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

So after the Rabbi's speech today on the  Halachic Organ Donor Society , I joined up to be a donor.  I had always believed this wa...

So this is a true story... I am on the crowded metro coming home from the office, sitting facing backward and toward the middle of the c...

Lately, with the Ebola outbreak, primarily in Africa, but unfortunately also spreading here into the U.S., we are hearing refrains fro...

So the new Apple Watch promises to monitor our every virtual health status as technology and person blend to become one.   However, th...

Totally awesome new technology breakthrough for treating hemorraging patients from the battlefield to the obstetrics ward.  Popular Scien...

This is awesome--the iKnife ("Intelligent" knife) for cutting away cancer, can also detect the cancerous cells.  I had previous...

So the Chinese have invented an amazing life-saving device for whenever a great life-threatening catastrophe strikes. Rather than an ark...

Of all things, here's an innovation to the seat belt.  In the movies, we've all seen cars plunging into the water and submerging...

There is a famous saying that "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana  An edito...

This is a video of a 2-year old girl run over several times–first by a van and then by a truck–and left lying in the street for 7 mi...

I just wanted to share this product with readers of my blog. It is the Vigilant Emergency Wrist Alarm . At the press of a button...

Discovery Channel has a series called Future Weapons . This is part 1 from Israel and Richard (Mack) Mackowicz, a former Navy SEAL sh...

Great new iPhone App by the San Ramon Fire Department called FireDepartment . This life-saving iPhone app notifies citizens trained in ...

The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) developed by Vecna Technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Army's Telemedic...

I received this in an email today, and I thought this was worth sharing. Obviously, I can't tell you what the "right" thing t...

Ever since watching Star Trek, I’ve been fascinated by shapeshifting’s potential uses for military and law enforcement. Now, The Econom...

Recently, I was watching the new ABC News broadcast called “Be The Change: Save A Life.” And in this one episode, a group of Stanford...

This week, we as humankind were renewed by the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile. “Viva Chile! They Left No Man Behind” writes Peggy Noon...

Obviously, I am a technology aficionado, but there is none more awesome than technology, which saves lives . So to me, defense systems (...

Talking about apps for your phone …this one is amazing from MIT Media Labs . Attach a $1-2 eyepiece (the "NETRA") to your p...