Nintendo!

I love Nintendo products.  Nintendo always offered gaming devices for the "casual gamer" but they have realized that casual gamers don't buy many games!  To appeal to avid gamers, Nintendo plans to release 3DS.  For the first time, Nintendo will allow use games not developed in house.  Popular games such as Modern Warfare will be available for Nintendo owners.  As long as I'm still able to play the best games ever (Super Mario Bros), I'm all for Nintendo making its product more appealing to true gamers!
Nintendo article

Apple TV - Revisited

Earlier this semester, I wrote about the advent of Apple's new and improved Apple TV.  Apple was trying to get contracts with the powerful networks so consumers could watch shows a la carte on their Apple TV.  However, these networks are not cooperating.  The title of the article I read, ABC, NBC, CBS Block Google TV, Declare War, is pretty self explanatory.  These networks are resisting the change because they fear the loss of their competitive advantage.  Sooner or later these network giants will need to jump on the Apple bandwagon.  As technology improves, consumers will have even more at their fingertips.

Guest Speaker

I enjoyed what Dr. Stephanie Mills had to say about technology in medicine.  What she was explaining about the back-up system of having a patient's information in a computer and if a prescription seems strange the system will alert the user is an excellent use of technology.  In the medical profession, doctors and nurses work insane hours.  Honestly I do not believe it is safe to have a doctor work for 20 hours in a row.  How can we expect that they will be on top of their game?  This new system will save countless people from making potentially fatal mistakes.

After our panel, I had to go to the Our Lady of the Lake after hours clinic.  What I noticed was that the nurse had an electronic tablet in which she inputted all of my information.  I couldn't stop thinking about Dr. Mills and how she may have been responsible for this!