Tag: innovations

When Do Humans Become Bionic?

  This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com Sight for the blind, hearing for the deaf. A human body with functionality restored. That’s the promise of bionics, a field that sits at the intersection of engineering, nanotechnology, medicine, and other scientific disciplines. Bionics is the merger of electronics and technology with the human body, or in other words: robotic body parts. Bionics holds… Read more →

Cash & 4 Other Things That Are Obsolete

This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com What do the typewriter, CDs, and cold, hard cash have in common? They are — or soon will be — anachronisms found in history museums. Why? Because new technology continues to rapidly revolutionize the way we interact with the world and how we use physical objects. Contemporary tech gadgets make our lives more convenient with improved communication, quicker… Read more →

Healthcare of Tomorrow: Five Promising Innovations from Around the Globe

Our world continues to be transformed by rapid advances in science and technology. From our phones to our fashion, planes to plastics and meals to media, groundbreaking research continually yields new and exciting innovations. The ongoing promise of these new developments, especially in the healthcare sector, adds hopeful illumination to a sometimes gloomy horizon. Dramatic improvements in healthcare over the… Read more →