[Happy Halloween… This is from Know Your Mobile; a 1:54 minute video review is available on YouTube] Zombie Booth review We review Zombie Booth, an Android app that lets you see what you’d look like as a member of the shambling undead Damien McFerran Aug 1, 2011 For some of us, getting up early in the morning for a long day at work can make you feel like you’re a member of the undead, but if you need to add that additional layer of authenticity then you can do a lot worse than download Zombie Booth for your Android phone.…

[From Stuff in New Zealand] [Image: A new teleconferencing system from Telecom will allow cancer specialists to more easily interact over large distances.] Advanced telepresence for cancer specialists Tom Pullar-Strecker October 25, 2012 Cancer specialists across the central and lower North Island will be able to use a secure video-conferencing system to consult with one another and other medical staff from next month. Phyllis Meier, project manager for the Central Cancer Network which is overseeing the initiative, said the Telecom-supplied system would be used by eight district health boards, from New Plymouth to Hawke’s Bay, and south, including Capital &…

[From Ontario’s The Record] [Image: Jeff Botham, vice-president of RealityCave, sits in the 3D virtual-reality environment in the Tannery building in downtown Kitchener. Peter Lee/Record staff] A 3D virtual tour, even before construction is finished Oct 27 2012 Rose Simone, Record staff KITCHENER — A hospital is embarking on a major fundraising campaign for a new wing, with construction set to start next year. But potential donors have invitations for a “tour” right now. A new restaurant is being built in Waterloo. Long before walls go up, the restaurant staff gets a walk-through to make sure the space is functional…

[From VentureBeat] Utherverse nabs a patent on scalable virtual worlds that can host unlimited users October 25, 2012 Dean Takahashi Utherverse is announcing today that it has won a patent to build a “scalable” virtual world, or one that can support an unlimited number of players in a single region of an online place. That could allow virtual worlds to achieve a critical mass for events like a convention or a concert. In the past, you couldn’t do something like hold a concert in a 3D simulated world. A band like U2 could put on a “live” concert inside the world…

[From The Orlando Sentinel] [Image: Recently-completed fake body parts wait in bins at Simetri, Inc. in Winter Park on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Simetri creates “vitrual wounds” used in training combat medics in war games. (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel] Simulated ‘wounds’ prepare combat medics for real thing By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel October 4, 2012 Torn from a soldier’s body by an improvised explosive device, the bloody, severed leg lay on the floor — a sight far too familiar for many of the Americans who have fought in wars during the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan. But this…

[From The Free Press] [Image: Students in Jean Humphries’ nursing research class are virtually in two places at once, connected through life-size and life-like high-definition video and audio technology.] MSU connects classrooms with cutting-edge technology By Amanda Dyslin Free Press Staff Writer September 23, 2012 MANKATO – When adjunct nursing professor Jean Humphries shows up to her Friday morning class in Edina, 11 of her students are there and waiting. The other 29 show up a moment later, all at the same time, when Humphries touches a screen and connects over the new Cisco TelePresence TX9200 system with a classroom…