ACE's 2010 health predictions!

12-31-09 Check out ACE's Cedric Bryant's health predictions for 2010. Two of them are things I've been promoting all along! Can you guess which two they are??? It was in today's San Bernardino Sun newspaper. Here's the link:

http://www.sbsun.com/health/ci_14095829

Happy New Year to all and looking forward to a great 2010 in Games for Health!

Ernie

Brainbike now available!

12-20-09: Exergame Fitness is now shipping the Brainbike. This is the latest in exergaming designed not only to give you a cardio workout, but stimulate brain development as well.

Read more about it and the science behind it at Exergame Fitness's Brain Bike.

Cool presentation on exergaming - exposed!

12-20-09: Check out this cool "prezi" presentation created by the tech guru herself, Biray Alsac!



Find out more about this at The Exergame Network (TEN):

http://exergaming.pbworks.com/THE-EXERGAME-NETWORK-%28TEN%29-PAGE

New study on Wii...

11-17-09: This study on the effectiveness of Wii to provide exercise came out at the recent American Heart Assoc. conf. You can read all about it at the link below. It seems that we still need to keep convincing regular healthcare the exergaming can meet the federal recommendations for physical activity. If they just tried it out for themselves, they would realize that fact!

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AF3AR20091116

APHA Day 2, Mon

11-9-09: Presentation day! The day finally arrived. Our topic was on the use of exergaming in our pediatric obesity program called Family Fit Zone. I also covered some of the challenges encountered so far with utilizing exergaming, and some possible solutions. Robin gave an update on the latest research. Even though she was so wired, hyped, and tired after not sleeping a wink the entire night, she did fine! 

The other two presentations showed very innovative technologies being developed. Dr. Carol Boushey (Purdue University) presented work on their automated food assessment software for pictures taken with a cell phone while Dr. Stephen Intille (MIT) presented work on mobile phones and sensors to identify physical activity type in real time. 

I can see how these technologies can be incorporated into a cool game!

The rest of the day was a blur, ending in our Physical Activity Special Interest Group's social. 

And so ended Day 2!

 

APHA, Day 1

11-9-09: The first day of the American Public Health Assoc.'s annual meeting, where over 10,400 attendees from all over the world are here in Philadelphia. Our exergaming presentation is tomorrow!

Can you tell Robin Mellecker is nervous giving her presentation on the latest exergaming research?


Naw, she was just practicing before our presentation on Mon. AM. Stay tuned for the actual presentation!

The recently formed PA Special Interest Group (SPIG) within the APHA. Working on getting exergaming and games for health more into APHA. Hey, they have over 10,400 attendees here! All exergaming evangelists should join the APHA and the PA SPIG. ;-)

UCLA Tech & Aging Conference

10-30-09: Had the privilege of being part of a panel, speaking on exergaming, games for health, and seniors at this conf., held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The theme was "Living Longer and Better Through Technology" so the topic of exergaming fit right in!

Besides presenting, had the chance to network with other folks interested in gerontology and hopefully, will be collaborating with some of these researchers in the near future on exergaming studies in seniors, since there is hardly any research in this area.