MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ambient'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086175&cid=t_201169_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresearchers-make-an-artificial-lung-that-would-not-require-a-mechanical-pump%2F2011.07.31 Researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio made a prototype of an artificial lung which reaches gas exchange efficiencies almost equal to the genuine organ. The small device does not need extra oxygen, it works with normal air. Joe Potkay, a research assistant professor in electrical engineering and computer science published the technique this week in the journal Lab on a Chip. The scientists developed this prototype while keeping track of the natural design of our lungs. It is made of breathable silicone rubber acting as blood vessels that get as small as one-fourth of the width of a human hair. Because it works on the same scale as normal lung tissue, the team was able to shrink the distances for gas diffusion compared to current techniques. Tests usin... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086175 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:00:01 +0100 5086175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424987&cid=t_201169_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FrJMvGo_iWH4%2Fnature-walk-videos.html [Image by Native Night Productions.] Peaceful Walks A series of gorgeous, high quality videos featuring nature scenery from around North America. The concept, born out of research showing that contact with and imagery of nature reduces stress, is to provide nature videos (“walks”) that are easily accessible on your computer when you’re unable to go on a physical walk through the wilderness. Available in free streaming previews (with watermarks) or higher resolution versions (no watermarks) which are downloadable for a small fee. Free sample download. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424987 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:48:58 +0100 3424987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298645&cid=t_201169_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fremoving-distracting-sounds%2F7067%2F A single interruption of only a few seconds can cost you 15 minutes of your day.  When you get distracted from concentrating, it takes up to 15 minutes to get back to where you were before the distraction. Our ambient sounds help reduce the amount of noise distractions in your workplace. Don’t forget, they are still on sale at a greatly reduced rate. Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. If you liked this, please consider sharing it with others: --- at Productivity501:Save $10 on Ambient Nature SoundsKindle DRMYounger Look for ResumeConcentrating with Ambient SoundsProducts (Source: Productivity501) Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298645 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:35:09 +0100 3298645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3269773&cid=t_201169_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FiGn1B12xjnI%2Fhow-to-relax-effectively-with-pmr.html Progressive Muscle Relaxation A no-nonsense video that combines Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) narration with ambient, peaceful images. Promotes relaxation and sleep. A good coping technique, proven effective for stress and anxiety. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3269773 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:30:03 +0100 3269773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267051&cid=t_201169_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FiGn1B12xjnI%2Fhow-to-relax-effectively-with-pmr.html Progressive Muscle Relaxation A no-nonsense video that combines Progressive Muscle Relaxation narration with ambient, peaceful images. Promotes relaxation and sleep. A good coping technique, proven effective for stress and anxiety. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267051 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:30:03 +0100 3267051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227858&cid=t_201169_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F01%2Fthe-nerdy-gendered-situation-of-computer-science%2F From University of Washington News (by Joel Schwarz): * * * In real estate, it’s location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment. The stereotype of computer scientists as nerds who stay up all night coding and have no social life may be driving women away from the field, according to a new study published this month. This stereotype can be brought to mind based only on the appearance of the environment in a classroom or an office. “When people think of computer science the image that immediately pops into many of their minds is of the computer geek surrounded by such things as computer games, science fiction memorabilia and junk food,” said Sapna Cheryan... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227858 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:29:02 +0100 3227858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231666&cid=t_201169_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FIPQukIk8-ag%2Fwater-relaxation.html [Image by darkpatator.] The Water Room An ambient video featuring relaxing beach wave sounds with gorgeous and thoughtful close images of water in motion. It’s designed as a “meditation room” with continuous streaming video to provide background for your relaxation routines or as a soothing balm in itself. Loveliness. Lime.com offers many videos including beginner’s yoga instruction by the excellent Rodney Yee to start a practice at home without expensive classes, and other healthy living and behavioural health subjects. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231666 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:37 +0100 3231666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205153&cid=t_201169_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fconcentrating-with-ambient-sounds%2F6667%2F Do you ever have a hard time concentrating because of noisy distractions?   Wouldn’t it be ideal if you could break out the walls in your office and place your desk 25 or 30 feet away from that noisy employee, grinding printer, or chirping phone? Most of the time, you can’t do anything about your physical space and your proximity to noisy distractions. But you can give yourself some sonic space.  Just think, if you could take the sound of your co-workers’ chitchatting 5 feet away and make it sound like they are 30 feet away.  Wouldn’t that accomplish pretty much the same thing as physically moving your desk away from them? Unfortunately workers don’t come with volume controls, so you can’t turn them down and it is generally considered impolite to ph... