Posts for Tag: Technology

Smart Medicine


First time I've seen a report that places the arrival of sensor-enabled medicines to such a short time frame—one to two years. The lead from this Wall Street Journal report points out
Taking medication haphazardly—skipping doses, lapsing between refills or taking pills beyond their expiration date—has been linked to health complications and hundreds of millions of wasted dollars for insurers and hospitals.
I wonder how these developers are planning for people who take more than one medicine. None of the devices shown here seem to be readily adaptable to my regimen.

Digital Detox

CNN reports a "digital detox" weekend. Cellphones and computers are banned and networking and other work talk is prohibited.

Asking "Would you go to a no-gadget "digital detox" camp? Could you survive a week if you did?" at Twitter, it wasn't too long, before CNN began posting some replies—


@cnntech I absolutely would, as long as I can still use my smartphone, tablet, laptop, and ps3.

— Joel O'Hair (@joelohair) May 1, 2013

@cnntech If you need a digital detox camp, chances are you're already too attached.

— Joel Davis (@hello_joel) May 1, 2013