Monolith – a protein rezzer

30 03 2009

 

This week-end, Monolith a new molecular rezzer has been presented at the 2009 Virtual World Best Practice in Education Conference.

http://www.iste-community.org/xn/detail/2280708:Event:15394

It look like a well-known black box :

Monolith (5)

But it’s a rezzer working like show on this slide :

SL09 - ISTE, Molecular Visualization

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/3388162070/in/set-72157615940384816/

A great work of Erich Bremer (the same name inSL ! – http://www.ebremer.com), Associate Director, Medical Informatics @ School of Medicine, State University at Stony Brook.

But this tool use TOO MANY prims ! It will be better to use it on an opensim !

Monolith (4)

The website of this tool :
http://secondlife.som.stonybrook.edu

Monolith (1)Monolith (2)

Flux The media of the sim link to : http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/6tna

 

SLURL :

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SBU%20Medical%20Center/58/26/27Monolith (6)

Give me the landmark ! little molecule…

References :

http://slbiology.blogspot.com/2009/01/visit-to-monolith.html

http://piensl.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/monolith-rapid-molecular-visualization-for-second-life/





NHS Healthcare Innovation Day inSL

7 02 2009

Imperial College London and the NHS Confederation would like to invite you to take part in an exclusive event that on previous occasions has been closed to members of the public – an opportunity to learn about and debate the most effective ways of adopting new technologies and innovative services and overcoming barriers and challenges arising in the process.

NHS auditorium inSL

The Embracing Healthcare Technology and Innovation Conference has been organized by the SDO Network and the NHS Technology Adoption Centre and will be broadcast to you live in SL directly from BMA House in London on Wednesday 11th February starting at 10.00 GMT – 2.00 SLT (arrive at 09.30 GMT for a video check).

There will be keynote speakers who will share evidence based management practice from real world experiences and the latest research knowledge in this area as well as break-out groups for discussion and feedback.

NHS auditorium inSL

Your questions will be posed to the speakers and panels in BMA House, and you are also invited to attend a break-out group in Second Life that will feed back into the RL conference.

If you would like to attend this event, please register at
http://healthcare-innovation.eventbrite.com

The event will be held at this SLURL :
http://slurl.com/secondlife/National%20Health%20Service/133/113/26

NHS auditorium inSL 

Further details can be found at http://www.nhsconfed.org/specialist/specialist-4446.cfm and this agenda :

AGENDA
  • 9.30 GMT – 1.30 SLT
    Meet & Greet and Sound Check
  • 10.00 GMT – 2.00 SLT
    Welcome & Introduction – Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy, NHS Confederation
  • 10.15 GMT – 2.15 SLT
    Introduction to NTAC work – Colin Callow, Lead Associate
    Introduction to SDO work – Ganesh Sathyamoorthy, Network Manager
  • 10.45 GMT – 2.45 SLT
    What are the management barriers to technology adoption in the NHS and how can they be overcome? – Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
  • 11.15 GMT – 3.15 SLT
    Break
  • 11.30 GMT – 3.30 SLT
    Real World Case Studies from primary and secondary care

What are the key management challenges when implementing innovative medical technologies?

- Brian Ibell, Assistant Chief Executive, Derby NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Stuart Gold, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derby NHS Foundation Trust
- Sally Chisholm, Director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Cardiac Network

  • 12.15 GMT – 4.15 SLT
    Panel Discussion – Interactive voting
  • 12.45 GMT – 4.45 SLT
    Discussion (in Second Life only)

Leading sustainable implementation of new technology through evidence based management practice

• Developing cross professional networks
• Stimulating an innovation culture

  • 13.15 GMT – 5.15 SLT
    Feedback from SL discussion
  • 13.30 GMT – 5.30 SLT
    Break
  • 15.45 GMT – 7.45 SLT
    Feedback from RL and SL discussion and closing panel
  • 16.15 GMT – 8.15 SLT
    Close

Please note: This programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances.





Therapy and the metaverse : article and event

20 01 2009

Mark Kizelshteyn is Chronos Laval inSL. He is a virtual world researcher currently working with Popcha!, a media technology company, on virtual world healthcare initiatives.

The article

He is pleased to announce the publication of his article, Therapy and The Metaverse: Second Life and The Changing Conditions of Therapy For Convalescent and Chronically Ill Users, in Washington University’s Undergraduate Research Digest.

Therapy and the metaverse

A professionally edited article based on the thesis was published this month in Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest.

Click Here to download a free copy of the article Therapy and Metaverse.

