by Alfred Poor | August 3, 2017 | General News, Health
Body weight is a very personal thing. Some people want to weigh less, and others want to weigh more. In general, however, most people want to lose weight; many countries have populations that on average are overweight. There can be additional healthcare expenses and...
by Alfred Poor | July 3, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
If we only knew enough about the lives and health of enough people, we could derive all the information we’d need to know to predict and prevent many diseases, and to improve treatments and outcomes. That’s the promise of Big Data, and many people...
by Bruce Brown | June 22, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Suicide was the 10th most common cause of death in 2013 in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That year there were 41,149 suicides: one every 13 minutes. We’ve written about Facebook’s use of artificial...
by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist with the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and is known for her intensive and extensive annual presentations on Internet Trends. In her report this year, she spent a portion of her presentation on the impact of the...
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by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2017 | General News, Health
According to a new white paper from StrongArm Technologies and Intelex, industrial workers are starting to reap the benefits of wearable technology and the Big Data analytics that these devices generate. “The Ergo-Skeletons Are Coming!” starts by pointing...
