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West Wireless Health Institute. Basis — health and heart rate monitor for wellness and fitness. Archive » Designing the Stress Watch. HeartCare2 Project. Personal Informatics Tools. Healthcare Innovation by Design Group News. Omada Health. Tonic Health   |   Refreshing medical data collection. 2011-09-12 WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care.

INDIANAPOLIS and ARMONK, N.Y., - 12 Sep 2011: WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement today to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint will develop and launch Watson-based solutions to help improve patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based health care for millions of Americans. IBM will develop the base Watson healthcare technology on which WellPoint's solution will run. Watson, named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson's ability to analyze the meaning and context of human language, and quickly process vast amounts of information to suggest options targeted to a patient's circumstances, can assist decision makers, such as physicians and nurses, in identifying the most likely diagnosis and treatment options for their patients. In recent years, few areas have advanced as rapidly as health care. About WellPoint About IBM. Google set to revolutionize mHealth and medicine with Google Glasses?

By: Matthew DiPaola, MD News from unnamed employees at the X center, a secretive experimental Google product laboratory, indicates that Google will be releasing eyeglasses with an integrated computer and camera by year’s end. Think of it as the wearable smart phone or a heads up display…for your head. The glasses will have a 3G or 4G connection, run on an android platform, and house multiple sensors including GPS. Pop on your shades, log into Google maps and you should virtually never get lost. But perhaps more interesting is the prospect of having the entire fund of internet knowledge readily available to you without having to reach into your pocket.

Will such technology revolutionize medicine? 1. Conceivably, preoperative imaging could be loaded into a cloud based server and be made accessible to the surgeon throughout the case without him or her ever having to alter his or her posture. 2. Maybe Google Glasses will provide us the solution. 3. EteRNA - Played by Human, Scored by Nature.

Parallax RFID Reader Arduino. A while back, I purchased a Parallax RFID reader and used it for authentication for my house door. It was kind of a hack job and wasn’t as stable as I would have liked so I never documented it and put it on the backburner. I recently decided to revisit the device for a project for Gumbo Labs. The Parallax reader BTW, you can now get this at your local Radioshack?!?. Anyway, this device was initially easy to get running but it was not as stable as I hoped it would be. First you want to get them connected. Connecting Arduino to RFID reader The mapping should be similar to this: Arduino serial RX to Parallax TXArduino GND to Parallax GNDArduino digital pin (i.e. #2) to Parallax /ENABLEArduino +5V to Parallax Vcc Keep in mind that when you upload your binary to the Arduino, you may need to disconnect the Parallax TX connection, just a warning.

Now to the Arduino code… I will explain each piece in detail and give the whole code at the end. First let’s deal with this /ENABLE pin. Oh well. Updates. The NovaDreamer Lucid Dream Induction Device. NovaDreamer Lucid Dream Induction Device The NovaDreamer, product of over a decade of research by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., world-renowned authority on lucid dreaming, brings the lucid dream state within reach of everyone. The NovaDreamer detects when you’re in REM sleep, then gives you a cue (flashing lights or sounds) to remind you to recognize you are dreaming. Cues enter your dream, becoming incorporated just like an alarm or radio will sometimes work its way into a dream. For example, NovaDreamer users have reported: “I see a beautiful pattern of gold and yellow diamonds that fills my field of vision...,” and “I'm surrounded by the popping of flash bulbs with afterimages of orange circles...,” and “I see a flash of light and press the button.

The NovaDreamer package includes the Course in Lucid Dreaming, a comprehensive training program that prepares you to recognize the NovaDreamer cue in your dreams. New NovaDreamer2 coming soon! Pipette Company Blog. Step aside Arduino, TinkerForge is the new sheriff in mod-town (video) Startup Tinkerforge presents modular open source hardware Developing, discovering, learning and tinkering made easy. The new system of hardware building blocks from Tinkerforge allows to plug sensor and actor modules together and to program the desired behavior of the modules without prior knowledge in hardware programming.