Abstract:
This study examines the therapeutic utility of 3D Massively Multi-User Virtual Environments (MMVE’s), specifically Second Life, for convalescent and chronically ill users. Three major therapy related simulations within Second Life are examined: Dreams, a space for people with autism and neurological conditions; the Heron Sanctuary, a disability haven; and Wheelies, a disability themed nightclub. Since this is an abridged version of my study, only one of the five case studies will be examined as a representative account of virtual therapy. Two main results surfaced through examining the three spaces and their users: a new form of complimentary therapy and a relationship between ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ well-being has been established. The first point explores how virtual worlds provide therapy forms outside of traditional and formalized setting with a medical professional or facilitator. The second point considers how virtual activities and therapies intersect with ‘real’ physical and emotional reactions. This research sheds light on a new frontier of therapeutic activities that facilitate a psychological and physical rehabilitative process through the social virtual environment Second Life.

To see the full journal, Click here.
To purchase a full copy of the academic thesis, Click here.

Link to Article : http://turtlethink.com/2009/01/therapy-and-the-metaverse/

The event

To mark the occasion, on January 22nd at 1 – 2 SLT (PST), Chronos Laval will be doing a brief talk on some of the major themes that were illuminated during the research process. And most of all, he would like to meet those of you I don’t know, answer your questions and start a long term dialogue about the immense opportunities in the therapeutic applications of virtual worlds.
The event will be kicked off by John Lester (Pathfinder Linden), who has been working tirelessly with Linden Labs to promote the healthcare applications of Second Life.

Pathfinder Linden (Image Flickr under CC by Hiro Sheridan)

This event will be hosted by Popcha! at their headquarters : SLURL
The event is under reservation : please ask before @ mark[at]popcha[dot]com . Optionally, with some words about who you are and what you are up to.

Paper Launch:

Therapy and The Metaverse :
Second Life and The Changing Conditions of Therapy For Convalescent and Chronically Ill Users.

When
:  Thursday, January 22, 1 – 2 P.M. SLT
Where:  Popcha HQ Sim – SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Popcha/180/238/32

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World AIDS day: the french expo

30 11 2008

Reminder : On December 1, 2008 Second Life will participate in World AIDS Day by opening a new sim devoted entirely to HIV/AIDS outreach and support.  The name of the new sim is Karuṇā.

Anis & Carolina @Karuna.png

Here are Anisette Indigo and Carolina Keats @ Karuna sim

The french expo is hosted by Le Parc des Arts @ Merien sim on the Agni Grid.

It is part of the World AIDS Day event in Second Life.

The boss of this expo is Anisette Indigo. Don’t hesitate to post a notecard at the expo for any questions related.

EXpo entry Merien-le parc des arts_004.png http://www.parcdesarts.com/ : a SL/RL association for arts

Expo-overview-Merien-le parc des arts_002.png 

An overview of the expo

  Hall-Parc des arts_@MERIEN.png

Inside the gallery

 

HIV model-Parc des arts_@MERIEN.png

A close look at the enemy

 

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SL look ready for the AIDS awareness day. :)

 

To visit, please use this SLURL :

http://slurl.com/secondlife/MERIEN/152/236/33

 

Related articles :





HIMSS virtual conference & expo

19 11 2008

HIMSS virtual conference

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry’s membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. 

The HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo features 20 leading healthcare industry experts that can be accessed live and on demand, 36 exhibitors and a new Management Engineering and Process Improvement Community of Profession Lounge.

  • A full interactive conference experience, from the comfort of your desktop
    Free access to all education and vendor sessions, live and on-demand
    Free access to all booths in the exhibit hall
    Live chat with attendees, exhibitors and speakers
    Group chat in the Lounge and in individual booths
    Downloadable content from booths and the resource center to your tote bag
    Full recording of all your communications (chat, email, otherwise) in your own personal data portal that will be live in the show for your viewing and emailed to you for future reference
    Free admittance to sessions and booths for one month following the event

Himss central @ Exhibit hall

It’s 2 days : November 19-20, 2008

Not in Second Life but on the web : http://www.himssvirtual.org .

