BBC producer Stuart Hughes lost his leg in Iraq and has since been given one of the most advanced prosthetic feet available.

The bionic foot has a microprocessor built into mimic some of the actions of a human foot that allows the prosthesis to adjust to different terrains.

Read the story on the BBC Website.

It’s a “New Gadget Day” today. Just bought an i-Mate K-Jam as a replacement for my C500 which seems to have died from sticking-key syndome. The home key on the C500 has been sticking for some-time but now the top left soft-key has stuck as well meaning I can’t unlock the keyboard.

I chose the K-Jam because I wanted a smallish sized phone with full PDA features and a built-in keyboard. I’m not bothered about 3G anymore as I only get 3G reception when I’m in the center of town and the GPRS network here seems to be a lot quicker than in the UK (less users online at a time I presume).

Overall I’m very impressed with the K-Jam. I like the smaller form-factor compared to my M5000 (too big to use as a phone I think) but has a big enough keyboard not to induce thumb spasms.

The Mirth Project has just launched a very nice new website at www.mirthproject.org in tandem with releasing Mirth version 1.1. The new site has message boards, a wiki and a bug tracker as well as screenshots and information about Mirth.

We stayed up at Lake Wanaka this week. Had a great time snowboarding up at Cardrona and Coronet Peak ski-fields. The drive up to Cardrona is a little hairy as the road is not tar sealed and climbs pretty steeply up the mountainside.

Hi folks, this is the new NMM blog to keep you up to date with all the goings on at New Media Medicine.

Stay tuned!

Chris