Monthly Archives: April 2010 «

Mobile Medicine From Your Mobile Phone

Dr Shock
April 6, 2010
In this Nature video 10 of the best 2000 medical applications for iPhone are demonstrated, among which a stethoscope and a CPR trainer. Whether you're a researcher, doctor, or patient, get ready for your medicine to go mobile.Related posts: Medicine 2.0 Blog Carnival about Web 2.0 and Medicine Empathy in Medicine Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 50 is up at Medicine & Technology. ..read more »

What Adults can learn from Kids

Dr Shock
April 4, 2010
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. Related posts: Facebook Privacy Concerns in Young Adults How Risky Are Social Networking Sites for Kids Learn Deep Brain Surgery. ..read more »

Time-Lapse Video of the Milky Way over Hawaii

Dr Shock
April 3, 2010
The White Mountain from charles on Vimeo. In all the messiness of life's day-to-day, one tends to forget the majesty that is the universe on a grand scale. Let this stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii remind you of your insignificance. Beautifull. Related posts: Time Lapse Photography Beauty in Time Lapse Photography A Life on Facebook, Time Lapse Video ..read more »

Who Likes Surrealist Motion Pictures?

Dr Shock
April 2, 2010
Mostly sensation seekers, those higher on openness to experience and with greater ambiguity tolerance according to a recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences. Surrealism started in the early 1920s. Surrealism was expressed in pictures, music, writings and later also in films. surrealist film in particular is characterised by the use of incongruous and ambiguous imagery and situations, and could be considered a par excellence example of non-conventional art. A total of 240 participants from Vienna, Austria were included in this study. They looked and rated ten film clips. They also completed the Big Five personality questionnaire, a scale for sensation seeking .....read more »