This American Family Physician newsletter reports astonishingly low (to me, anyway) adoption of electronic records systems. Electronic billing and scheduling - yes, but medical records - no. Only 17% of physicians offices use electronic records? And only 8% of physicians use a computerized order entry system, which has the benefits of checking for drug interactions, standard doses, and allergies...
This InfoWorld article describes (with no photos) a hand-cranked laptop which one vendor has said could be built at a cost of $110.
The machine can be folded in different ways to serve as a computer, electronic book or media player. "We designed the device to perform many roles," said Negroponte, who also heads the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit group. "Learning should be seamless."
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A $1.35-million contract awarded last week to AeroSat Airborne Internet, LLC of Amherst NH, is the first step in creating an airborne internet in which aircraft act as nodes on a network, passing information on weather, landing conditions and turbulence from one plane to another.
The one-year contract calls for Aerosat Airborne Internet to conduct Airborne Internet flight demonstrations on FAA...
A recent Time (2005 Oct 24, Technology) article describes the benefits of the 787 Dreamliner, scheduled for production in 2006. First the body: using 50% carbon fiber composite, the 787 has a 20% better fuel burn than similar size jets, but boasts greater range. More interesting, the design focusses on passenger comfort. Cabin pressure will be closer to sea level (meaning the hull has to...
This blog entry by Marc Wagner was (at least for me) a slap to the forehead. We're all tired of the "Windows vs Linux" non-comparison and that's not my point in blogging his blog. Rather it's these three paragraphs, and the lesson they hold for Embedded Java:
Virtually anyone with a high school diploma and few hundred dollars can get certified in Windows server technology in a matter of weeks or...
