May 5, 2014
Healthcare Where You Need It
Great new medical examination device from Tyto Care.
Handheld, mobile, cloud-based solution for performing a basic medical examination, anywhere--either remotely guided by an online physician or using the 3D avatar on the device itself for conducting a self-examination.
The device looks like the one in the doctors office that checks your ears, but it also has sensors to listen to your heart and lungs, and for viewing your eyes, throat, and skin, and for taking your temperature.
The results can be read by the end-user or sent to a physician for review and diagnosis.
When your not feeling well or aren't sure what's wrong--isn't great to have the convenience to have your vitals checked from wherever you are and the self-sufficiency to even get and see your own basic medical stats.
In a time where we are under more stress to get adequate medical care due to families made up of dual working parents, jobs that are 24/7, and a declining ratio of medical professionals to patients--the Tyto seems like a breakthrough that can help us get checked and get help, anytime and place.
Now, we just need to get our medical practitioners online and in regular remote communication with their patients--so the traditional office visit and emergency room aren't the only options for being seen. ;-)
February 21, 2011
Glass, More Than Just Window Dressing
- Photovoltaic
- LCD Television
- Architectural
- Surface
- Appliance Veneer
- Handheld
- Automotive
- Large-Format
- All Weather
- Wall Format
- Work Surface
- Electronics Ready
- Large Panel
- Flexible
- 3-D TV
- Portable
Glass, More Than Just Window Dressing
November 11, 2010
An Always On Technology Society
An Always On Technology Society
November 6, 2010
Podcast and Slideshare by Andy Blumenthal on Mobility Solutions
Click here for the audio of my speech at the Adobe Government Assembly on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Subscribe to all my podcasts on iTunes here.)
Podcast and Slideshare by Andy Blumenthal on Mobility Solutions
November 3, 2010
5 Lessons For Implementing Mobility Solutions
[Pictured from Left Kevin Brownstein, McAfee; Andy Blumenthal, ATF; John Landwehr, Adobe; Jack Holt, DoD]
Today, I participated on behalf of my agency at the Adobe Government Assembly: Engage America on a panel for mobility solutions.
I shared the lessons learned from our experience and pilot of mobile devices, including:
1) Be prepared to give the end users as many apps as possible—they want it all just like on their desktops.
2) In mobile devices, size and resolution matters. Although people like miniaturized devices, they want the display of the information and graphics to be clear and visible.
3) Users did not like using a stylus for navigation.
4) Users in the field don’t have time or patience to decipher complicated instruction guides—it’s got to be intuitive!
5) While security is critical, usability is key and it’s a balancing act.
5 Lessons For Implementing Mobility Solutions
October 2, 2010
You Can Slow Them Down, But You Can’t Stop Them
What happens when someone does something and you don’t like it—I mean you really don’t like it (and that something is painful—physically, emotionally, or even financially)—you try to get them to stop.
You see it all starts when we are little and growing up and big brother Johnny pulls our hair or takes our toy and we go running to mommy, yelling to make Johnny stop. Mommy comes out standing straight and tall and pointing her sharpened finger at Johnny, and looking Johnny straight in the eyes says stop bothering you’re little sister. Johnny looks down, sulks, and says okay (maybe even expressing a barely audible, and hollow, sorry). But then what happens when mommy leaves the room for a few minutes, Johnny’s at it again.
And that’s what happens when Johnny is doing something wrong…imagine if he believes he is doing the right thing all along, of course, he continues on his merry way doing what he was doing.
Organizations, like people, seek to stop the pain as well and if they can’t compete in the markets, they take it elsewhere.
The Wall Street Journal, 2-3 October 2010, reports “Microsoft Lawsuit Seeks To Slow Google.”
Like Johnny, Google (although technically smaller than Microsoft revenue-wise) is doing something that Microsoft really doesn’t like; Google is walloping Microsoft in smartphones: “Microsoft’s share of the worldwide smartphone market this year is expected to fall to 6.8% from 13% in 2008, while Google is forecast to jump to 16% from less than 1% two years ago, according to IDC.”
Microsoft like the kid, who wants the hair pulling to stop, and they can’t make it stop themselves through a competitive product at this time, is running to “Mommy,” in this case the courts, and seeking relief by suing Motorola, the handset maker for the Android.
As one patent lawyer put it: “My gut feeling is Microsoft is losing the hand-held wars and they’re using their patent portfolio to get some of it back.”
Certainly, Microsoft isn’t alone is using this slowing tactic, for example, recently HP filed to sue Oracle for hiring their ex-CEO Mark Hurd, even though as 24-7 press release notes California tends to favor the free movement of employees and do not enforce non-competition agreements.
While Microsoft believes their new Windows Phone 7 (i.e. the Windows Mobile replacement) is the answer to their smartphone operating system prayers, and will help them to compete against the Google Android (and the Apple iPhone), the market results remain to be seen.
If Microsoft continues with an inferior product, then like a Johnny in the right, Google will continue to go right on beating Microsoft at their own game (unless of course, the courts say otherwise).
You Can Slow Them Down, But You Can’t Stop Them
January 1, 2009
Scraping the Landlines and The Total CIO
Scraping the Landlines and The Total CIO