Giraff Plus
Conventional wisdom points to a shortage of nurses in healthcare. The number of elderly is climbing and so is the number of retiring nurses. The Wall Street Journal this morning reported that one percent of chronically ill patients consume 22% of healthcare expenditures. Elderly patients get shuffled back and forth to multiple providers resulting in […]
Bionic Eyes
I read “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” by Ray Kurzweil seven years ago. I have to admit that this was a difficult book to read. It is a bit hard to summarize, but basically the singularity is how Ray describes the merger of biological humans and machines. He makes a strong set of arguments, […]
Apple iPhones Five
As usual, the Apple management team did a great job in presenting their new products at yesterday’s keynote. As happened after the launch of the iPhone 4S two years ago, CNBC and others gave the company a lukewarm reaction saying there were no breakthroughs, but rather minor tweaks to what existed. Consistent with my view […]
Artificial Skin
A breakthrough by a team of scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel could lead to “artificial skin” that senses touch, humidity, and temperature. Kevin Hattori reported the story at The American Technion Society web site. This is just one more step closer to the merger between biological and non-biological beings — but that is a longer […]
Healthcare Security
During a scan of the news today, I saw two articles related to healthcare security. One reported that an employee of the national health service (NHS) in the United Kingdom had a PC with patient data on it that he or she put up for sale on eBay. The second story was about an inquiry […]
