by Bruce Brown | November 15, 2021 | Medical
Here’s a slam dunk story about a home-based smart device paired with AI-driven analysis to improve health and wellbeing. Independence Blue Cross and virtual care management company Podimetrics recently agreed to use the Podimetrics’ SmartMat to detect...
by Bruce Brown | November 11, 2021 | Health
Machine learning artificial intelligence is a good fit for dermatology. Dermatologists make judgments about unusual marks or moles on a patient’s skin, but even when they are sure that an abnormality isn’t a problem, the physician often takes a photo for...
by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2021 | Medical
Lazy eye, or amblyopia, affects 2% to 3% of all children and is the most common cause of vision loss during childhood, according to the CDC. In 2018 we wrote about doctors at the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Slovakia who reported success in treating...
by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Less than 40 years ago, in 1986, the U.S. patent office granted the first patent for 3D printing to Charles Hull. Hull founded 3D Systems Corp. that same year and introduced the first 3D printer, the SLA-1, in 1988. Moving ahead through the 90s and the early...
by Bruce Brown | November 4, 2021 | Health
Apple introduced Siri, the digital voice assistant, with the Apple iPhone 4s in 2011. Amazon introduced Alexa in 2013 with the Echo smart speaker. Google launched Google Assistant in 2016. While Siri may be available in more indiviidual devices overall because...
