by Bruce Brown | May 9, 2016 | General News, Health
There’s a new ELIZA in town, and she’s more proactive than the original. In the 1960s, Joseph Weizenbaum of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory wrote a program that reacted to typed input as a Rogerian therapist would. The big test in artificial...
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2016 | General News, Medical
“Face your fears.” You’ve heard that before, right? Does it always make sense? What if you’re severely paranoid and need to seek medical treatment? Does it still make sense then? Is it dangerous? Can anything really help? According to...
by Alfred Poor | April 29, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
The hot concept in everything from sales to human resources is “gamification.” The idea is that if you turn an activity into a game where you can keep score, it increases engagement and improves performance. Gamification is also finding widespread use in...
by Alfred Poor | November 20, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
by Alfred Poor | September 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
The American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF) has released the results of a pilot study led by its Measure Up/Pressure Down campaign to combat hypertension. The study showed an improvement in blood pressure control rates from 38.6% to 70.0% over an 18-month period. How...