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Megapixel Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses

February 13, 2012

Washington-based Innovega has created a unique contact lens technology that allows the eye to focus on images projected very close to the eyes as well as objects in the real world beyond.Simply put, the technology opens the door to augmented reality systems that don’t require some kind of bulky, virtual-reality-headset-from-the-‘90s peripheral visor or helmet.
via DARPA [...]

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The Making of A 3D Printer

February 12, 2012

This is just over the top geeky.
The Making of A 3D Printer
Ever wondered how a 3D printer actually works, or thought about building one from a kit? These step-by-step photos show how to start with a collection of parts and end with a finished printer.
via The Making of A 3D Printer | PCMag.com.
On the other [...]

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The Race to Build a Real Star Trek Tricorder

February 11, 2012

Cool
The two groups announced this month that they are joining forces to launch the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, a $10 million competition to build a handheld, mobile device able to quickly diagnose a range of health problems and measure real-time information such as respiratory rate and blood pressure.
via The Race to Build a Real Star [...]

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Visible-light communication

February 4, 2012

Interesting concept. I can see many possible uses in the dental office but wonder about the direct line of sight issue. Reminds me of the old IR devices. If they could not “see” the receiver they did not work.
AMONG the many new gadgets unveiled at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a [...]

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Regrow Your Own Teeth

February 1, 2012

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

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3D Face Reasearch

January 30, 2012

From Dr. Bicuspid
January 18, 2012 — Visitors to the Science Museum in London can have their faces scanned in 3D and see what they might look like in another dimension as part of a new program designed to help oromaxillofacial researchers.
The images taken during the project will be used to form the largest database of [...]

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Mobile Browsing

January 30, 2012

Here is another important statistic from Sesame Communications.
Mobile web browsing is expected to exceed desktop browsing in 2014
That means if you are a dentist setting up or upgrading a practice web site you need to have a mobile version of the site. Although it is possible to access a standard web site on a smart [...]

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Peter Drucker, the dean of American management theorists, wrote

January 28, 2012

“Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades, society all together rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, and its key institutions. Fifty years later a new world exists. And the people born into that world cannot even [...]

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Tiny Tunable Terahertz Beam Could Enable Real Handheld Tricorders

January 26, 2012

Waay Cool !
The T-ray beam could be integrated into portable scanners, like a real-life Tricorder, the researchers say.
Electromagnetic waves in the terahertz range, known as T-rays, are used in highly sensitive security scanners, … — they could sense molecules associated with cancer or other diseases, for instance.
via Tiny Tunable Terahertz Beam Could Enable Real Handheld Tricorders [...]

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CES 2012: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

January 21, 2012

A fun in cheek wrap up of CES 2012 from PC Mag
CES 2012: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

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Magnetic storage systems shrink from a million atoms per bit to twelve

January 19, 2012

Of interest mostly to geeks but truly amazing none the less.
Magnetic storage systems shrink from a million atoms per bit to twelve
via the Foresight Institute » Blog Archive » Magnetic storage systems shrink from a million atoms per bit to twelve.

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Putting Medical Records Into Patients’ Hands

January 19, 2012

Interesting article at Slashdot.
But what would happen if patients were encouraged not just to see their medical records but to take them home, study them and really own them?
via Putting Medical Records Into Patients’ Hands – Slashdot.
This relates to many of the articles I have written about EHR, data safety, and ownership. Strictly speaking this [...]

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Anti-Buzz: Piracy

January 17, 2012

The Buzz: Piracy stifles creative talent.
The Anti-Buzz: No, obscurity stifles creative talent.
Why: The more you’re known, the more you’ll sell.
Dentists, you have it easy. As content producers your dentistry service is very hard to pirate.
Tomorrow – Wednesday, January 18th – might be an interesting day if these rumors are to be believed. For one, you [...]

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The Future of Personalized Medicine

January 16, 2012

From the WSJ
Take a moment to imagine what it would be like to live robustly to the ripe old age of 100 or more. You wouldnt die of any particular illness, and you wouldnt gradually waste away under the spell of some awful, enfeebling disease…Most of the conditions that kill us, including cancer and heart [...]

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The Top Gadgets of CES 2012

January 14, 2012

Be still my geeky heart:
The Top Gadgets of CES 2012: Our Editor’s Choice Awards – Popular Mechanics#slide-1.

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Technological Healing

January 11, 2012

A review of the new book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care.
Nanosensors patrolling your bloodstream for the first sign of an imminent stroke or heart attack, releasing anticlotting or anti-inflammatory drugs to stop it in its tracks. Cell phones that display your vital signs and take [...]

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LG to Unveil 84-Inch 3DTV at CES !!!

January 6, 2012

Good to know.
LG plans to unveil an 84-inch 3DTV at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which the company said will be the world’s largest.
LG said the TV will include 8 million pixels and boast a resolution of 3480-by-2160, four times the resolution found on full HDTV sets. LG has dubbed it “Ultra Definition.”
via LG to [...]

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Social Media; a Bubble about to Burst?

January 4, 2012

From an article Too Much Buzz from the economist.
Two billion people are already online. E-commerce sales are $8 trillion a year. So, the argument goes, this more “social” element to the internet is the next great revolution. Over-caffeinated cyber-champions talk of “empowerment” and “transparency”. But is all this as wonderful as it sounds? Or is [...]

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Anti-Buzz: Why Innovation is So Unpredictable

January 3, 2012

The Buzz: The wise observer is able to predict all tech trends.

The Anti-buzz: True innovation is always unpredictable.
Why: Because difficult problems always defy intuition.
Happy New Year! I’ve been at a loss for how to kick off the New Year in anti-buzz fashion. Do I review the past year? Do I make bold predictions about the [...]

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Dental Tech Predictions for 2012

January 2, 2012

I humbly report that my 2011 predictions regarding dentistry and high tech, which can be found here, all proved to be 100% accurate. Knowing it is not possible to improve on that record I am submitting predictions for 2012 that I expect to be 100% wrong.
Knowing these predictions will never come to pass makes them [...]

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