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 text message.

In the interview Dave Detmers discusses the company’s demo at Apple’s event and fleshes out the background story on its Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose monitor that synchs up with the iPhone 3.0 OS. LifeScan is a Johnson & Johnson company focused primarily on diabetes monitoring devices and software.

MobiHealthNews Full Interview

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 your fitness activities and progress with friends.

Easy to use and contrary to some reviews it hasn’t eaten into my iPhone battery too much so far. Great stuff !

Runkeeper Site

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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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 – the healthiest way to live!

Release date: 20/02/2009

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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……

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Time to coin a catchy title for these sorts of developments – what I am now going to call M-Learning For Health (ML4H)

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

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

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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

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

Kindle Blog Entry

Ipod Touch Blog Entry

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 centered around the number 10. The overall aim of the game is to find and challenge the so-called “Make 10 Masters” as you improve your maths and puzzle-solving skills. Players use the Nintendo DS Touch Screen to complete the maths puzzles, and a gradual increase in difficulty and storybook style presentation mean the game is accessible for players of all ages.

Make 10 – A Journey Of Numbers