Category Archives: Science and Technology

The End of XP

By:A.C. I have a venerable and sturdy desktop computer which I purchased about 6 years ago. In terms of the Hard Drive, the spinning disc inside the machine that stores all your files, and has the Operating System on it, … Continue reading

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Telemedicine Conference

By: A.C. A Conference has recently taken place in Inverness, regarding the development of telemedicine. This Conference which has the rather unwieldy name of Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions project (ITTS) saw clinicians, patients and healthcare professionals from across Europe gathering … Continue reading

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Telehealth and Telecare

By A.C. The Scottish Centre for Telehealth & Telecare is a new organisation with its headquarters in Riverside Drive, Aberdeen.They have a nice view across the River Dee to Craiginches Jail. When I started looking into this subject it was … Continue reading

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Talking Buses

By A.C. The title may suggest that I am referring to Bertie the Bus in Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev W Awdry. However this subject is not about small talking bus outrunning Thomas the Tank engine on the Isle … Continue reading

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New Gene Therapy Treatment Shows Promise

By: A.C. It is not that long ago that I had a very nasty virus in my computer. Luckily all the bells and whistles went off and alerted me to the infection and it was excised from the hard drive.  … Continue reading

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Digital Radio or FM?

By: A.C. At the office of AAD the other day, I was discussing the relative merits of our local radio stations and the BBC output. Like many disabled, or elderly people, I like my radio, and tend to listen to … Continue reading

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