The building blocks can be used professionally or as a hobby for the automation of processes or for the development of prototypes. Users will be surprised how simple it is to e.g. control a robot with this system. A developer can build a system out of modules that are suitable for his application. The modules can be controlled from a PC, mobile phone or tablet. The core of the new system are so called Bricks. The Tinkerforge GmbH is a German Startup. Twine Sensor Allows You To Easily Create Internet Connected Systems. Twine has just started its journey on Kickstater, looking to make the jump from concept to manufacture and is a new device which has been designed to allow you to easily connect things and monitor them from the Internet.

Allowing you to create Internet connected systems and objects anywhere you have WiFi. Twine is low-power hardware device that works with real-time web software to make networked physical computing simple and versatile, say its creators. Twine is equipped with a wireless module tightly integrated with a cloud-based service, together with on-board temperature and vibration sensors, and an expansion connector allowing you to connect additional sensors if required.

Watch the promotional video after the jump to see it in action. Its developers explain how Twine has been designed to work: “The Spool web app makes it simple to set up and monitor your Twines from a browser anywhere. You set rules to trigger messages — no programming needed. Source: Kickstarter. Biometric technology in action. Printable transistors usher in ‘internet of things’ | WSNblog. Thinfilm, a Norwegian developer of printable memory, has co-announced with California’s PARC a development that takes a big step towards the day when every manufactured object will report in to the internet. Yes, the “internet of things” – the buzzword of the decade. Thinfilm and PARC‘s breakthrough is a technology that can print not only memory onto, well, thin films, but can now also print transistors to address and manage that memory. Since 2006, Thinfilm has been producing low-capacity read/write printable memory, which has been used in such applications as personalized toys and games.

How low is “low-capacity”? Twenty bits – but although that may sound meager, know that Thinfilm’s current products aren’t intended to store an HD video of Laurence of Arabia, but instead, to hold identification and personalization information. And to do so cheaply. “It’s not metal-oxide, so you can’t really call it CMOS,” he said. More info here. Like this: Like Loading... How will we design products for the Internet of Things? As revolutionary as the mobile ecosystem is, it’s the interactions of more-intelligent connected devices with people outside the context of phones or computers that will drive more innovation, says Mark Rolston, the chief creative officer at Frog Design. Rolston, speaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference on Monday in Seattle described a future where devices become more contextually aware, thanks to embedded and connected sensors.

Instead of thinking about the buttons on a phone or a laptop, manufacturers and designers need to think about what will happen when computers are embedded in everything and connected all the time. Instead of computing’s being confined in a box on a desk or in the hand, computers will be everywhere, pulling data from a variety of places. In fact, user interaction might be a very minimal part of the overall design. Computers — the boxes that we consult in the form of tablets, mobile phones and desktops — are wonderful, but they take away from what it is to be human and to really connect with one another. So the challenge and opportunity that lies ahead is how to get the computers out of computing, said Mark Rolston, the chief creative officer at frog.

Speaking at the GigaOM RoadMap conference in San Francisco, Rolston took the audience through a vision of omnipresent computing. “The room is the computer,” he said, as he described putting something like Apple’s Siri voice recognition system into an earpiece, and then being able to interact with a projector in a room to create a screen wherever the user needed one. “Computing is decoupling. Most computers are composed machines, but if you can image a case where they are externalized resources in a room,” he said.

So today, if you have an iPad, that’s all you have. Photo by Pinar Ozger. Siri: Say hello to the coming “invisible interface” 1Executive Summary After solely using a Google Android phone for nearly two years, I recently added an Apple iPhone 4S to my stable of smartphones. Not because of the new dual-core A5 processor, advanced 8 megapixel camera sensor or retooled antenna design, however. What sold me on Apple’s latest handset wasn’t hardware at all: It was the promise of an “invisible interface” through Siri, the iPhone’s personal assistant software. Siri is arguably the first working example of how everyday people will interact with connected devices in the near future. The ability to speak to our phones, televisions or homes and have them respond or take action is no longer a far-fetched concept.

