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The University of Michigan’s Health Sciences Libraries have produced a video highlighting Second Life and Public Health. Second Life is a virtual world through which an active public health community is simulating disaster scenarios, creating interactive health games, offering people with disabilities a place for support and social networking, and providing a space for professionals to view presentations and attend international conferences. This video showcases the potential of this new media.
A group of ex-Google folks have created and launched a new search engine called “Cuil” (pronounced “Cool”).
Cuil is purported to provide more (and more detailed) indexing of the web, and different search algorithms based on more than just popularity (the driving factor in Google’s algorithm, which determines the order that sites appear in your search results list). It remains to be seen whether Cuil will compete with Google, but in the meantime, check out the site and more info about Cuil
PubMed: New in Orthopedics OrthoGate
