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- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Dean Kamen cooks up bionic arm; Vets may benefit
- When Dean Kamen invented the Segway it was quite a breakthrough. But U.S. military veterans may be remember Kamen much more for creating bionic arms that will replace the clunky prosthetics of today. 60 Minutes on Sunday detailed the Pentagon's $100 million program dubbed Revolutionizing Prosthetics." In...
- Tags: Benefit, Pentagon, Dean Kamen, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Advancing the prosthetic aesthetic
- Experimental prosthetic arms in labs across the country will soon pave the way for commercial versions to antiquate the last major upgrade that took place almost a hundred years ago. That was the cable-operated prosthetic hook (for above-the-elbow amputees). Thanks to the Defense Advanced Research Projects...
- Tags: Patient, DARPA, Chicago, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- A robotic brain-computer interface
- California Institute of Technology Caltech engineers have developed a robotic device able to act as a brain-computer interface. This is the 'first robotic approach to establishing an interface between computers and the brain by positioning electrodes in neural tissue.' According to the researchers, their approach 'could enhance the performance and...
- Tags: Algorithm, Electrode, California Institute Of Technology, Positioning, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Cry wolf on everything?
- Patient Access To Durable Medical Equipment May Be Threatened By Competitive Acquisition Program. That's the headline on a recent press release from AdvaMed, the medical device industry lobby. In it, President Stephen Ubl right complains that if Medicare and Medicaid go forward on competitive...
- Tags: Patient, Matter, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Commercial brain computer systems are coming
- All over the world, systems that directly connect silicon circuits to brains are under development, and some are nearly ready for commercial applications, according to a new report from the World Technology Evaluation Center and announced by a news release of the University of Southern California USC. Some of the...
- Tags: University Of Southern California, Panel, Report, Computer, BCI, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- A robotic tutuara in New Zealand
- The tuatara, which is both related to lizards and snakes, is one of the planet's oldest reptile species, living in New Zealand for about 200 million years. Scientists still don't know much about their behavior, so they've asked Weta Workshop, a Wellington-based company known for its work on 'The Lord...
- Tags: Science &, Nature, Robotics
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- DARPA plans to turn moths into cyberspies
- DARPA plans to turn moths into cyberspiesReally ScareyThis is a good thing if used only for good purposes but what scares me is the potential for misuse. I understand that it could be used in a positive manner but human nature always finds someone abusing and misusing abilities. In my...
- Tags: DARPA
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Walk this way--or your phone won't work
- Walk this way--or your phone won't workCliches come to lifeIt's funny: For the past several decades we've seen countless science-fiction stories in books, movies, and video games about technology gone wrong. What's funny is how hard people are trying to turn these tired cliches into reality.Some of the negative effects...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Joe Blow
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
- Can humanlike skin give robots a sense of touch?
- Can humanlike skin give robots a sense of touch?First UseAn interactive blow up doll. Just watch!!!Great...Now instead of just worrying about my computer getting viruses, I'll have to be on the lookout for acne and warts. Anybody seen my copy of Clearasil 1.0?My thoughts exactly.That's EXACTLY what I was...
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2005-08-16
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