Big data, IoT will drive world's data to grow 5X by 2025
More about Big Data The Global Datasphere—the measure of how much new data is produced and replicated every year—will grow by more than five times within the next seven years, according to a Seagate report released on Wednesday. Major drivers in data growth worldwide are attributed to investments in entertainment data and video surveillance footage,…
Using blockchain to measure worker satisfaction
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: A team at Harvard University, led by Dr. Eileen McNeely, is partnering with Levi Strauss & Co. to develop a new worker’s welfare initiative, powered by blockchain. The aim of the programme is to gain a better understanding of conditions in the factories that produce clothes for…
Biotech firm designs a 3D pill printer to dispense personalised pills
ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: UK-based FabRx is developing and testing a 3D printer to create personalised pills (they call them printlets) on site at hospitals. The printer could solve a major problem. Most medicines are available in set strengths and sizes. This makes it difficult to customise pills to patients’ individual needs.…
Scientists teach computers to teach themselves
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We Don’t Want to Fit In. We Want to Belong
There has been a big shift in how people interact with brands. In the old days, a product or service would show up on the scene, and we’d evaluate whether the product was something we could use. Sure, there were some products and brands where we felt like we wanted to belong (you are either…
How technology is highlighting the role of inflammation in depression and MS
At the 2019 MIT Space2 workshop, TechRepublic Senior Writer Teena Maddox spoke with Adam Kaplin, MD, Ph.D., at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine about how depression is a common occurrence in multiple sclerosis patients, but an online app is helping patients better relay data about their mood to their physicians. The following is an…
IBM Watson IoT wants to improve field worker safety with wearables, but could it backfire?
On Wednesday, IBM announced collaborations with Garmin Health, Mitsufuji and SmartCone as part of a push for the company’s Watson IoT platform to be used to increase worker safety for those in hazardous environments like construction sites, mines, and factories. IBM envisions wearable technologies capable of monitoring biometric attributes (including heart rate and body temperature),…
The power of ambient scents
At the 2019 MIT Space2 workshop, TechRepublic Senior Writer Teena Maddox spoke with Stevens Institute of Technology’s Adriana Madzharov about how warm and cool scents affect people. For instance, cool scents such as peppermint or eucalyptus in confined environments give the illusion that the area is more spacious. The following is an edited transcript of…
Top 5 things to know about farm tech
Agriculture gets a bad rap sometimes. Farmers are too often portrayed as either simple folks on a bouncy old tractor, or as a huge, heartless, agribusiness spewing pesticides. There may be some truth behind both stereotypes, but today’s farmer is also incredibly tech savvy. Here are five things to know about farm tech. SEE: The…
The role of data science and technology in mental health treatment
At the 2019 MIT Space2 workshop, TechRepublic Senior Writer Teena Maddox spoke with Valera Health’s Thomas Tsang about how Valera Health uses technology to triage patients to determine which level of care is necessary for patients requiring behavioral and mental health treatment. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Teena Maddox: Tell me…