From Sci-Fi to Reality: “Watson” and the Boom in Cognitive Computing
Imagine science fiction movies that have come out in the past decade, such as Star Wars, Prometheus, and Avatar, just to name a few. These movies have futuristic elements that seem unattainable within...
View Article3D Printing: The Future of Creation
Picture a world in which objects could be created with just a click of a button. New surfboard? Check. New sneakers? Check. New liver? Check [1,2,3]. This seemingly science fictional machine is slowly...
View ArticleTelemedicine: Just What the Doctor Prescribed
“You don’t have 10 minutes to wait for a surgeon,” Dr. James Marcin told the other physician. “You need to place a femoral line now.” The patient, Ian, was in a diabetic coma in...
View ArticleHydrogen Fuel: The Chicken and Egg Problem
“The first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen and pollution-free,” George W. Bush proclaimed in his 2003 State of the Union address, as he announced a $1.2-billion...
View ArticleBrazil’s Growing Energy Need: Is Wind Power the Solution?
Whether they are used romantically, to celebrate life, or to remember death, candles have been, since the invention of modern light sources, a magical phenomenon. They create a uniquely comforting and...
View ArticleIs Rare Expensive?
Accepting what Kenneth Arrow once said that “there seems to be little room for the unequal distribution of a vital commodity such as health care in a just society”, few would argue that our current...
View Article3D Printing: The Past, Present and Future of Manufacturing and Consumer Products
3D printing technology has grown exponentially over the past 4 decades. The origins of 3D printing started in the early 1980s when the technology was exclusively for high end manufacturing processes....
View ArticleArduino: The technology of the future
Nowadays, technology has dominated, to a great degree, our lives. One of its “miracles” is the Arduino. Most people probably don’t know what Arduino technology is or, even if they do, they have not...
View ArticleCheapstat: The Personal Potentiostat of the Future
Most often used in electrochemical research, the potentiostat is a circuit that controls the voltage between a working electrode and a reference electrode contained in an electrochemical cell. The...
View ArticleDigital Online Privacy?
Americans have long held individual privacy, as stipulated in the Bill of Rights, as sacrosanct. In recent years, however, the cyber revolution has brought many uncertainties to citizens’ rights and...
View ArticleElectronic Health Record Progress: Looking to the Future of Patient Medical Data
Ever since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was enacted, the handling of medical records has been revamped. Instead of relying on written records to...
View ArticleSleepless Students
When my classmates stay up late, I notice right away as they stagger into class, sporting dark bags beneath their eyes. It bothers me to see so many of my classmates in this state. I’ve noticed a...
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