Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Google Glass or its wearable technology alternatives from Apple and others is going to be huge.  This is one time that I disagree with m...

This robot has rhythm and can dance Gangnam Style. It is called CHARLI-2 (Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot with Learning Intelligence...

Here is a really nice technology forecast visualization from Envisioning Technology . It covers almost three decades from 2012 through...

This new gesture-recognition technology from Leap Motion is amazing.  "For the first time, you can control a computer in three dim...

The Asian Forum of Corrections in South Korea has developed this 5' tall robot for patrolling prisons. But rather than restraints an...

I love this evolving technology using bionics to help the paralyzed stand and walk again.  This technology for exoskeleton suits with mo...

There is an article today in the Wall Street Journal (10-11 March 2012) about how an Anybot Robot attended a wedding party in Paris dre...

A few years ago, researchers found that Dogs could actually identify people with cancer at a 99% accuracy rate by simply smelling human...

This video from Monosol is a little hokey on the inspiring and teamwork pieces, but I think they are definitely on to something with thei...

I am very excited by this new assistive technology for personal mobility coming out of Japan that can be used to help the aged or handicappe...

This robotic seeing eye dog from Japanese company NSK is an incredible display of how technology can help the blind and was profiled in Pop...

Here is a wonderful idea to help people who use prosthetics--a smartphone built right in to the artificial limb . What was once a challengi...

This is the throwable panoramic ball camera . It has 36 cameras and when thrown in the air, takes 360-degree pictures of it's surround...

We are getting closer to the day when mobile computing will truly be just a computer interaction anywhere --on any surface or even on no sur...

A few weeks ago (17 September 2011), I blogged about the Peepoo for human waste disposal, and now we have the AshPoopie for handling doggie...

Check out this new augmented reality virtual fitting room technology called Virtual Interactive Podium (VIPodium) by Russian Company, Fit...

I love keeping up with the latest in robotics, especially when it comes to battlefield versions. The Wall Street Journal (19 Au...

So technology really does come to everything, eventually. Check out Kohler's new high-tech toilet, the Numi. Aside from all sorts of au...

In the last couple of weeks, a new innovation by Tobii for eye tracking technology built into the lid of laptop computers has been featured ...

This is great-- the ZyPAD by Eurotech. A true wrist-mounted computer . Rugged, wearable, ergonomic, GPS, bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled. Turn...