by Alfred Poor | July 28, 2014 | Health, Medical
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal describes “Baseline” which is a new project being undertaken by Google X, the secretive skunk works for Google technology research programs such as autonomous cars. According to the WSJ article, the ultimate goal...
by Alfred Poor | July 25, 2014 | Health, Medical
Forgive the mash-up of Elton John and Nancy Sinatra in the headline, but that more or less tells the story of RocketSkates, a new product under development by Acton. They come in three different models that differ mainly in their range and run-time on a single charge;...
by Alfred Poor | July 24, 2014 | Medical
One of the standard treatment tools used in modern medicine is to insert substances directly into the blood stream of a patient by inserting a tube into a vein. Such intravenous treatments require that a needle be used to pierce the skin and the wall of the vein, and...
by Alfred Poor | July 23, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Medical
There are two kinds of diabetes. Type 2 is the one that most people think of; it typically develops in patients as a result of obesity and diet-related factors. The result is a resistance to insulin which leads to problems controlling blood sugar levels. The other...
by Alfred Poor | July 22, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Medical
You may not have heard of QNX Software Systems, but you’ve probably heard of their parent company: Blackberry. The subsidiary is very active in the automotive telematics industry, but they also produce software for medical applications. The company recently...
by Alfred Poor | July 21, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Medical
For those of us who lived through the early days of the personal computer, last week’s announcement sounded a bit like an Onion story. Could a new partnership between Apple and IBM possibly be real? The press release on the IBM website makes it clear that this...
