16:02 ET - AP [NewsBlip.com]

Description: Dermal regeneration template for burnaccident victims. Stops fluid loss and speeds recovery process, minimizing scar tissue build up and allowing for extremely thin grafts.

Process: The scar tissue is removed, a two layer memebrane is put in it's place, and remains there for for two or three weeks. As the body heals form the scar tissue it bonds with the bottom layer which is composed of cross linked collagen fibers. The top layer is then removed and a skin graft from the patient is applied to the area. That graft typically heals in about a week which speeds the recovery and rehabilitation process for the patient.  [Integra LifeSciences product page]

Riffing: Burn victims, car accidents, motorcycle crashes with massive "road rash" all would benefit from this technology. Getting people psychologically healed is key in recovery as much as physical health, and minimizing scarring is a big part of that. I've known people who always wear long sleeves from the burns they got from large coffee urns falling on them when they were children. being able to repair those wounds sould be a huge help. Treating firefighters who are heavily burned in the course of their work, as well as people who are otherwise injured will go a long way towards saving lives, as blood loss is often a casue of death in burn victims.

href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/741058.asp">here at MSNBC.

Interesting set of success stories about the uses of tech in various industries. I like the fingerprint scanner that the Mens Wearhouse uses for their cash registers especially.

UPDATE 12:00 AM: Check out what Target is doing with their credit card. Brilliant example of best CRM practices.

Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is another interesting success story, using laptops and plasma displays to track patient status.

When grafted, the sheets boosted heartbeat strength in rats - the researchers hope people will also benefit [New Scientist]

It's a good start, though as researchers point out, there is a world of difference betwen the recovery systems of rats and humans, which may account for why the rats took to this form of treatment so well.

09:56 ET - Ananova [NewsBlip.com]

While I am all for kids playing video games with their parents, this is going way too far.

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I'm with Jon on this one, I think that if this takes off, it's really going to change the way that oganization work. Combine this with an always on wireless internet connection, and you have a portable Blogging tool that goes where you do. Editors can get multiple real time feeds from their people in the field (sorted/fed via a community server that the paper runs) and they can then add on and edit the stories that will be run by their paper in real time.

I sincerely hope this thing takes off huge, as I would love to see just what people do with it.

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of a book by it's author, his explanation and motivations for doing so. Interesting use of the tech that is available to push your product.

*This is not to be confused with Gorilla marketing which is what happens when a movie comes out and ends up selling it's soundtrack, toys, sheets, fast food franchise tie ins, etc.

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A San Francisco startup makes a prototype for a full-fledged computer that's the size of a pocket novel. Will it find room for itself in the market or on the history shelves? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

OQO has come out with a very small, very powerful portable computer. It falls somewhere between a laptop replacement and an Uber PDA.  Given that is has the power of a PC (800 Mhz - 1 Ghz, 256 MB RAM) and it's small form factor (4.1" x  2.9" x  0.9" 9oz ) makes it the speed of a laptop with a size comperable to my Handspring Visor deluxe. It has a color VGA screen, and 10 gigs of storage.

I see this as an ideal system for field work as well as serving as a desktop replacement, assuming the system can handle dust reasonably well, it should serve as a great on-site machine in harsh environments, as well as a desktop replacement system.

OQO is vague as to the price point of the product, saying that it will be priced for less than a comparably equipped notebook. I'm thinking around $1,800.00 or less. It will be sold via major desktop resellers, starting in 2nd quarter 2002, so time will tell. I look forward to playing with one of these once they are out.