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Smart and interactive textile structures

It's not the first time that I'm writing about smart textiles -- check here or there for previous stories. But today, let's look at the work of Lena Berglin, a Swedish PhD student who is creating multifunctional textiles based on smart materials. She already has developed an intelligent glove, capable...

Tags: Health Care, Textiles, Lena Berglin, Cuff, Research Method, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-11-29

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Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

How fast can remote monitoring move?

Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Smart phones, Doc, monitoring, patient, computer, EKG, phone, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Company sues for defamation over tweet

Company sues for defamation over tweetIn cases like it shouldn't stay 'between you and them'Because it is usually a systemic problem when things like this come up. I would like to believe that companies 'do the right thing', however I have had enough experience TO THE BLEEPING CONTRARY that I...

Tags: defamation, tweet

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Amazon ate my homework, or why DRM stinks for education

Amazon ate my homework, or why DRM stinks for educationHave the kindles linked to the grade not the student.The way to get around this (not the Amazon eating homework, but the reuse DRM issue) is to have the Kindles for a specific grade. All ninth graders have the same Kindles...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Internet Connectivity, digital-rights management, Amazon.com Inc., homework, education

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Amazon drops Kindle e-reader price to $299; is it enough?

Amazon drops Kindle e-reader price to $299; is it enough?For me, noFirst we had copiers, printers and scanners, all separate. I remember talking to a computer dept. sales person and made an off the cuff remark about how the manufacturers should integrate them into one device. The sales person scoffed...

Tags: E-books, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, PRODUCTIVITY, Media players, Amazon.com Inc., e-reader

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Twitter Trust #Fails

There's a big difference between a 'Trust Fall' and a 'Trust #Fail' to use the increasingly tiresome valleygirl slang #word Twitter users assign to stuff that doesn't meet their high standards. A 'Trust Fall' is a trust-building exercise often conducted in turns in...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Metal Sludge, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-12

The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch

The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch"I learn from criticism"There certainly is no shortage of that around here. I visit here often but it's not out of loyalty, more like a junkie getting his fix. I would really like to kick the habit and move on to looking and...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Games, OPEN SOURCE, Planetside, Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

MI5 searches for emerging tech scientists

MI5 searches for emerging tech scientiststechnology breeds complexity....Until people get away from insecure operating systems aka 'windows' what is the point ofusing super secure devices when you millionsof worm spreading machines?Most of the UK Gov. including MI5 run WindowsSome behind the scenes Linux and open-source equipment, but the vast majority...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Construction, Mi5, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

Juror Tweet: "I just gave away TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS of somebody else's money"

Twittering from the jury he was serving on as it was awarding a massive settlement against a building materials company by Jonathon Powell of Fayetteville Arkansas has resulted in defense motions for a mistrial. Powell "was predisposed toward giving a verdict that would impress his audience." by...

Tags: Verdict, Twitter, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Some advice to would be consultants

Some advice to would be consultantsSound advice ...I own a small me and one other person IT company, and we both love what we do, and know it fairly well Anyone that says they know everything about computers and networking is either lying or delusional ... neither of us have...

Tags: Quality, training and certification, Microsoft Windows NT, certification, Richter, knack

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Web developers: one-click browser virtualisation

Application virtualisation appears on the cuff as boring and confusing, but this website is neither of these. Instead it'll make you question, "how does it do this?". I, for the life of me, cannot work out how, or even why this technology works, but it does, so I'm happy with...

Tags: Web Developer, Web, Web Browser, Application Virtualisation, Web Browsers, Virtualization, Internet, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?

Last month, after a press event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, I made an off-the-cuff observation about the future leadership of the company. In short, I commented on how Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who took a portion of stage time from Jobs to talk about new notebooks, was wearing blue...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Leadership, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Gates & Seinfeld's next commercial: Better. With funny parts.

updated: The commercial is on YouTube now. It's embedded below. The second Microsoft commercial featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld is out being broadcast tonight during Big Brother on CBS and at least this time, there were some funny scenes. And there was clearly a message this...

Tags: Commercial, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Robots, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-11

AMA says we all need a blood pressure monitor

I have had a blood pressure cuff for nearly a decade. The American Heart Association says this week I've been very smart. All the 78 million of us with high blood pressure should be measuring it regularly, at home, using a cuff-like device such as my Omron...

Tags: Blood Pressure, Monitor, AMA, American Heart Association, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment and Enablement (ortreh) (Mobile)

Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment and Enablementpowered by Skyscape Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. This comprehensive resource covers every aspect of musculoskeletal system rehabilitation, but extends even further into such sections as alternative medicine, holistic therapies, acupuncture, neurophysiologic testing, overuse injuries, work assessment, and outcome measures.Each section covers the basic science of...

Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-05-20

More USB fun: High-class jewelry and colorful flex cables

I'm always a sucker for the versatile USB port -- apparently so are you, readers, who made the USB Hygro-thermometer one of the most highly rated posts on this blog -- and I came across two more to keep your mouth watering. First up, the product that...

Tags: USB, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment and Enablement (OrtReh™) (Mobile)

Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment and Enablementpowered by Skyscape Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. This comprehensive resource covers every aspect of musculoskeletal system rehabilitation, but extends even further into such sections as alternative medicine, holistic therapies, acupuncture, neurophysiologic testing, overuse injuries, work assessment, and outcome measures.Each section covers the basic science of...

Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-03-12

Man gets record sentence for computer sabotage

Man gets record sentence for computer sabotagethis, whilewhile war criminals walk free, and hold political office, even.Ain't America great?:o)Incompetent sysadminIf the guy can't even write a script that works, he should have been woried about his job security. Sounds like he has a nice secure position now though.Man gets...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

Twitter is dangerous

Twitter is dangerousSocial Media Policy TimeSure you can go ahead and enforce some restrictions, but there are almost always ways around them. A good, solid and clear social media policy is becoming a necessity. Tie it into your work contract and make it clear that social networks are considered a...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Twitter

Discussion threads 2007-12-19