Mar

20

Lifescan on iPhone 3.0

March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Interesting interview about Lifescan which was amongst the features demonstrated at the iPhone 3.0 update announcement. The announcement was important for developers because applications can be more effective as the user no longer has to remember to click on the app to get reminders – they can now be “pushed” to the phone like a [...]

Mar

20

RunKeeper – Fitness Tracking on the iPhone

March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Runkeeper is a great little application (free or paid for) that allows you to log the time and length of how far you have run, walk, or ridden. Utilising the GPS feature of the iPhone it allows you to easily track your speed, pace, and elevation, record and map routes (using GPS) and even share [...]

Feb

9

Professor Layton encourages ‘adventures in maths’

February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A Consolarium project involving Professor Layton and the Curious Village on Nintendo DS supporting learning in a school in the Orkney Islands (lets hope they’re doing better on it than I am at the moment !) …..
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Jan

20

A Walk On the DS Lite

January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Take a walk on the fun side with Nintendo’s latest lifestyle game, which comes with two very special Activity Meter pedometers! Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine? helps you work out if your activity rhythm is up to scratch and provides valuable insight on how to set up a regular routine – [...]

Nov

28

M-Learning For Health (ML4H) – Quit Smoking On the DS

November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Recently seen out and about in the shops….
My Health Coach: Stop Smoking brings Allen Carr’s method to Nintendo DS. Developed in conjunction with Allen Carr’s experts, the game hopes to make users understand all the illusions about smoking that prevent them from quitting through powerful facts brought by experts and fun games……
Ubisoft Site
Time to [...]

Nov

3

Twittering Diabetes

November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Various links about the use of twitter with diabetes sufferers. First off, in 2007 to increase awareness of Diabetes and raise money for the ADA Scott Hanselman twittered his diabetes…..
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Tu Diabetes has Success with Twitter
Sugarstats & Twitter Integration
Twitter: Smaller than a blog, better than Instant Messaging

Nov

3

iphone medical uses 1,2,3

November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Joshua Schwimmer blogs about medical uses of the iPhone from last year but still relevant and interesting (!)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Oct

20

Epocrates and the iPhone

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Epocrates, a free database of pharmaceuticals — with extras like CME credits and medical news — for physicians, the most used healthcare application on the iPhone….
Source : Tech Medicine
Epocrates

Oct

20

Kindle, iPhone and Medical Education

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

John Halamka describes the Kindle and Ipod Touch/iPhone as devices with great potential for medical education….
Kindle Blog Entry
Ipod Touch Blog Entry

Sep

3

More Nintendo DS Numeracy

September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Since its release in February, Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training has helped many Nintendo DS owners nail down the 1-2-3s of basic arithmetic. The game’s namesake, Hideo Kageyama, talks to the Nintendo website………..
Prof. Kageyama talks about Maths Training
Make 10: A journey of numbers (released 26/09/08) is a mathematics game where players must complete numbers puzzles [...]