On Monday, the federal government made available for download and public use the software code that will connect organizations to the Nationwide Health Information Network, Modern Healthcare reports.
The no-cost, open-source software, called Connect, was developed under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Federal Health Architecture initiative (Conn, Modern Healthcare, 4/8).
In February, the Social Security Administration became the first federal agency to use the software when it began sharing data with MedVirginia, a health information exchange. Several other federal agencies now are using Connect for health information exchange, including CDC, the Department of Defense and the Department of [...]
When I wrote about the Lumipro Flashgun (yes, the review is coming), a strobe designed by actually listening to the people who would buy it, I called it ‘open source’ (with the quotes). While, technically, it wasn’t true, it certainly followed the spirit of the project.
Now, there is a true open source flash project. Called the SPOT (Strobist Project Opensource Trigger), it is a wireless trigger for off-camera flash, and by downloading the schematics and GPL-licensed` software, you can build it yourself for around $50.
As with any remote trigger system (except proprietary, built-in ones like Nikon’s Creative Lighting System) you’ll [...]