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Medical records on an iPhone?: With dozens of electronic health record outfits struggling for market share, you need a gimmick to get attention. Life Record has just such a gimmick. Put your health records on your iPhone. This is obviously a gimmick because there are not yet many iPhones...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Gimmick, Health Care, Medical Record, Futurism, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-22
William Gibson: Forget about corporate futurism: Silicon.com has an interview the William Gibson, author of the cyberspace classic Neuromancer and of the just published Spook Country. In the interview, Gibson is asked why he doesn't write about the future in his latest books:The trouble is there are enough crazy factors and wild cards on the table...; Tags: Silicon.com, Possibility, Interview, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-08-07

Kurzweil: 'Exponential' change ahead for games, people: Kurzweil: 'Exponential' change ahead for games, peopleA Public Thank You....As the IS&T Manager for NMSBVI (20 years) I would like to thanks Ray Kruzweil for bring the world of print to the blind and visually impaired. The innovation of text-to-speech and the use of OCR has brought the printed...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, Semiconductors, Kurzweil, computer, hardware, software, Exponential Technology, game; Discussion threads 2008-02-22
Medical records on an iPhone?: Medical records on an iPhone?Correction: AT&T unlimited data transfer is included at no extra chargeAuthor writes: "and AT&T charges out the wazoo for data transfers"That's not true. Unlimited data is included in the basic iPhone plan.RE: Medical records on an iPhone?Author writes: "Futurism is fun, but until we...; Tags: Operating systems, medical record, Apple iPhone, operating system; Discussion threads 2007-09-22
Big software firms take aim at Web 2.0: Big software firms take aim at Web 2.0Adoption of Web 2,0 in the Enterprise worldEnterprises can certainly do with more web 2.0 type participation. They have been too "walled in" for too long.However, I doubt that Wikis and blogs will be successful in the enterprise context, simply due to issues...; Tags: Channel management, Mediavidea blog, Nothing, Web, Web 2.0; Discussion threads 2007-01-30

Taking a look back from 2020: Taking a look back from 2020Now all we have to worry about......is all this wondrous technology being used against us instead of to improve our lives..Or, Bush provokes a nuclear war and we all die.Right now, I'd bet on the latter rather than the technical nirvana forecast here.Nothing about the...; Tags: Research & Development, Strategy, Workforce management, R&D, protein, Natural Language Interface; Discussion threads 2004-12-20