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Airports encouraged to invest in anti-drone measures before the threats…
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveFollowing the drone attacks at London Gatwick airport in December and the crippling closure of the airport to air traffic at one of the busiest periods of the year for air travel, airports are being encouraged to invest in developing measures to counter the threat before it can develop. The actions taken at Gatwick from Dec. 19-21 (and briefly at Heathrow on Jan. 8) followed the standard response when a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle enters the control zone of an active airport. The potentially catastrophic result of a collision between an aircraft and drone poses an unimaginable threat. In the case of Gatwick, it uncovered just how open airports are to this kind of attack and how ill-equipped they are to countering such an attack.
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Exploring racial disparities for Alzheimer’s, glaucoma
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareOver 15 years ago, one of the nation’s foremost glaucoma specialists provocatively asked in a review paper, "Glaucoma: Ocular Alzheimer's disease?" Animal studies have shown a high rate of the amyloid precursor molecules, which are attributed to Alzheimer’s disease, to also be a factor in induced glaucoma. A recently published research study adds yet another common element for the two diseases. The report in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that there were racial differences in the cerebrospinal fluid concentration of tau protein between African-American and white individuals.
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How to create Facebook content that performs better in 2019
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingNew year, same problems! Every social media marketer on the block is still trying to figure out what to do about the ever-dwindling numbers on our Facebook Pages. For the umpteenth year in a row (or since 2014 if you want to be exact), organic reach is down. An Agorapulse analysis found organic reach for Facebook Pages dropped, on average, 13.62 percent in 2018. Not only are fewer people organically seeing your Facebook content, but they’re also engaging far less.
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Why the drop in the monarch butterfly population is important for humans
Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & EnvironmentalThe Western monarch butterfly population in California declined 86 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit group that conducts an annual survey of the species in the Western United States. Even more stark for the species is that it has dropped a shocking 97 percent since the 1980s, the agency reports. The decline is "potentially catastrophic" told biologist Emma Pelton, who oversees the Xerces Society survey, to The New York Times.
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Employing deep machine learning to fight crime
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityDeep machine learning is becoming an intrinsic part of much of what we do. It is no surprise then that law enforcement is focused on leveraging deep machine learning in its work so that departments can gain vital intelligence faster. It is imperative that law enforcement officers apply these new technologies to solve crimes since criminals themselves are not shy of using them. Unlike traditional, linear machine learning algorithms, deep machine learning is hierarchical, which means it is based on increasing complexity and abstraction to process information.
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Travel2020 at CES2019 — Where the robots hit the road: Part 1 of 2
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementWhat do you get when 180,000 verified geeks and 4,500 newfangled gadgets descend upon a few long blocks in Las Vegas? A lot of enhanced plastic, paper, wires and a possibly scary vision of the future at what is now fondly called CES. The Consumer Electronics Show that has been happening yearly since 1967 has come a long way from the portable Motorola televisions and next-gen eight-tracks that were once the siren song of a budding battalion of obsessed electronics fans. Today, it is more like an ocean of FOMO enthusiasts looking at the latest in any field of technology you could imagine.
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Virtual reality: From the OR to the bedside
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareIncreasingly, healthcare professionals and consumers are digital natives, meaning they have lived their entire lives with technology. Their worldview is a bit different than those of us who are digital immigrants. One of the latest and most promising applications in digital health is virtual reality. Researchers began using virtual reality in healthcare environments in the 1990s and applications have become more sophisticated over time, especially as today’s digital natives increasingly envision the possibilities.
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Hearts from donors with hepatitis C or who are obese could help meet increasing…
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 100,000 people in the United States are sick enough to benefit from a heart transplant. In 2017, only 3,244 people actually received one. The number of people in need of a heart transplant is growing, and the number of heart transplants performed each year is growing as well. Donations, however, have reached a plateau. In two new Stanford University-led studies, researchers say the number of people on the waiting list could be reduced by using hearts that transplant centers often overlook, such as those organs that once belonged to people who were obese or who had an active hepatitis C infection.
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Have you heard of TikTok?
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingApple recently announced 2018’s most downloaded apps. Unsurprisingly, the top five free iPhone apps were all social media platforms and included YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger and Facebook. But a few spots down on the list at No. 16, a new social media app emerged: TikTok. It’s an app that lets users create short videos set to music that are up to 15 seconds long. The company differentiates itself by saying it’s "not your ordinary destination for short-form mobile video. It's raw, real, and without boundaries."
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Improve the way your physicians use EHRs
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationElectronic health records (EHRs) can be an incredibly helpful tool in providing targeted patient care and reducing medical error. Yet many hospitals' EHR systems can be difficult to navigate for many doctors due to poor technology, confusing or time-consuming notation requirements, or a lack of understanding how to utilize EHRs to provide the best patient care. The solution? Take stock of your EHR system for efficiency — then use the following advice to make it easier for your doctors to work with, with life-saving, cost-saving results.
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