technology
Good Ideas Welcome in the UChicago Mobile App Challenge
“There’s an app for that” wasn’t just a marketing phrase coined by Apple a few years ago; it’s pretty much a true statement by now. People use smart phones for all kinds of things, but if you have your own idea for a new app, the University of Chicago Mobile App Challenge wants to help […]
iPads in the ER: Using Gadgets to Make a Hospital Trip Less Scary
A trip to the emergency room is a scary experience when you’re a kid. First of all you’re hurt or sick. That’s bad enough, but then you come to a strange place where doctors and nurses in funny outfits start poking and prodding and asking confusing questions. It’s hard to blame a kid for kicking […]
Imaging Software That Learns By Example
How does a machine learn? Asking that question brings up visions of artificial intelligence and robots like C3PO or the Terminator, but computer software that “learns” from data is no longer the realm of science fiction. Huge data centers at Amazon analyze what you browse and buy on their website to suggest other items you […]
LabBook July 20, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. THE […]
An Instagram for Medical Images
By Matt Wood We share images online as second nature. Facebook users alone upload more than 300 million photos a day, not to mention millions more shared on services such as Instagram, Google+ and Flickr, or simply sent to friends by email. Besides maybe connecting a camera to the computer with a USB cable, not […]
A Dress Rehearsal For Brain Death
In the movies, death in the hospital is usually portrayed as a clear-cut event. A steadily beeping heart monitor changes to a high-pitched drone, the doctor sadly removes his mask, and the family begins to mourn. But in reality, judging when life has truly ended is often a complex and nuanced task. With ventilators, heart […]
Telling a Digital Tale about Sexual Health
By Matt Wood It’s a perennial question for doctors, teachers and parents trying to teach young people about sexual health: How do you get through to them? No parent relishes the thought of talking to a teenager about using condoms or avoiding sexually transmitted diseases, and traditional school settings offer less time for health education […]
LabBook June 22, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. THIS […]
Teaching the Bedside/Desktop Manner
By Matt Wood Maybe you’ve had this experience at the doctor’s office: Your physician enters the exam room, and instead of asking “What brings you here?” and speaking face to face, he sits down at the computer and starts peppering you with questions, typing away furiously. With the introduction of electronic medical records into clinics, […]
LabBook June 18, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our new weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday (or, occasionally, Monday -ed), LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent […]
