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Inventors of the Year

May 23, 2013

I have been trying the Canary System and the science behind it is impressive. Seems I am not the only one who was impressed. The University of Toronto honored the inventor Dr. Stephen Abrams with an Inventor of the Year award. This from the press release: The Canary System is the brainchild of dentist Dr. [...]

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Caries Diagnostics Steps Ahead With The Canary System

March 28, 2013

This week on Dentalcompare: If Doctor McCoy on Star Trek had been a dentist he wouldn’t have used a Tricorder he would have used a Canary. via Emmott On Technology: Caries Diagnostics Steps Ahead With The Canary System | Dentalcompare.com. I am using Canary in my office. The science is amazing and the patients love [...]

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Peter Drucker, the dean of American management theorists, wrote

March 19, 2013

“Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades, society all together rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, and its key institutions. Fifty years later a new world exists. And the people born into that world cannot even [...]

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Anti-Buzz: The End of the Metaphor

March 16, 2013

I’m going to come right out and predict an upcoming trend: The End of the Metaphor. It’s a broad yet a subtle trend. With the foundation of pop-computing well and truly built, there is going to be a sea change in how software is designed for your average user, this does include you, and (eventually), your [...]

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Augmented Reality App

March 12, 2013

The linked article shows how online shoppers can use augmented reality to see how a new sofa might look in the living room. …an Android and iOS app which uses augmented reality to let you visualize how products will look in your home. If you want to see a product in your environment, just click the [...]

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Will 3D Printing Transform your Life?

March 11, 2013

I have this on my Kindle reading list, looks very interesting but have not yet started reading. The authors state “[in] the not-so-distant future, people will 3D print living tissue, nutritionally calibrated food, and ready-made, fully assembled electronic components.”

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Medicine Is About to Get Cheaper for Regular People

February 28, 2013

From Wired Business: After years of exotic and very expensive machines sequencing DNA, the genomics industry finally looks poised for its cell phone moment. Soon, the business of genetics could look a lot like the commodity-driven mobile industry, with providers selling hardware on the cheap and relying on software, apps and diagnostics to drive revenue. [...]

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i-Cat FLX

February 25, 2013

At the Chicago Midwinter: One of the most exciting new products I saw introduced at the Chicago Midwinter was the i-Cat FLX. The most significant thing that makes it exciting is that the new system allows you to take a complete 3D image at a radiation dose that is lower than a typical 2D panoramic. [...]

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nanomeds that kill bacteria where antibiotics fail

January 28, 2013

Hmmm In 2011, IBM researchers and a research group in Singapore showed off a new kind of synthetic, biodegradable nano particle that doctors could use to attack bacteria cells that are resistant to antibiotics. Now, the same group of researchers have made the “nanomedicine” much more practical by delivering it in the form of a [...]

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The culture of the copy

January 18, 2013

Years ago (in 1998) I wrote that the Internet will change our lives in ways we can not yet even imagine. It has and will continue to do so. The linked article is a philosophical examination of how the Internet compares to previous communication revolutions (like the printing press) and how it may change our [...]

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ADA launches Dental Symptom Checker

January 13, 2013

To provide patients with accurate information about their symptoms and help them make better-informed decisions about their oral health, the ADA has introduced the ADA Dental Symptom Checker on MouthHealthy.org. via ADA launches Dental Symptom Checker – American Dental Association – ADA.org. Here it is Symptom Checker

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Give your smartphone a sense of smell.

January 11, 2013

Siri, Does my breath stink? Sam Khamis, founder of a startup called Adamant Technologies, thinks he has come up with something far more powerful: an array of sensors that together could potentially detect anything from halitosis to blood glucose levels to an impending electrical fire. The goal: a device that hooks up to your smartphone, [...]

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110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years

December 15, 2012

110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years – Popular Mechanics.

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Cell Phones Becoming The Go-To Device for Online Activities

November 30, 2012

“Cell users now treat their gadget as a body appendage,” via Cell Phones Becoming The Go-To Device for Online Activities, Banking and More [STUDY]. In many ways the linked article is somewhat a statement of the obvious. That is that people are using their smart phones for a lot more than making and taking phone [...]

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What’s the Big Deal?

November 12, 2012

I wrote what follows as part of an article for Dental Economics back in 2009. Three years later it is still quite valid and even more important for dentists to understand. We are seeing numerous new digital impression systems come to market like the CEREC Omnicam and the new 3M True Definition as well as [...]

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1.2 Billion Smartphones, Tablets To Be Bought Worldwide In 2013

November 9, 2012

TechCrunch: While businesses have traditionally lagged consumer markets when it comes to adopting new devices, tablet sales to businesses are set to grow substantially in the coming years, according to Gartner. It’s predicting tablet purchases by businesses will grow 3x by 2016 — describing slates as “they key accelerator to mobility” for enterprises. Tablet purchases [...]

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