Thanks to Steve Douglas (CEO, Data Physics Research, Inc) for this reference. The
video speaks for itself. Prepare to be moved!!!
Added by Clymer/JR on December 12, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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NIH (National Institutes of Health), under significant pressure, has decided to
review its current policy which defines & regulates awardee conflicts of interest. A Senate oversight committee has expressed growing concern that NIH rules are lax, and not rigorously enforced. Examples cited have largely involved pharmaceuticals, but evolving NIH rules will apply to all…
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Added by Clymer/JR on December 9, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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The Department of Defense today
announced the official launch of MiCare, the Military Health System's prototype personal health record (PHR), combining resources from Google® Health™ and Microsoft® HealthVault™. The pilot program rolls out at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. If successful, it will ultimately migrate to DoD beneficiaries worldwide. Implications for PHR acceptance in…
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Added by Clymer/JR on December 8, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Graphics chip developer,
Nvidia, announced a new
offering it describes as a "Personal Super Computing" architecture, based on its proprietary 'Tesla' product. This technology promises to provide extraordinary "horsepower" right to the user desktop. AMD and Intel are developing similar techologies…
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Added by Clymer/JR on November 19, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Partners Healthcare System in Boston provides yet another
study analyzing the costs, and associated savings derived from interoperable Personal Health Records (PHR). The entire
CITL report is available for viewing or download. Momentum is building
Added by Clymer/JR on November 17, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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NY Times
reports that Google™ has provided Apple's™ iPhone with the first available voice recognition application for its search engine on mobile devices. Though surprisingly not released initially on its own Android™ platform, it can only be a matter of time before more cell users will be able to execute Google voice queries. VERY, VERY COOL!!!
Added by Clymer/JR on November 17, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Microsoft has announced a new program,
BizSpark, creating incentives to start-up companies willing to use Microsoft technologies. Read about this new approach, as the software giant becomes more "open".
Added by Clymer/JR on November 6, 2008 at 1:11pm —
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Following the recent Health 2.0 Conference, Roni Ziegler,
Google Health product manager was
interviewed, and provided an interesting perspective, coming from the software giant. She cautiously admitted that Google wants to "tamp down expectations that the Internet search leader might be able to cure all that ails health care". There's clearly much more still to follow in the…
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Added by Clymer/JR on November 4, 2008 at 6:30pm —
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If the browser market needed a new entry, it's getting it with
Google Chrome. Even though it's only in a beta-configuration, and has yet to provide a Mac version, to date it already accounts for 1% of the market. Read all about it:
Chrome1,…
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Added by Clymer/JR on November 3, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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From memristors to USB3 to a Google OS, PC World has a good
article on 15 of the "next big things". Enjoyable read!
Added by Clymer/JR on November 3, 2008 at 11:30am —
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Much has been made in the last few years about the need for
unique patient identifiers (UPI) as a means of reducing medical errors, and enhancing transactional efficiency. Far from a "solution seeking a problem", this simply requires consensus, and standardization. A just released Rand study
"Identity Crisis" makes the case that up-front…
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Added by Clymer/JR on October 29, 2008 at 11:03am —
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For those who haven't seen a Personal Health Record (PHR) service up close, I'd recommend a tour of
Google Health. Along with
Aetna &
Microsoft, they have invested significant resources towards e-personalization of health care delivery. Scores of other ventures exist, as well, in this rapidly expanding space. Read all about it!
Added by Clymer/JR on October 29, 2008 at 10:40am —
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If you thought the "cloudy" skies were getting crowded, make way for
Microsoft. The company announced that it is introducing
Windows Azure, a web based services platform that will reside on its distributed data centers, and will be available in CY'09. Read a preliminary…
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Added by Clymer/JR on October 28, 2008 at 10:00am —
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In an insightful
analysis, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) highlights what they call 7 disruptive digital technologies that will shape business for decades to come. eWeek provides a thought-provoking
synopsis of this important work.
Added by Clymer/JR on October 27, 2008 at 11:47am —
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Aetna has been developing an in-house Personal Health Record (PHR). Today, it
announced a collaboration with Microsoft, allowing Aetna members to transfer the information in their Aetna CareEngine®-powered record directly to Microsoft HealthVault, a security-enhanced, Web-based…
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Added by Clymer/JR on October 27, 2008 at 11:26am —
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One day in advance of the release of the T-Mobile G-1 phone, Google has divulged the complete Android platform source code via its participation in the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Details are included in an eWeek
article. Also
read about Androids…
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Added by Clymer/JR on October 23, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Talk about infinitely scalable.
Brookhaven Labs has partnered with other worldwide computing centers to form a consortium, the World's Largest Computing Grid (WLCG). Read all about it.
Added by Clymer/JR on October 16, 2008 at 11:30am —
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The government officially has begun to formulate a national R&D agenda for
“game-changing ideas" as part of the multiyear, multibillion-dollar, governmentwide effort to secure cyberspace through the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). The
NSF released today a 'Request for Information' (RFI) which officially launches the program to the public.
Added by Clymer/JR on October 16, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Amazon, with its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), has become arguably the pre-eminent player in the emerging "Cloud Computing" space. See this excellent
overview describing the approach Amazon is taking.
Added by Clymer/JR on October 15, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Apple finally released its new line of laptop computers.
Rumors of "Blue-ray" drive and $800 Macs were baseless; after announcement, the
stock market was clearly disappointed, and punished equity shares. The price on entry-level…
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Added by Clymer/JR on October 15, 2008 at 11:00am —
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