by Bruce Brown | April 3, 2023 | Medical
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about ChatGPT lately, as it’s a major disruptor in the field of generative AI language models. Many professionals worldwide are exploring its potential applications, but others are concerned that it may take over their...
by Bruce Brown | January 18, 2019 | Health, Medical
Giants in technology and neighborhood retail pharmacy have their eyes on the clouds and boots on the ground as they get ready to shake up global healthcare. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) CEO Stefano Pessina jointly announced an effort...
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by Alfred Poor | September 6, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
“If these walls could talk.” We tend to think of augmented reality (AR) as a technology that helps sighted users see more than is really there in their surroundings. But researchers are finding novel applications for AR to help those who have lost their...
by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
In the year 2000, U.S. seniors 65 or older fell and required medical treatment 2.6 million times. The total price tag was $19 billion for direct medical costs alone. A bit more than a third of these incidents resulted in bone fractures, but these accounted for more...
by Alfred Poor | May 16, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the most revolutionary advances in medical practice is the development of minimally invasive surgery. These procedures rely on one or more tiny incisions, through which trocars (similar to catheters) are inserted that can deliver tiny cameras (laparoscopes and...
