DIY Digital Business Card - No Need to Carry Stacks of Business Cards Anymore!

Go ahead and use the camera app on your smartphone on the QR code above. I have noticed over the past few years a plethora of companies offering a virtual "smart" business card such as Ovou and Blue Social that allow a person to carry only ONE business card and digitally share contact info with anybody with a smartphone either with a tap or QR code. Often costing upwards of $75, one can change the information contained within the business card with a profile saved in the cloud. Howev…

10/26/2020 0

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Butterfly iQ: Pocket-Sized Ultrasound for Under $2500

Image From Butterfly Network I had the good fortune of being able to test-drive an amazing new product called the Butterfly iQ . It is an ultra-compact, pocket-sized, portable ultrasound device for under $2500 when most ultrasound machines cost tens of thousands of dollars. The entire ultrasound technology is built into the handheld body itself. Real-time images are viewed on a smartphone via a wired connection. This one ultrasound can be used to image the entire body! The cost of ultraso…

4/14/2019 0

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Free Educational App Demonstrating How Inner Ear Balance Works in Conjunction with Eye Movements

aVOR app in the app store Australian researchers have created a free educational app that attempts to demonstrate how the inner ear balance system works and its relationship with eye movement. The app, called aVOR ( a ngular V estibular O cular R eflex), is available for download to tablets and smartphones. The neat thing about this app is that one can manually toggle settings specifying whether there is dysfunction present and where it is present. Once settings have been set, one can t…

3/30/2018 0

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New Physician Directory Smartphone App

I don't know about you, but one of the most frustrating things about online doctor info sites is that they bury key information like phone numbers, fax numbers, addresses, etc. As such, I've developed a new online physician directory called NovaDr. com that has all this information within 3 clicks, whether online or thru the smartphone app. Currently this directory contains doctor information for only 5 hospital systems in Northern Virginia including Fauquier Health , Haymarket M…

9/23/2015 0

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Fauquier ENT Smartphone App

Given the popularity of our blog , videos , and website articles , we have created a smartphone app for easy access to all our informational online materials. Also included in the app is a Fauquier Health System physician directory as well as online appointment request form . The app is available for free on both Android and iPhones on Google Play and App Store respectively. The landing page address for links to both can be found here . Check it out! Otherwise, you can go straig…

8/04/2015 0

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Ear Plugs That You Can Manually Mute or Enhance Sounds

Image from KickStarter Although being funded on Kickstarter is no guarantee that a product will become a success, I sure hope that this Ear Plug called " Here " is as good as it sounds and makes it to store shelves. Described as an "active listening" device you can control wirelessly with your smartphone, you supposedly will be able to mute out undesirable sounds like a crying baby while still be able to hear all other sounds. OR, enhance certain sounds like the bass…

6/03/2015 0

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