Youve told us that you want to see more about what goes on at Zemoga, the sponsor of this media property, so we thought wed give you a quick look in at a recent project that the team is especially proud of. Maria Rueda gave us the lowdown on one of Zemoga’s new babies, the HeartBeats app (which was created for the Adobe AIR App Challenge), and the thinking behind it, as well as her thoughts on the competition.
Here’s what she had to say:
Originally, the goal was to haveHeartBeats be a digital tool for surgeon training, simulating heart surgery with all of its inherent risks and complications. Since that’s obviously complex, creating it will require a lot of knowledge, investigations, permissions and reviews. To begin the process, and to be able to submit an app to the contest, we decided to turn the idea into a game.
This app is designed for everyone, of any age, who has ever dreamed about becoming a surgeon, or who has an interest in medicine. The goal is to demonstrate what a real surgery looks like and what all the tools are that heart surgeons use.
We hope to add difficulty levels to the app, different procedures and other types of surgery. In the long term, it would be great to turn the app into a real training tool; thats a big challenge we’d love to take on.
While were disappointed we didnt place in the contest, of course, its great to see how strongthe winning applications are. They all share a high level of polish, creativity and innovation.Conqu,in particular, is a very clever take on the often-visited subject of task management, andTweet Hunt – the overall winner – presents a fresh and fun way of reading tweets while playing a video game. Something that stands out is that the concepts themselves are not very complex or elaborate, but rather elegantly simple. It goes to show that in today’s mobile market, innovation, creativity and solid execution are the most important qualities.
Out of all of thewinners, weve been particularly surprised byLevel, which we believe succeeded in something that none of the other apps did: it managed to take advantage of the two screens on theSony Tablet P by integrating it to its core mechanics. This shows the ability of the developer to harness the particularities of the device and use them to their advantage.
As more and more medical schools are handing their students a tablet computer on their first day, we expect to see a lot more applications like Zemoga’s HeartBeats. While it will never take the place of real life experience, it will be interesting to see how this technology will play a part in the future of medical education.
If youre an Android user, download the free HeartBeats app yourself, and let us know what you think!