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 'blue sky'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069570&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2011%2F07%2F27%2Fa-robot-that-flies-like-a-bird.html The poetry of technology.. (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069570 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:07:00 +0100 5069570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028463&cid=t_317095_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F09%2Fthoughts-on-memories-grief-and-loss%2F For the first few months after my dad’s passing, it was really hard to talk about him and even harder to recall memories, vivid, detailed descriptions of my father and poignant times past. Because with the memories came the obvious grasp that my dad is gone. It was the very definition of bittersweet. Sure, there might be laughter and the subtle shape of a smile, but inevitably there’d also be tears and the realization that this is where the memories ended. But as the months passed, remembering and recounting tidbits from my childhood, my dad’s sayings and jokes and other memories started doing the opposite: they started bringing me a sense of peace. Not an overwhelming wave of calm, but a small token of serenity. I also knew very well that talking about my dad meant honoring his memo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028463 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:45:05 +0100 5028463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902515&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2011%2F05%2F21%2Fhuman-computer-confluence.html (HC-CO) is an ambitious initiative recently launched by the European Commission under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program, which fosters projects that investigate and demonstrate new possibilities “emerging at the confluence between the human and technological realms” (source: HC-CO website, EU Commission).Such projects will examine new modalities for individual and group perception, actions and experience in augmented, virtual spaces. In particular, such virtual spaces would span the virtual reality continuum, also extending to purely synthetic but believable representation of massive, complex and dynamic data. HC-CO also fosters inter-disciplinary research (such as Presence, neuroscience, psychophysics, prosthetics, machine learning, computer science and engineering) ... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902515 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:03:00 +0100 4902515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600581&cid=t_317095_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2F3-ways-to-boost-your-mood-naturally%2F Imagine yourself outside. The sky is bright blue, the sun is sparkling and the air feels crisp and cool. Maybe you’re walking along the beach, feeling the warm sand on your bare feet. Perhaps you’re riding your bike in a park, surrounded by hundred-year-old trees and singing birds. Or maybe you’re pinching the dirt as you dig through the backyard to plant a few flowers. Being outdoors at a park, the beach or even just a few feet from our doorsteps can feel both relaxing and invigorating. In fact, research has shown that participating in physical activity in the great outdoors can do a world of good for your psyche. When analyzing ten studies with 1,252 participants, UK researchers found that outdoor activities like walking, gardening and bike riding helped boost the mood and self-es... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600581 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:18:11 +0100 4600581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294786&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Fpost-apocalyptic-tokyo-scenery.html fantastic photo manipulations by Tokyogenso. See more here (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294786 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:30:34 +0100 4294786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197319&cid=t_317095_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fblue-sky-tin%2F The last time I saw my dear friend Nathalie she gave me a gift. It’s a tin, and it’s all in French. (Nathalie is French.) ‘Pour voir la vie du bon cote’ roughly translates as ‘To see life on the good side’. Inside are 365 folded and sealed pieces of paper, one to open every day of the year. The idea is that by doing what’s on the paper you will improve your life. Well, I’m all up for that. As Nathalie said when she gave it to me, it goes with the whole Blue Sky Club and the Blue Sky Movement. I waited until the day after the second anniversary of my cancer surgery to crack open the first piece of paper. That way, I get to open the last one on the day that the third anniversary comes around. I think that will be good. Anyway. I am loving the ... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197319 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:25:18 +0100 4197319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179476&cid=t_317095_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F11%2Ftwo-down-three-to-go%2F As Joy came in from walking Hope before school this morning, she asked me whether I knew what day it is. No, I said, my mothers’ finely honed instinct warning me that ‘Thursday’ wasn’t likely to be the right answer. “It’s two years since your surgery,” said Joy, “I always remember this date.” I’d completely forgotten…. diagnosis day seems to be the big day in my memory. Forgetting, I guess, is good? I certainly remembered, last year. (Joy remembering, and me forgetting, is a good way of reminding me that cancer hit all of us pretty hard and that we need to keep on looking after each other. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I think dancing with cancer has to be an easier job than watching someone you love... