The Eyes Have It

The Body Worlds exhibition may or may not have educational value, artistic merit or a completely sound ethical foundation. As a subject of discussion, however, it definitely does have a way bringing out impassioned points of view (the Thanksgiving dinner table might not have been the best time to have introduced it as a topic of discussion). The College of Physicians of Philadelphia will be joining as well as contributing to the conversation with a town hall discussion. Their Bodies: Ourselves takes place Thursday, December 1, 2005 starting at 6:00 p.m.

Scientists engineer bacteria to create living photographs | Brain Blog
(tags: art science)

MCDONALD’S PACKAGING TO CARRY NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
“McDonald’s Corp. today unveiled a global packaging format listing nutritional information with easy-to-read icons and bar charts that one of the fast-food giant’s biggest critics is calling a ‘useful step forward.’”
(tags: design health medical news typography)

Senate urges using tech for medical records
(tags: medicine news technology)

Design Observer: The Great Non-Amber-Colored Hope
“A student design for a prescription pill bottle takes a metoric rise to mass production and becomes an instant icon in the world of graphic design.”
(tags: design health medicine)

U.S. Awards Contracts to Help Automate Health Records - The New York Times
The federal government awarded $18.6 million in contracts meant to accelerate the use of modern computer technology in health care.
(tags: medicine news technology)

Flash of Anatomy
Documenting, via Flash, the process of drawing a person starting with the skeleton (skips the internal organs). Slightly NSFW for a few moments.
(tags: animation art drawing flash)

Is Your Design Career Stuck?
“I could be wrong, but I think there are quite a few designers going through this same type of thing. What are you going to do (or what have you done) to get past a career that seems “stuck?’”
(tags: career design)

PLoS Medicine: Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
(tags: brain depression health medicine neuroscience news science)

NYT: A Special Drug Just for You, at the End of a Long Pipeline
What next: “The age of personalized medicine is on the way. Increasingly, experts say, therapies will be tailored for patients based on their genetic makeup or other medical measurements. That will allow people to obtain drugs that would work best…”
(tags: medical science technology)

CNN.com article:

“Osman Ratib, professor and chief of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Geneva, has co-created a computer software program called Osirix. It enables medical professionals to view medical images on their iPods, saving them and the hospitals they work for thousands of dollars in expensive equipment.

“Medical imaging these days is much more than just looking at slices through the body — it’s about looking at the body in motion, in function. We’re dealing with images that are more than just 2D, black and white images.

“It’s not rocket science but it’s taking something that’s been designed for the consumer market and using it for something that’s medically driven.”

Nature Erratum
The life and opinions of young molecular biology scientist.
(tags: science)

Docs, hospitals continue drive to go totally digital
“It’s really not about technology. Tech­nology is the enabler.”
(tags: medical technology)

FDA orders digital drug labels
Drug makers must begin submitting electronic versions of their drug labels to build a database that doctors and patients can search for recent warnings or other changes, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
(tags: system:unfiled)

Particletree · Typography Crash Course Roundup
You can spend your whole life obsessing over type.
(tags: design fonts reference tutorial typography)

World’s first wide-format pen tablet from Wacom

Photoshop tip: Change a filter’s default settings
(tags: photoshop tips)

Perfect medical presentations: creating effective PowerPoint presentations for the healthcare professional
(tags: books medical presentations science)