by Bruce Brown | November 16, 2017 | General News, Medical
Artificial intelligence machine learning technologies significantly enhance research potential, provided that the data is good. Neural networks that mimic human learning, pattern recognition, and data analysis plow through massive amounts of data at astonishing speeds...
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2017 | General News, Health
Obesity rates in the U.S. remain high and are edging higher in spite of more than a decade of warnings. The most recent CDC statistics show that more than one third of all U.S. adults are obese. Despite the growing evidence of health threats related to obesity,...
by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Communications is much more than just words. A classic UCLA study by (now) Professor Emeritus Albert Mehrabian argued only “7% of message relating to feelings and attitudes is in the words that are spoken.” The remaining 93% of the message is derived from...
by Bruce Brown | September 8, 2017 | General News, Medical
Diabetes patients risk developing foot ulcers that can lead to amputation, which is a dire concern. According to a 2015 study, 6% of the 22.3 million American with diabetes develop foot ulcers each year. Overall, one in four can expect to suffer foot ulcers in their...
by Bruce Brown | August 29, 2017 | General News, Medical
Growing need drives exoskeleton development. Wheelchair-bound patients including paraplegics, people with spinal cord injuries, and stroke victims stand highest on the list of potential beneficiaries of exoskeleton technology. We’ve written about work in...