Robots Are Taking Over In A New Hospital Opening In Scotland

Robots (albeit not quite as pretty as Salma Hayek in Across The Universe) are replacing humans in a $US444 million hospital opening in Scotland. They’ll take over some of the more menial duties of ward-workers, including bringing meals and dispensing drugs.


February 25, 2010

Evict Bacteria With The Cleankeys Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Did you know that your run of the mill keyboard is basically a gigantic apartment complex for bacteria? Gross, no? Thankfully there’s Cleankeys, a keyboard that bulldozes that shit and replaces it with a sleek, sterile touch-sensitive slab.


February 12, 2010
Gaming

The Xbox 360 Trauma Unit Edition

Microsoft may not see the Xbox 360 as a tool for the military, but as an essential part of your hospital room? Sure.


January 22, 2010
Science

Plug-and-Play Hospitals Inflate In Haiti

You’ve probably heard something about Doctors Without Borders (also known as the Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) lately, given their involvement in Haiti. Here, we see the organisation set up what they call “plug-and-play” hospitals – self-sustained, inflatable medical facilities.


January 13, 2010
Science

Stanford Hospital Shoots Human Tissue Around In Pneumatic Tubes

Seven thousand times a day, the staff at Stanford Hospital launch a sample or some other vital object through their 6.4km of pneumatic tubing. Because the internet is good at sending emails, but not chunks of stomach lining.


November 20, 2009
Science

Finally, Hospital Lighting Reminiscent Of A Cylon Base Ship

Granted, the green-tinged fluorescence of most hospital rooms is by no means comfortable, but Philips’ solution, seen here, looks like an alien probe chamber — or so I’ve heard.


October 15, 2009
Geek Out

Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses

In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation.


October 7, 2009
Gadgets

A Glimpse Into What’s Hopefully The Future Of Healthcare

You know Frog Design even if you don’t know Frog Design. Their ideas influenced companies including Sony and Apple. And in a recent piece for Fast Company, they presented a thesis on a tech-savvy future for healthcare that’s worth reading.


September 5, 2009
Gaming

Microsoft Wants You To Vote Which Children’s Hospitals Will Be Denied XBoxes

The Children’s Miracle Network, an incredible non-profit, is partnering with Microsoft to force hospital-bound children into the middle of a vile, popular-vote based “giveaway.” Voters decide which three hospitals receive an “Ultimate Gameroom” and which children will get let down.


September 3, 2009
Geek Out

You Can’t Miss This Hospital

I’m trying to imagine what a trip to the ER in this Chinese hospital would be like…