It’s been a while since my last blog (iPad—the future of slate computing? Hype would have you believe it is.) In that time the ipad has launched, Greek gods have been angered and the UK is going into a general election.

UK election 2010

Bringing health related UK election news to the fore on doc2doc, the team has been busy collocating news feeds, political tweets and blogs to bring you the latest on the 2010 UK election.

Tweet the Hippocratic oath

Following on from the success of The Royal Shakespeare company’s re-writing of Romeo and Juliet using the power of social media, twitter to be more precise, doc2doc has asked members to write their own version of the Hippocratic Oath and then tweet it. There have been mixed views on this which has lead to a poll asking whether tweeting the Hippocratic Oath is a good or bad idea.

Hippocrates poetry prize

And sticking with the Hippocrates theme, the announcement of the winners of the new poetry competition, the Hippocrates Prize, has sparked debate about medicine and poetry among our more creative members.

Websites of the week

http://the99percent.com/

Ever had an idea that didn’t come to fruition? The 99% website is about making these ideas/dreams happen.

http://www.health2con.com

Confused about the definition of health 2.0? There are several, but the definition that sticks out is: “User-generated aspects of Web2.0 within health care but not directly interacting with the mainstream health care system; i.e., a) search, b) communities, c) tools for individual and group consumer use.”

What’s on my bookshelf?

Why Does E=mc2?

- Science is becoming “cool” and mainstream. It’s the driving force behind newspaper headlines and the BBC's series on the Solar system. In his book (written with Professor Jeff Forshaw), Professor Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox on twitter) highlights how e=mc2 effects all and relates Einstein’s theory of relativity so mere mortals can understand the effects of space and time. As a species we find it hard to see time as anything but a linear path. e=mc2 explains how we should think outside of the box.