What Siri is Siri started out as a third-party application, launching on the iTunes App Store in 2010. That means the same question or command can be asked different ways, making the software far more versatile. That’s just an example of the natural language processing, but it’s a powerful concept. What Siri isn’t. Opportunistic Programming. Take a d.school class. Applications are now closed. See each class page for more info. Core Classes In a core class you can expect a well-rounded design thinking experience that will flex your skills in most (if not all) core design thinking abilities. While the subject matter and style of each course differs, our core classes will be your most comprehensive design thinking experience. Offered for credit. Length varies. Advanced Design StudioCreativity and Innovationd.org :: prototyping organizational changeDesign for Extreme Affordability (Ongoing: Winter + Spring)Design Garage (Ongoing: Winter + Spring)Design Thinking for Public Policy InnovatorsDesigning Solutions to Global Grand ChallengesFrom Play to InnovationLaunchpadMethods in Systems ThinkingOrganizational Psychology of Design Thinking Boost Classes Creative GymVisual Design Fundamentals Pop-Up Classes If you’re looking for a short, fun activity for a weekend, take up a pop-up class.

Our Most Experimental Pop-Ups: View classes taught in the past years here. Computing Machinery and Intelligence A.M. Turing. Download. Electronic ‘skin’ can monitor your heart - SentinelSource.com: Health Fitness. Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:15 pm | Updated: 1:33 pm, Wed Aug 31, 2011. Electronic ‘skin’ can monitor your heart By Elizabeth Landau CNN News Service SentinelSource.com Electronic ‘skin’ can monitor your heart Hospital monitoring devices are clunky and uncomfortable, with all of their wires and plugs like you’d see with any old machine. Heart disease patients sometimes have to wear monitors for a month or more. But now, a group of researchers is making health care electronics look and feel more like part of your own body. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. Click here if you already have a login to the site. Login now Need a print or online subscription? Subscribe Choose a subscription 1 Online subscription $9.00 for 28 days$18.00 for 56 days$27.30 for 91 days$53.30 for 182 days$99.84 for 364 days$1.00 for 1 day$3.00 for 7 days 2 Print & Online Subscription $15.96 for 28 days$31.92 for 56 days$51.87 for 91 days$103.95 for 189 days$207.90 for 385 days.

Electronic Skin. Nokia shows off stretchable “electronic skin”, other futuristic stuff (video) Ever since Nokia showcased the Morph concept a couple of years ago, the company’s fans have been wondering: when will such a phone become available? We still don’t have the answer to that question, but we do know that Nokia is serious about turning this concept into reality. In a post published today at its official blog, Nokia has presented some of the work it’s doing at its Research Centre in Cambridge, UK.

One of the things the team at NRC Cambridge is working on is the so-called stretchable electronic skin. This is an electronic touchpad that, thanks to the use of “evaporated gold as a conductor”, can be stretched and crumpled without losing its functionality. As seen in the video below, this opens up endless possibilities, including the manufacturing of flexible, shape-shifting mobile phones (like the Nokia Morph). Another interesting Nokia project is related to “nanowire sensing.” See the video below for more: The third project showcased by Nokia has a lot to do with touchscreens. Strongly enhanced sensitivity in elastic capacitive strain sensors - Journal of Materials Chemistry.

Square Updates Mobile Payments App For Merchants With Loyalty Features, Printed Receipts And More. After hitting $11 million in mobile payments volume per day, Square is announcing more news—an update to the startup’s flagship iOS and Android payments apps. As you may know, Square Card Reader and companion app transforms any iPad, iPhone or Android phone into a full point of sale system. One of the major additions to version 2.2 of the app relates to customer loyalty. Now merchants can reward their regular customers with a new in-app loyalty feature that allows merchants to recognize their most frequent customers when they enter their store.

The new feature also allows merchants to offer repeat customers discounts, which the customer will see reflected in their Square Card Case. As we’ve written in the past Square Card Case is a mobile app that consumers fill with ‘cards’ of all the merchants they visit and buy from who accept Square. These mobile cards include locations, merchant contact info, coupons, order and purchase history and more.

Google Voice for Android finally gets mass texting capabilities. Harnessing the Power of Data: Todd Park’s Vision for Rebooting U.S. Healthcare. Silk Woven into Bio-Chip of the Future. Insert Coin: SeeMeCNC H-1 cuts entry price to the world of 3D printing. Sony may be preparing an internet-based cable TV alternative. Optimus 3D Gingerbread update coming, world shrugs, stares wistfully at Ice Cream Sandwich. Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor.

Stretchable electronics: A shapely future for circuits. Smart skin: Electronics that stick and stretch like a temporary tattoo. TR35: Stéphanie Lacour, 30. LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0. Preventice.

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