SIGNALS: Language, Retail, FabFutures, AltEnergy, TV, Water, TechTYF, Medicine, Noble Gases, Collaborative Consumption
- The Future Tense (Source) #FutureOfLanguage
- Consumers Hold On to Products Longer (Source) #FutureOfRetail
- Kinect as 3D scanner: Fabricate Yourself (Source)
- Sean Ness's blog
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Freezing Ourselves: Medicine of the Future?
When I was nine, I used to wonder whether it would be more painful to freeze to death or burn to death. I vividly imagined both scenarios, and decided that freezing would be the way to go - less pain overall.
Twenty-five years later, I'm coming back to the idea of freezing people, but as a way to save lives instead of a way to die.
- Alexandra Carmichael's blog
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Social networks, Twitter, and the practice of medicine
I think I am behind the times. I just came across a social network for physicians—Ozmosis—that has been around for more than a year. I'm not going to undertake comparing it to Sermo, which is perhaps the best-known physician-only site. At least one other blogger has already done that. I stumbled upon Ozmosis while looking for something else, but what caught my attention was the closing line of another blogger's post: "Share this post with YOUR physician today; wouldn't you rather have a health care provider who is connected to a network that can help him provide even better care for you?" That sounds good in theory, but I wonder if it is true. I would be interested to see any research that indicates that social networks for physicians are likely to improve health outcomes.
- Vivian Distler's blog
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Ulcer-Fighting Yogurt
While new studies find associations between some food and disease pretty much every day, this study is the first study I can remember that tests the curative properties of a specific food: yogurt. Described as both functional and tasty, the yogurt contains a an antibody called IgY-Urease, which blocks a bacterium, which is the leading causes of ulcers, from attaching to the stomach.
- Bradley Kreit's blog
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More on the smartphone as a mobile health tool
A special report recently released by iHealthBeat states that physicians are adopting smart phone technology faster than other U.S. consumers. "According to Manhattan Research, 54% of U.S.
- Vivian Distler's blog
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