For those who are endlessly writing reports……. Voice recognition. Or, more specifically, speech recognition. It’s one of those technological wonders that we all seem to take for granted, while simultaneously throwing laughter its way for not being nearly sophisticated enough. Anyone that’s used an early generation Ford SYNC system — or pretty much any vehicular voice command … Read more
Last week, we began providing iPADS for use in our reception area for those who were waiting for friends or partners who were having treatment. It produced the single most incredible response I’ve seen in 137 years of dentistry; folks hung around, had coffee, no one rushed for the doors, strangers began chatting each other … Read more
Turns out that there are more than 3 of you that visit this blog. Using GOOGLE analytics, we are able to determine the top ten mobile devices that visit the site. No surprise that the iPAD was numero uno. So for you intrepid social media aficionados, you “Dangerous Method” explorers of informatics, here are 50, … Read more
Watched a webinar from the ICOI this evening on my iPAD – captured screen shots of the presentation as I watched it – see photos below (sampling). Increasingly apparent, that whether a simulcast or an archived presentation, the ability to review material and capture samples from the presentation with “screen capture APPS” is going to … Read more
By NATASHA SINGER Published: January 7, 2012 PEOPLE wear 3-D glasses for new movies like “The Adventures of Tintin.” But for medical school? Students at the New York University School of Medicine worked in an anatomy class, using iPads — in protective plastic — containing the course curriculum. The answer is yes at the New York University School of … Read more
Watch out for the literal avalanche of QR codes on store windows, advertising pages and if you’re really really really on top of your social media marketing game, the dental world is going to figure out how to use them to drive every aspect of a practice. THEY ARE THE ELECTRONIC BUSINESS CARD, PROMOTIONAL PROJECT, … Read more
APPLE has plans to solve one of the most draining problems to plague smartphones, tablets and laptops: battery life…..from news.com.au According to patent applications submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple plans to power its devices with hydrogen fuel cells, the UK Telegraph reports. If corporations (even dental) were truly innovative, it would … Read more
Not sure why, but I tend to avoid banner ads……mistake in this case – http://www.servdentist.com/products_overview.en.html Banner at the top of the OHJ website – reviewed on the fly, but once the site came up – WOW!!! We are blessed here in Canada – CONSULT PRO is rocking worlds with it’s multi-platform educational material particularly since … Read more
In the pre-show (yawn) before Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – as enticing as Downton Abbey – there was a commercial for the Xbox Kinect. The flood of iPAD Cloud based dental APPS has become a tsunami, yet suddenly it became apparent that they were already “yesterday’s news”. Imagine a dental program where using voice and … Read more
What did Rodgers and Hammerstein, Paul Simon and Lennon and McCartney know that dentistry is just learning to appreciate; that social networking can work wonders if you extrapolate with Bayesian objectivity. “You and I have memories/longer than road that stretches out ahead”, applies to relationships, not learning. Blended learning describes an algorithm that combines different … Read more
Integration of drug and clinical content database with practice management software improves patient care, further streamlines office administration ATLANTA and HUDSON, OHIO – Carestream Dental LLC, a subsidiary of Carestream Health, Inc., and the exclusive manufacturer of KODAK Dental Systems, announces today it has entered into a comprehensive data-sharing agreement with Lexicomp, a global provider … Read more
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Always looking for the “Killer APP” or in this case, the web design firm that puts them all to shame………….found it! www.luludigital.com Check out the website……..it’s all there for the asking and taking and they are brilliant.
Add one story to the other and you get – Apple has announced that iPhone 4S pre-orders passed the 1m mark in 24 hours, storming past the company’s previous sales record of 600,000 iPhone 4 buyers in a single day. Put up for sale last Friday, the initial stock of the iPhone 4S promptly ran out before the day … Read more
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Put on your thinking caps Dental APP developers…………Imagine if your office had an APP that could answer your patient’s inquiries on their smartphone…….IMAGINE! What wine goes with fish? Pretty soon, you may be able to ask your iPhone. The most popular interpretation of Apple’s October 4 iPhone event invitation, sent out this afternoon, is that Apple … Read more
I’m much too farklempt to add a tag line……..carry on….. By DrBicuspid StaffSeptember 20, 2011 — A new pilot project at the University of Pacific‘s Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry has brought iPads into the school’s Main Clinic. Students are using iPads equipped with a special application that gives them a new way to communicate with patients, … Read more
iPADS and Dentistry – nuff sed…..iOS 5.0, the latest iteration of the Apple mobile platform operating system is due out……watch for the explosion…..do check out the image as it MUST in due course become “de rigeur” for reps and their companies.. Get Results For Dentists Top Points: 1.,,) It’s important to remember that an iPad … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – it’s long overdue for the dental companies to get their toe in the water of social networking and APP’s. The complexity of treatment planning and related techniques mandates more than voice mail hell and “I’m not available messages” when a problem arises. September 8, 2011 — Biomet 3i, a manufacturer of dental implants, … Read more
It’s unending….. MELVILLE, N.Y., Sep 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Air Techniques, a manufacturing leader in dental equipment and digital imaging products for the dental industry has developed an app for iPhones and iPads. The app is available to everyone and was designed especially for Air Techniques’ customers and dealers. “We are extremely happy with the … Read more