Learning Biology with a pocket heart: At Colaiste Iognaid in Galway, teachers are encouraged to use new technologies to enliven the curriculum. In the biology Leaving Cert class, for example teacher Clodagh Mitchell uses Pocket Heart, a novel computer ‘app’ that teaches how the human heart works through interactive 3D graphics. Developed by Irish company
Years ago, Irish families ate lamb’s heart on a regular basis (as well as cow’s tongue, kidney, liver and a host of other goodies). Today such a notion seems preposterous. Kids, therefore, have no idea what a heart actually looks like. For them – and for medical students, Irish-based developer eMedia has come up with
by CLAIRE O’CONNELL TECH-SAVVY students and doctors no longer wear their hearts on their sleeves it seems, but on their phones instead. A new downloadable “Pocket Heart” application (or “app”) offers a three-dimensional instructional image of a beating heart complete with blood vessels and valves, as well as information about how to keep it all
The Irish Times Technology Editor for the Business supplement recommended the Pocket Heart iPhone App as their team’s ‘DOWNLOAD’ this week. Full feature below. Many thanks! The Pocket Anatomy Team. DOWNLOAD Holding your Pocket Heart in your hand THE IPHONE and iPod Touch are not just for entertainment as the release of what is claimed
Marie Boran in The Gadget Republic wrote the following feature on the Pocket Heart App for the Irish Times Silicon Republic online Technology journal. Many thanks Marie. The Pocket Anatomy Team Galway firm brings first 3-D medical app to iPhone A 3-D iPhone application, allowing the user to rotate, zoom and navigate their way through
Our friends in MedGadget were very enthusiastic in responding to our call to review the latest iPhone App to be released by Pocket Anatomy. Thanks guys! Full article below: Pocket Heart, A Cardiac Anatomy Learning Tool for iPhone eMedia Interactive Ltd. out of Galway, Ireland has released an iPhone app to help learn the anatomy
MP3 of Show: Many thanks to John Murray and all the team at The Business for giving our Pocket Heart a mention. Congrats to Dermot Daly, Damian O Suilleabhain, and Paul Reilly who were interviewed. The interview profiled many new iPhone Applications developed by Irish development companies, Irish hobbyists, or Apps relevant to Ireland –
From all the Team at Pocket Anatomy, welcome to the first 3D anatomy application for the iPhone. Originally conceived in January 2009, the development of this project didn’t take place until this summer, and has been officially accepted by Apple today (Wednesday 23rd September). It’s been an exciting and challenging journey so far, and we
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