On Twitter : http://twitter.com/himss

The video presentation : http://www.himssvirtual.org/tour/





“The Future of Healthcare in Virtual Worlds” : SL5B panel

3 07 2008

Healthcare panel

Flickr Diaporama

When : 02 July 2008 11am SLT

Where :SLURL

The Future of Healthcare in Virtual Worlds
Moderator: Dave Taylor, Imperial College London
SL: Davee Commerce
dave.taylor@imperial.ac.uk

Panel:
John Lester (Pathfinder), Linden Lab
Dan Hoch, Neurologist, Massachussets General Hospital
Dr Maurice Slevin, London Oncology Clinic
Shireen Lewis, Strategic Planning and Innovation, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Maria Toro-Troconis, Senior Learning Technologist, Imperial College London
Victor Cid, Senior Computer Scientist, National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS
Randy Hinrichs, CEO 2b3d
James Kinross, Surgeon, Imperial College London

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iVAS : international Virtual Associaton of Surgeons meeting

25 04 2008

Agenda (SL Time):

11:00 AM Welcome and introduction to iVAS

James Kinross (Co-Chair): Lancelot Spitteler

iVAS

Julian Leong (Co-Chair) Julian Nikolaidis

iVAS

– Imperial College London, UK.

11:10 AM Keynote

Professor LeRoy Heinrichs – Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technologies (SUMMIT), USA.

11:40 AM Eye tracking in surgery

Mr. Marios Nicolaou

iVAS

- Plastic Surgery SPR, St. George’s Hospital, UK.

12:00 PM Building a surgical robot

Dr. Mitch Lum and Hawkeye King

iVAS

- BioRobotics laboratory University of Washington, USA.

12:20 PM Closing remarks

Professor Guang-Zhong Yang

iVAS

- Imperial College London, UK

12:30 PM Questions and networking

 

And thanks to Kate Miles / Milesy Mighty, the Conference Manager, for the organization

Agenda/program, help desk (free Tshirt !), and the photos of the users / speakers.

 iVAS

iVAS

iVAS

 

iVAS

The audience

iVAS

The speakers

iVAS

Eye tracking systems :

- Nanodave – Eye tracking Real MISH (video)

- Dr Marios Eye Control by G Mylonas (video)

iVAS





MS island VUmc fiesta !

23 02 2008

- More than 50 avatars (need to be on 2 sims) dancing for a big, big fiesta ! – More than 6 hours of music for Multiple Sclerosis.
posted by Daneel Ariantho on MS Island VUmc using a blogHUD : [permalink]





Multiple sclerosis / sclérose en plaque : 23 feb 2008 Big SL concert

17 02 2008

English / Français

[En]

What is Multiple Sclerosis? (from www.msif.org)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most prevalent diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and directly affects an estimated 2.5 million people around the world.
Myelin, one of the fatty substances that sheathe, insulate and protect nerve fibres, aids the rapid transmission of nerve signals throughout the body. It is the speed and efficiency with which these impulses are conducted that permits smooth, rapid and co-ordinated movements to be performed with little conscious effort. MS attacks this myelin, disrupting the ability of the nerves to
transmit signals to and from the brain and producing the various symptoms of
MS.
The sites where myelin is lost (plaques or lesions) appear as hardened (scar)
areas. In MS these scars appear at different times and in different areas of the
brain and spinal cord.

Quick facts
• More women than men have MS, with a ratio of two men to three women affected.
• Sclerosis means scars; these are the plaques or lesions in the brain and spinal cord.
• MS is not directly hereditary, although genetic susceptibility plays a part in its development.
• MS is not contagious.
• There are a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, balance and co-ordination problems and visual and cognitive disturbances.
• There is no drug that can cure MS, but treatments are now available which can modify the course of the disease.

 

The ant Pat had post on his blog about MS in SL. So I remember I was gone on MS Island VuMC few months ago, taking a look at this new healthcare place on the Main Grid “Agni” (Linden Lab).

Lawrence Agnomen (here is his post about) join me 10 minutes after I start to visit the sim again.

MS island VuMC

This sim is the island of VU university medical center and the MS Center Amsterdam.

This is a pilot project to see if a virtual world and community can have a positive influence on the wellbeing of people with MS.

This project is a cooperation of:
-    VU university medical center
-    MS Center Amsterdam
-    MSWeb
-    Dutch MS Research Foundation
-    Dutch MS Society (MSVN)
-    Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)

In the main building there is more information about

these organizations, a meeting room for people with MS and other interested parties, and a presentation and consultation room.

Nearby is now a place for the upcoming party.

MS island VuMC

We met there gezellie Tigerpaw , Byker Kondor, the noob (out of the photo), and Maarten Supercharge, the webmaster of www.msweb.nl.

