Author Archives: Bob

Brain-Like Chip With 4000 Processor Cores

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Bob

IBM Unveils a ‘Brain-Like’ Chip With 4,000 Processor Cores. The TrueNorth chip mimics 1 million neurons and 256 million synapses that IBM calls “spiking neurons.” …the chip can encode data as patterns of pulses, which is similar to one of the … Continue reading →

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Connectivity Standards

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Bob

I had been reading about “internet of things” (IoT) connectivity standards groups (links below) when I came across Bridget Moorman’s post Connectivity Standards Adoption Over Time. I made an off-the-cuff comment because of the contrast I saw between the way other … Continue reading →

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An Unhealthy Lack Of Standards

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Bob

The reality of healthcare interoperabilty is going mainstream: Apple Launches HealthKit To Share Vital Stats With Nike, Mayo Clinic: The problem Apple will run into: No one agrees on how to measure even very simple health metrics, … TL;DR:  iOS 7.1 … Continue reading →

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FDASIA Health IT Report

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Bob

The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) required the FDA to develop: a report that contains a proposed strategy and recommendations on an appropriate, risk-based regulatory framework pertaining to health information technology, including mobile medical applications, that … Continue reading →

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Interoperable Healthcare

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Bob

This is a good read: Healthcare Innovation Day 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Healthcare System (warning: PDF). Healthcare is the one industry that’s been the slowest to adopt the intelligent methods we have in most other parts of our lives. How did the … Continue reading →

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Services, Not Sensors

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Bob

The Internet Of Things: The Real Money Is The Internet, Not The Things (my highlight): The trick will be whether hardware companies will push hard enough for standardization so they can capitalize on services revenue. Companies that see themselves as pure … Continue reading →

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Predicting Heart Attacks and Electric Cars

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Bob

What do these two things have in common? Apple exploring cars, medical devices to reignite growth. That’s right, Apple! … Apple is exploring ways to measure noise “turbulence” as it applies to blood flow. The company wants to develop software and … Continue reading →

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The Internet of Medical Devices

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Bob

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being propelled by the dramatic reduction in size, power consumption, and cost of networking and computing capability.  Many of the devices listed in the Wolfram Connected Devices Project are health related. “Things” like weight scales and thermometers can make … Continue reading →

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The Zigzag Career

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Bob

I agree with Udi Dahan’s Thoughts on a career in software development premise that developers will eventually be faced with a management “opportunity” at some point in their career. It’s too bad that this is usually a “fork in the road” decision. … Continue reading →

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Brain-Inspired Computing

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Bob

Bringing artificial intelligence to mobile computing is a significant challenge. That’s the goal of Qualcomm’s new Zeroth Processors. Mimicking the human nervous system and brain to allow computers to learn about their environment and modify their behavior based on this … Continue reading →

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