Archive for the ‘medical’ Category
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
You're sitting at your computer, writing your next awesome computer program. You think, "I want to run my new program. But the computer I have is too slow and too boring to run it on."
You glance over at the petri dish in your biology lab. "What if ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
"I've had patients tell me, 'Doc, it's not very reassuring'."
- John Kroner, surgeon, discussing the turkey vultures perching on the ledges and windowsills of Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin. Quoted in the article "Vultures prey on surgery patients' peace of mind."
[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=775455]
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
My eighteen months of frustrating COBRA insurance coverage is coming to an end, and I recently received a letter explaining the expiration of my coverage. Their choice of salutation is interesting:
Did they just call me a penis?? Ah well. I've called them much worse things over these ...
Posted in bizarre, funny, meaningless, medical | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
I just saw an awesome video about computer simulations being used for scientific research and visualization.
It is an incredible look at how computer simulations are helping us reveal even more of our amazing universe. Click the montage of screencaps to see the video. Or, here's a ...
Posted in art, computing, medical, space, tech | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Today is National DNA Day. In celebration, marvel at the wondrous complexities of molecular biology:
I am boggled with wonder at the endless coils within coils within coils, and the molecular machine in the 2nd half of the clip. Life is amazing!
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Interesting medical findings
(Thanks, Chris).
Posted in bizarre, funny, medical | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Through the Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory blog, I learned of the Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize, a $30,000 award given to outstanding student inventors. The selection process for the prize is down to eight finalists, one of whom has created an amazing method to translate thoughts into speech:
Michael Callahan – Graduate ...
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Followup to the previous post -
I made some more animations of Carolyn's MRI scans, and Clint expertly strung them together and set them to music!
Watch the video above, or click this YouTube link
Posted in bizarre, medical, people, tech | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Carolyn recently had an MRI done, and Clint posted the photos onto their Flickr account. The pictures are all stills from a "media viewer" that comes with a CD given to Carolyn after the procedure. After seeing some of the stills, I realized that they had a lot ...
Posted in medical, people, tech | 3 Comments »