  MS island VuMC

The invitation :

MS island VuMC

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Ladies and gentlemen!!
We are proud to present the final line-up for the “Global Dinner Party” benefit concert on saterday february 23th. We start at 19:00 uur West-European time (18:00 uur GMT, 1:00pm in New York and 10:00am SLT).
The program looks like this (times are SLT):
10:00am Opening by house-deejay, DJ Maarten Supercharge
11:00am Live concert by Carmen Roeth from the Netherlands, who will sing for 2 hours!
01:00am Live concert by Nikita Lumet from the Netherlands
02:00pm Live concert by Grateful Stryker from the United States
03:00pm “Rock with DJ Pre”
The gaps between the performances will be filled by DJ Pre

DO NOT MISS THIS MEGA LIVE EVENT WITH MORE THEN 6 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC!!

Come to the podium at MS Island VUmc
SLURL : MS Island VUmc (141,184,28)
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*The MS Island VUmc is an initiative of the University of Amsterdan VU Medical Centre. Involved are the MS Centre Amsterdam, MSweb, MS Society Netherlands, the MS Research Foundation and the International MS Federation (MSIF).
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[Fr]

Selon Wikipédia, La sclérose en plaques (abrégée de manière courante en “SEP”) est une maladie neurologique chronique et souvent invalidante. Elle est multifactorielle et ses manifestations cliniques sont liées à une démyélinisation des fibres nerveuses de la substance blanche du système nerveux central (cerveau, moëlle épinière et nerf optique). Elle touche environ 80 000 personnes en France (prévalence), et environ 2 000 personnes de plus par an (incidence). 70 % des nouveaux patients sont de jeunes adultes entre 20 et 40 ans, dont près de deux tiers de femmes. C’est une importante cause de handicap.

La fourmi Pat a mis sur son blogue un billet intitulé “la SEP dans Second Life“. Du coup, je me suis souvenu que j’étais allé sur MS Island VuMC il y a quelques mois déjà, simplement pour découvrir ce nouveau lieu concacré à la santé sur la Main Grid “Agni” de Linden Lab (Il va falloir prendre l’habitude de préciser les Grids maintenant qu’OpenSim est là).

Lawrence Agnomen (qui blogue ici à ce sujet) m’a rejoint 10 minutes après le début de ma nouvelle visite des lieux.

Cette sim est l’île du centre médical universitaire de Vu et du Centre SEP d’Amsterdam.

C’est un projet pilote réalisé pour explorer si un monde et une communauté virtuels peuvent avoir une influence positive sur le bien-être de personnes atteintes de SEP.

Ce projet est le fruit de la coopération :
-    du Centre Médical Universitaire de Vu
-    du Centre SEP d’Amsterdam
-    de MSWeb
-    de la Fondation Hollandaise pour la Recherche sur la SEP
-    de la Société Hollandaise sur la SEP (MSVN)
-    let de la Fédération Internationale sur la SEP (MSIF)

Le bâtiment principal dispose de plus amples informations sur ces organisations, ainsi bien sûr d’une salle de rencontres et d’une salle de consultation et présentation.

Non loinde là se tient le lieu prévue pour la soirée.

Lawrence et moi_même avons rencontré sur les lieux des volontaires  : gezellie Tigerpaw, Byker Kondor, le noob, et Maarten Supercharge, l’administrateur du site ww.msweb.nl.

L’invitation :

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Mesdames et messieurs!!

Nous sommes fiers de présenter le programme final du concert au profit de la “Global Dinner Party”  le samedi 23 Février. Nous commençons à 19h00, heure d’Europe occidentale, 18h00 GMT, 1:00 PM à New York et 10:00 AM SL Time).

Le programme se décompose ainsi (les horaires sont en SL Time) :
10h00 Ouverture par house-deejay, DJ Maarten Supercharge
11h00 Concert en direct par Carmen Roeth des Pays-Bas, qui va chanter pendant 2 heures!
01h00 Concert en direct par Nikita Lumet des Pays-Bas
02h00 Concert en direct par Grateful Stryker en provenance des États-Unis
03h00 “Rock avec DJ Pre”
Les intermèdes musicaux entre les différents événements seront assurées par DJ Pre.
NE MANQUEZ PAS CE MEGA EVENEMENT EN DIRECT DE PLUS DE 6 HEURES DE MUSIQUE LIVE!

Venez jusqu’au podium sur MS Island VUmc
SLURL : MS Island VUmc (141,184,28)
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*Le MS Island VUmc est une initiative de l’Université d’Amsterdan VU Medical Centre. Sont également impliqués le MS Centre d’Amsterdam, MSweb, La Société SEP Netherlands, La Fondation pour la Recherche sur la SEP et la Fédération Internationale sur la SEP (MSIF).
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SLHealthy wiki

12 02 2008

By Patricia Anderson.
Presented at SLang Health event on February 9, 2008.

Chatlog available at http://slhealthy.wetpaint.com/