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New York City (December 5, 1997) -- Black Hammer Productions, Inc. has created an interactive medical simulation -- called the Ultra Challenge -- to demonstrate the impact of a medical advance that improves the clarity of ultrasound images. The simulation was presented as an interactive kiosk at the Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, in Buenos Aries, Argentina. With the use of virtual patients, the simulation shows radiologists and cardiologists how they can increase their diagnostic confidence when using the new product.

New York City (June 17, 1998) - Black Hammer Productions, Inc. has created the Alzheimer's Abyss video wall, for Bayer Corporation, to explain the "cholinergic hypothesis" that attributes cognitive loss in Alzheimer's disease to the deterioration of cholinergic pathways in the brain.

New York, NY-Befearless.com, the national advocacy website for women developed by Black Hammer for Oxygen, won the National Ad Council's Can Award. The first place finish in the National Internet category was especially sweet to Black Hammer's President, Matthew Schlanger. "It's not often that we have the opportunity to do good work that has the express purpose of doing good. We are very excited about BeFearless. We all believe in it tremendously. It's great to be recognized for a project that we all poured so much of ourselves into."

New York, NY-Last December, Oxygen Media selected Black Hammer Productions (BHP) to design and produce their "Oprah Goes Online" website, intended as a companion to Oprah's new television show on the Oxygen Network. Both the show and the website are designed to educate web novices by providing a series of "Web 101" type tutorials in which Oprah instructs her audiences on Internet basics. This includes how to use search engines, web shopping, online auctions, and a glossary of technical terms for the beginning web surfer.

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