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MUSING - Where-Oh-Where Is My Clinic and My Doctor?
The recent launch of ShopKick iPhone app (application) allows stores to know when you ( a potential customer) has arrived [MORE]
Using Beverages to Track Drinkers’ Locations
A recent article in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, observes that bottled beverages (beer, [MORE]
More Microfluidics for DNA Sequencing
RainDance, Inc.is in a storied location to start a revolution: Lexington, MA. The company is developing picoliter droplet-based microfluidics [MORE]
Predictive Algorithms with Medtronics’ Insulin Pump
Medtronic has a “MiniLink” transmitter that can send blood glucose readings to its insulin pump which has predictive alerts-giving the [MORE]
Disposing of Medical Waste
When foreign doctors visit American hospitals they are as likely to be appalled by seemingly needless waste as they [MORE]
Colorado’s Telehealth Network Up and Running
Colorado’s Centura Health hospital system and insurer UnitedHealthcare have launched the “Connected Care Network” that brings specialists’ medical services [MORE]
Cellphone Device for Vision Testing
Phoropters and aberrometers are the two devices optometrists use for determining eyeglass prescriptions. An eye test also requires a [MORE]
Self-Service Healthcare Kiosks
Savience Ltd. (Towcester, UK) and Computer Sciences Corporation (Falls Church, VA) recently announced their partnership to build self-service kiosks [MORE]
MUSING - The Trek Desk: Exercise, Work, and Lose Weight
An increase in sedentary work has contributed to bulging bodies. People struggle making time to exercise, and many complain of [MORE]
Wireless Health Conference 2010, October 4 -7, San Diego
The new technologies and new business models that are emerging from the convergence of wireless communications and life sciences technologies [MORE]
Decatur, AL Robotics Technology Park and New Motoman Robotics Facility in Dayton, OH
In three phases, the State of Alabama is supporting development of a Robotics Technology Park in Decatur. The first [MORE]
MicroLED Potential for Medical Devices
The University of Strathclyde’s (Glasgow, Scotland) Institute of Photonics is a leading R&D center for micro light-emitting diodes, and [MORE]
“Smart” Kitchen Countertops
It doesn’t take much imagination to see how this “smart” kitchen countertop, developed at Intel Labs Seattle, could be [MORE]
Download for “Personalized Preventative Healthcare”
While this free download derives from European studies of the wellness spectrum, the key concept applies everywhere: “Because quality [MORE]
Radiometer-Powered Medical Devices?
A radiometer is a simple, but fascinating toy-a rotating vane inside a glass bulb that spins when sunlight energizes [MORE]
mHealth Gaining Ground with the Department of Veterans Affairs
The D. V. A. has long been a leader in electronic medical records and telemedicine, which is why the Chairman [MORE]
NIH Top Grant Winners
In this NIH listing of grant winners in 2009, Johns Hopkins University ranked first with nearly three-quarters of a [MORE]
Living Human Digital Data Library
Using whole-body CT and MRI scans, stereophotogrammetry, micro CT, laser diffraction, and chemical analysis, bioinformatics experts at Ortopedico Rizzoli [MORE]
Determining the “Individuality” of Cells
Using microfluidic “cell culture chips,” Stanford University bioengineers have shown that cells are quite individualistic when it comes [MORE]
Downloadable White Papers on Change Management
“Turning Product Development into Competitive Advantage,” “10 Ways to Establish a Strategic Advantage in Managing Change,” and a “Practical [MORE]