We are looking for more contributing editors to join those who have volunteered already for the following sites: France and Italy (posting in French and Italian), Canada (English and/or French – a person with networks in eastern Canada, perhaps), Rising… Read moreMore contributing editors wanted to support existing TANN websites
Observe the American obsession with health and looks (rather than care and function) in yet another Wall Street Journal (WSJ) design-related item, just a month after the last. At least Can a Medic Alert System Be Stylish? has a less… Read moreCan a medic alert system be stylish?
You’d think it would be the other way around, but no. Using a ‘socially expressive’ robot named Simon developed at Georgia Tech [TA 24 Nov], the research found that a robot can be programmed to gain a human’s attention even… Read moreYour Friday robot 'fix'; how to get a human's attention
A pair of related studies on smoking cessation by researchers at the University of Oregon, University of Michigan and UCLA, published in Psychological Science, demonstrated not only the effectiveness of text messaging to measure and intervene in those urges, but… Read moreText messaging effective in smoking cessation: two new studies
David Aylward, executive director of the mHealth Alliance, writes in the Harvard Business Review’s ‘Innovations in Health Care’ blog, focuses on the paradox of mHealth; it may be the future, but it’s supported by charity or loses money; it can reach… Read moreHBR on mobile phones transforming healthcare
