January 2007 Archives

January 24, 2007

SUMMIT participates in APAN meeting

Paul Kim and Young Sung Lee presented at the 23rd APAN (Asian Pacific Advanced Networks) meeting in Manila, Philippines. They presented on Avian Flu in the Medical Workshop session. Dr Lee and Dr Kim were able to join from SUMMIT using DVTS videoconferencing. The session included speakers from Australia, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

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January 23, 2007

Virtual World: Second Life

In a recent article on CNN.com, the Second Life virtual world is seen to be a real marketplace. Now that virtual worlds such as this are being taken seriously, perhaps a medical virtual world that makes money could flourish.

"Second Life: It's not a game

Fortune's David Kirkpatrick reports on why IBM's Sam Palmisano and other tech leaders think Second Life could be a gold mine.

January 23 2007: 2:24 PM EST

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Last November in Beijing, IBM gathered 2,000 employees, with 5,000 more watching on the web, to unveil a series of global initiatives on digital storage, branchless banking, and the like. During the presentation, CEO Sam Palmisano walked up to an onstage PC, logged onto the online three-dimensional virtual world called Second Life, and took command of the cartoon-like "avatar" that represents him there."

More: CNN.com - Why tech leaders think second life could be a gold mine

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