University of Southern California’s (USC) Institute for Creative Technology has developed a ‘virtual patient’ which simulates the symptoms of clinical conditions such as PTSD and depression which are common with returning combat veterans. Developed under a grant from the US… Read more'Virtual patients' to train military therapists (US)

A team at MIT’s Media Lab has developed a prototype camera worn on a finger ‘ring’ linked to a smartphone that provides an audio interpretation of the picture taken. The user points the camera at the object, tells the camera… Read moreMIT's 'Eye Ring' gives selective aural feedback

Now a new reason to fear data breaches [TA 10 Aug]. Not just patient information is for sale. Hackers got into medical records of a small surgical practice in Libertyville, Illinois via their server storing emails and EMRs. In this… Read moreHackers kidnap a practice's patient information

Buzzed by buzzwords tossed about in the startup sphere–and in business in general? This Forbes infographic sends up the lot with amusing definitions of oft-heard terms such as ‘angel’, ‘branding’, ‘crowdsourcing’, ‘holy grail’, ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘mission statement.’ And about… Read more'The true meaning' of startup buzzwords