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For many years now Tablets have held the promise of information at your doctors and nurses fingertips. Perhaps encompassing the spirit of Medicine 2.0. A simple to use all encompassing machine meant to deliver patient information and vitals; an instrument for teaching patients about the ailments they face. Unfortunately for the most [...]  
The history of surgery may need to be reviewed. A discovery near Paris has unearthed a 6,900 year old amputee patient. His forearm was removed under fairly sophisticated conditions, as it appears he was anaesthetised under relatively sterile conditions. A flintstone was likely used in place of a scalpel, and the surgery site was cleaned and treated [...] How is it that with all of the video communication and social networking tools available, we still access doctors the same way our grandparents did (pre-internet)? Fortunately there are people enabling massive change. Check out the facebook-esque medical platform: Hello Health You can also watch Jay Parkinson talk about the project at Pop!Tech:
A real juxtaposition in the videos. Aimee Mullins redefines the perception of prosthetics. Dean Kamen (yes, the Segway guy) uses technology to mimic missing arms. Can technology truly imitate reality, or should it attempt to redefine ‘disability’ by completely altering established aesthetics and creating new advantages and abilities?
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