the Mildly Diverting has created "anatomically-correct" skin for Second Life avatars. Currently, Second Life is one of the most popular virtual worlds with hundreds of thousands of players. Want to see one of these worlds? Take...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on October 24, 2006 10:57 AM