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179476 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:09:27 +0100 4179476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036904&cid=t_317095_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fwhat-have-you-survived%2F It’s all very well me banging on about survivorship, but I’m well aware that cancer is not the only thing to survive, and I am not the only person to have survived cancer – I’m guessing I would be a Dame of the British Empire at least, if I had, or locked up in a lab while scientists tried to work out what made me such a freak of nature, or both. Bereavements, divorces, long-term and chronic illnesses, job losses all must be survived and coped with, just as cancer must. So, I’m wondering….. would you like to share your adventures in survivorship here? One thing that I am constantly learning is how much there is to be learned, and how much we can gain from each others’ experience. I’m not suggesting we have a big ‘I’m so glad my ... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036904 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:22:59 +0100 4036904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929304&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F09%2F02%2Fthe-blue-brain-project.html As computing power continues to increase, it may ultimately be possible to simulate the functioning of the most complex system of the known universe: the brain. This is the ambitious goal of the Blue Brain Project, the first attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain. The project is expected to provide answers to a number of fundamental questions, ranging from the emergence of biological intelligence to the evolution of consciousness. Lead by neuroscientist Henry Markram, Blue Brain was launched in 2005 as a joint research initiative between the Brain Mind Institute at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the information technology giant IBM. Using the impressive processing power of IBM’s Blue Gene/L supercomputer, the project reached its first milestone in Dec... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929304 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:00 +0100 3929304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816462&cid=t_317095_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F03%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-3-2010%2F What happened to the simple things? Things like staring off in space, hearing nothing but the sounds of the leaves whistling in the trees and sipping a hot cup of black tea. While I definitely can’t complain about all the conveniences technology has brought (including the new Kindle my husband’s bought), I do feel out of sorts when I’m too connected to the outside world and disconnected from simplicity. And it seems that the more time I spend plugging into the online world, the harder it is for me relax when I am away. Yesterday, for example, I spent the day biking. I was surrounded in nature. There was nothing but the ground below me, trees around me and the deep blue sky above me. Yet, I couldn’t shake away my thoughts. My brain seemed to be downloading new inform... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816462 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:27:22 +0100 3816462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156544&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F01%2F09%2Fsimon-s-cat-fly-guy.html A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to catch a housefly.   (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156544 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:21:21 +0100 3156544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108430&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2Ffamous-thoughts-on-manuscript-reviews.html from Edward Ross (Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Transplantation, UFla) in The Lancet today … To die while awaiting the review… alone. Ernest Hemingway It is the nature of reviews to be late. Aristotle I invented slow manuscript reviews. Al Gore There is more to life than simply increasing the speed of manuscript reviews. Gandhi I deny reviewing any author. What is your definition of reviewing? Bill Clinton Am I late, did I miss the date? It is so sad, this work is bad. Dr Seuss Imagine all the reviews in the world being returned, on time, in peace. John Lennon Hasten the review slowly. Augustus Caesar All things come round to the author who will but wait. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The review isn’t over until it’s over. Yogi Berra Never in the field of manuscript confl... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108430 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:33:00 +0100 3108430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084856&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F14%2Fget-relief-from-stress.html Stressed by technology? Let out your office anger and smash up your computer! (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084856 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:09:56 +0100 3084856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082463&cid=t_317095_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F12%2Fespecially-when-the-october-wind.html by Dylan Thomas Especially when the October wind With frosty fingers punishes my hair, Caught by the crabbing sun I walk on fire And cast a shadow crab upon the land, By the sea's side, hearing the noise of birds, Hearing the raven cough in winter sticks, My busy heart who shudders as she talks Sheds the syllabic blood and drains her words. Shut, too, in a tower of words, I mark On the horizon walking like the trees The wordy shapes of women, and the rows Of the star-gestured children in the park. Some let me make you of the vowelled beeches, Some of the oaken voices, from the roots Of many a thorny shire tell you notes, Some let me make you of the water's speeches. Behind a post of ferns the wagging clock Tells me the hour's word, the neural meaning Flies on the shafted disk, declaims the... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082463 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:46:51 +0100 3082463