David Bishop

So I have noticed that this subject has got me many brownie points with Google so i thought I’d blog about it again, this time after using MobileNavigator a few times and also playing around briefly with TomTom.

On the whole I’m pretty happy with MobileNavigator, the only thing, I suppose, that annoys me a little is how it doesn’t take the full post code (bit like a zip code but more precise I think) which can be annoying if you don’t know the street you’re going to. But having said that it’s not really been an issue like I thought it would.

The interface is nice to use, it’s got a good database of services, restaurants, garages, pubs, shops, etc etc, and allows you to find the nearest one during a journey.

They have also recently provided a free update that gives us text to speech voice guidance, automatic day and night (not sure I understand the point of day and night modes though full stop…), integrated ipod control and the ability to send your location via email.

Overall I think it was a good purchase, nice to use, gets you from a to b and was cheaper then TomTom. I’ve not really used the TomTom much so I suppose not a totally fair review, friends who have it seem to like it. Don’t think the interface is as clear though I have to say!

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Folding@home is a brillant project started here at Stanford University which is a programming you can download free for Windows, Mac or Linux and runs in the background. It utilises your unused CPU cycles to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases. If you have a Playstation 3 then you can also use it for Folding@home, there is an FAQ here.

ImmInst have their own team within this, which you can find out more about by clicking here

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A short film by the LifeStar World Health Initiative, with some rather exciting ideas, will they come true? Who knows but I sure want to find out, don’t you!? If possible this stuff seems to important not to support as much as we can.

More info: www.lifestarinstitute.org

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British scientists have developed a stem cell technique which is being used by patients to avoid hip replacements, in a major medical breakthrough.
A patient’s stem cells was used to rejuvenate his dead hip bone, using purified cells from bone marrow extracted from the back of his pelvis. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Doctors in Southampton are using the pioneering technique, where a patient’s damaged bones are repaired using their own stem cells.
Patients hailed the treatment, after many found they could walk normally again without any pain and without the need for hip replacement surgery.

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