Some great pictures of OQO users

There are some great photos of doctors using the OQO. The OQO model 02 is such an innovative machine. It was also great seeing people using the older OQO model 01 and 01+

Take a look here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/oqousers/

Next generation capsule endoscopy

The future of capsule endoscopy may be in miniature robotic arms that can take biopsies and perform therapeutic functions. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed this capsule that has robotic arms that open to "hold" the capsule in-place in the gut. Essentially, these arms open to get this capsule stuck. Then, when the arms retract and close, the capsule is free to continue its course through the GI tract.

Want to read more? Then take a look at Technology Review.

Get Skype for your XV6800

Get Skype for Windows Mobile. The latest version supports Windows Mobile 6.1

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windowsmobile/

XV6800 with GPS vs. iPhone

Since I'm on Verizon Wireless, I can't use an iPhone. However, I can use the XV6800 that has a built-in GPS chip. To use the GPS in the XV6800 (also known as the Sprint Mogul or the HTC Titan), you have to make some custom changes to the operating system (or ROM).

The nice thing about the XV6800 is that it runs on Windows Mobile 6 (or 6.1 if you load customized ROM). Therefore, you can run all sorts of GPS and mapping software, ranging from TomTom Navigator, Garmin Mobile, and several other software packages. Plus, there are FREE software solutions like Google Maps and Microsoft Live Search. Before you know it, you'll have a fully-functional GPS navigation unit in your hand.

The future of free EHR solutions

Will the future of EMR and EHR be open source and/or free advertisement-supported platforms? Marketing and advertising are so important to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, so there shouldn't be any problem funding EHR solutions that are ad-based. Will that be the future model for success?

So many physicians are unable to afford paying for standard EHR solutions. They can't afford the software + hardware + support that is needed to effectively run EHR in their practice. However, if the software cost = $0, then uptake could rise tremendously. Furtheremore, if support could also be FREE, then we'd have a winning solution.

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is using the term EHR over EMR, so I think that will become standard terminology. Free or open source EHR solutions should be CCHIT certified if they want to be competitive.

J Kim, MD, MPH

Those are my initials: J Kim, MD, MPH
or, more simply: JK, MD, MPH

There are obviously others who also have the same initials. Here are just a few:

Joe Kim, MD, MPH
http://www.csmc.edu/12988.html

John Kim, MD, MPH
http://www.baim.citymax.com/healers.html

Want to know how many people have J Kim, MD? That list seems endless...

Single-insertion, multi-sample biopsy needle

When I was at MIT, I was involved in some mechanical engineering research modifying biopsy needles. Hence, I am naturally intrigued when new biopsy needles are engineered.

A company in California called Rubicor has developed a new type of biopsy needled called FLASH. This single-insertion, multi-sample biopsy needle can take up to 15 core samples with one incision. Certainly beats those spring-loaded biopsy needles that make a horrible clicking sound when they 'fire' to cut a core of tissue.

Google Maps gets updated

If you use Google Maps on your Windows Mobile (or Pocket PC) device, then you'll be glad to know there's an update available. Version 2.2.0.16 is now available. Get it here: www.google.com/gmm

Namesake: Joseph Kim

Design 21: Social Design Network announced the top three winners of the Power to the Pedal online design competition this week from 222 entries worldwide. The third place entry and most popular, as voted by DESIGN 21 members, was The Sound from Wind by Joseph Kim and Jinwook Hwang from Seoul, South Korea. The Sound from Wind design creates a melody by wind passing through a ceramic-type instrument secured to the handlebars. Nice job Joseph!

I need to get one of these for my bikes. Reminds me of those deer whistles that people put on their cars to scare the deer away.

Do you use more than one computer?

Many of us have more than 1 computer at home. We keep old ones and we may even have a mini museum of old PCs.

How many people regularly use more than 1 computer? I'm sure that most use a computer at work. Are you familiar with different operating systems? Windows XP? Vista? Mac OS? Linux? Laptop? Desktop?

Do you use a UMPC or tablet PC?

I've been thinking about how usage patterns have been evolving. People are using their PC to check e-mail, browse the web, chat on forums, socialize in social networking sites, and do their work. At what point does a person decide that "I need another PC in my life?"

Where is the UMPC market going?

W3C Standards Make Mobile Web Experience More Inviting

W3C today announced new standards that will make it easier for people to browse the Web on mobile devices.

http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0

W3C published a second standard today: XHTML Basic 1.1 Recommendation, the preferred format specification of the Best Practices.

The Working Group also published today the first draft of a next generation of guidelines, Mobile Web Application Best Practices, aimed at mobile Web applications.