innovation

Siri Says You Have Tuberculosis

Technology Is Going to Bring About a Glorious Healthcare Revolution

We are on the cusp of a new scientific revolution that is going to destroy–and rebuild–healthcare as we know it. The technology for it already exists, according to Eric Topol, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. But, he told the crowd at an event sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation at MOCA Grand Avenue, making proper use of this technology will require a push from consumers.

When Topol finds fault with present-day medicine, he does so as an insider. He is …

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Don’t Start Thinking About Tomorrow

Introducing Google Goggles, the Futuristic Tool To Let Us Stop Caring About the Future

by Clarke Cooper |

According to a campaign of “leaks” that the company has recently confirmed, Google wants to run interference for us while we engage the physical world. They are inventing stylish infogoggles …

Dear John, You Have Psoriasis

Why Your Medical Diagnosis May Soon Be Handled by Mail

by Stephen Johnston |

As an inventor, I place a lot of weight on understanding the words I use to describe the problem I am addressing. For example, in medicine, the word patient is …

Why Julie Andrews Might Sing Again

Harvard's Steven Zeitels Hopes to Sell a Swell Gel

by T.A. Frank |

Last November, Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Entertainment, invited a few hundred guests to a soiree at his compound in Bel Air. “Many of you know me as a movie …

The Purpose of Science Fiction

by Robert J. Sawyer |

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is generally considered the first work of science fiction. It explores, in scientific terms, the notion of synthetic life: Dr. Victor …

Can We Defeat Aging With Medicine?

With Hard Work and New Technology, It's Possible

by Aubrey de Grey |

Aging is bad for you. Whether you call it a disease, not a disease, a set of disease precursors, or some other variation on the theme, it is a medical …


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