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205153 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:00:59 +0100 3205153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071263&cid=t_201169_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2Fthe-application-and-management-of-personal-electronic-inform.html The First International Forum on the Application and Management of Personal Electronic Information, organized by the MIT SENSEable City Lab, gathered many stakeholders from multiple disciplines to share on the issues surrounding the application and management of personal electronic information: The goal of this forum is to explore the novel applications for electronic data and address the risks, concerns, and consumer opinions associated with the use of this data. In addition, it will include discussions on techniques and standards for both protecting and extracting value from this information from several points of view: what techniques and standards currently exist, and what are their strengths and limitations? What holistic approaches to protecting and extracting value from data would w... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071263 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:11:14 +0100 3071263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441895&cid=t_201169_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fnew-book-on-pervasive-games.html New book on Pervasive Games: “Pervasive Games: Theory and Design - Experiences on the Boundary between Life and Play ” by Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros and Annika Waer (editors) published by Morgan Kauffman “Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games provide a worldwide network of potential play spaces. Now games can be designed to be played in public spaces like streets, conferences, museums and other non-traditional game venues – and game designers need to understand the world as a medium—both its challenges and its advantages. This book shows how to change the face of play—who plays, when and where they play and what that play means to all involved. The authors explore aspects of pervasive games th... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441895 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:54:06 +0100 2441895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773187&cid=t_201169_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F08%2Fdoes-twitter-draw-us-closer%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page The New York Times today has a great article about the latest digital fad — “ambient awareness.” Being aware of hundreds or even thousands of other people’s lives, while still not even necessarily knowing any of them. Ambient awareness is a term to describe the sum of knowledge pieced together from the little tidbits of information we gain from others through information technologies such as Facebook’s News Feed, or twitter. It requires each user, however, to keep that feed updated. Constantly. Without updates, the feed becomes completely stale and useless. Like blogging, most people who sign on to try out a service like twitter don’t keep it updated for very long unless their immediate social netw... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773187 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:05:44 +0100 1773187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668956&cid=t_201169_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F350618848%2F Some recent brain training and health news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies 2) Fitness protects brain in Alzheimer's patients 3) Brain Fitness Program Classic comes to Mac 4) Posit Science gains ownership of Scientific Learning (NSDQ: SCIL)´s BrainConnection. 5) Brain training on your mobile  6) You must remember this: how the mind works Here you have the links and my commentary for these news: 1) A Promising Debut for Computerized Therapies - "Against this difficult background, researchers at Yale report a paradigm-shifting approach that closes the gap to cost-effective real-world delivery of an effective cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) program for substance dependence. Cleverly called computer-based training for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT4CBT),this info... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668956 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:04:47 +0100 1668956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728410&cid=t_201169_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Fmit-media-lab-responsive-environment-group.html From Networked Performance     "Dual reality" is the concept of maintaining two worlds, one virtual and one real, that reflect, influence, and merge into each other by means of deeply embedded sensor/actuator networks. Both the real and virtual components of a dual reality are complete unto themselves, but are enriched by their mutual interaction. The Dual Reality Media Lab is an example of such a dual reality, as enabled the Plug sensor / actuator network that links our actual lab space to a virtual lab space in the Second Life online virtual world. [MOV]   (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728410 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:47:03 +0100 728410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477906&cid=t_201169_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2007%2F03%2F17%2Fpigeonbots.html From Practical Neurotechnology  Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China's Shandong University of Science and Technology claim to have implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up or down. The implants stimulated different areas of the pigeon's brain according to signals sent by the scientists via computer, and forced the bird to comply with their commands. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/02/cyborg_flying_r.html http://tenementpalm.blogspot.com/2007/02/psb-buys-tiny-german-spy-copters.html http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352761.html (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477906 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:51:12 +0100 477906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463578&cid=t_201169_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2007%2F02%2F24%2Frfid-powder-developed-by-hitachi.html From Pink Tentacle   Hitachi researchers have developed a new micro-miniaturized radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that is 64 times smaller than their currently available 0.4 x 0.4 mm mu-chips. At 5 microns thick, the RFID chips can more easily be embedded in sheets of paper, meaning they can be used in paper currency, gift certificates and identification     (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463578 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:23:13 +0100 463578