Not too long ago I spent a few minutes doing some protein folding on a Microsoft Surface unit, was pretty awesome. Easy enough to disinfect too with spray and you can wear gloves too. Of course this could also be used to view records as well as images. Well as much as I have been talking...
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on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Health IT, HealthVault, software, Heatlhcare, Surface Technology, Imaging, Micorsoft
Records describe bgC3 as a “holding company” and according the this report and earlier this year he stated that he wanted to work more with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, so it appears this will be a “think tank” as referenced. Unlike we have seen with Wall Street lately, there is no endeavor...
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on 10-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Bill Gates, Surface Technology, Philanthropy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Think Tank, bg3LLC
I had an opportunity today to try my hands at protein folding on Surface. The snapshots were taken with my cellphone so the quality here may not be the best, but just a few pictures of hands on research methodologies. I have posted on this topic a few times but thought I would add a few pictures...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-10-2008
Filed under: Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, DNA, microsoft, Pharmacogenomics, Protein Folding, Surface Technology, Genomcis, Scripps
I noticed in several posts I have made I make reference to these centers, but didn’t have anything on the blog, so here goes so now I will have my back link in the future. One of my long time interests has been in the Windows Mobile area. Being I live in a big metropolitan area, I have...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-27-2008
Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, microsoft, Tablet PC, Common User Interface, R and D, Surface Technology, Server 2008, Hardware Solutions, Sofware Solutions, Solutions, Sofware Architecture, Technology Centers
Thanks to Dr. Crounse for previewing some of this at the HUG meeting in Redmond recently, we have already had a preview of how some of this new technology works with healthcare, like folding proteins on Surface for example. More can be read here with videos to watch and download. Follow...
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on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Common User Interface, MIT, Surface Technology
Mayo Clinic says it is effective, but most of us probably already knew that from other industries as healthcare is last to jump on the bandwagon, but the important thing is that they do jump on, even though in previous posts healthcare has been referenced as a "low tech" industry. It...
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on 09-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Internet, Teaching, Surface Technology, Mayo Clinic
This is hot stuff! Recently I had an in depth interview with Dr. Patrice Milos, Chief Scientific Officer at Helicos discussing genomics and where the future is going. Helicos has the software and the genomics machine, and wouldn't this be a nice addition to run on Surface. This...
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on 08-27-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, Surface, Cardiology, Touch Screen, HIMMS, Surface Technology, Helicos, Heart Transplant, MSDN, Scripps, Healthblog