We know that patients are eventually going to be the ultimate decision makers for health care. There already are websites that let us rate our physicians. We have been promised information (clear and concise) about the quality of our hospitals.
Continue reading What a long, strange trip…
I have written before how the US Armed Forces are concerned about power needs on the battlefield. Today, I will discuss efforts going on in Australia- using solar technology developed and manufactured by a US firm- Transform Solar (Boise, Idaho)- in concert with Origin Energy, an Australian firm.
Continue reading Silicon Thins 4 Soldiers (no, it’s not a cigarette!)
Have we learned anything? Are we better off?
Yes, it’s a decade since “9-11”. We have engaged in at least three wars- Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. And, we are still engaged in those same three wars.
Continue reading We got a 911. Why do we treat it like a 311 or 511? I want the 411!
You know that commercial- the one GM killed (in more ways than one)- that this car is not your father’s Oldsmobile? Well, this is not your father’s solar energy, either.
Continue reading Have Sun- Get Power? What about a synthetic sun?
We think we live in modern times, with modern military dilemnae. I agree in principle that the concept of a nuclear bomb is clearly different than being besieged by fiery arrows. Especially, since those arrows were only dispensed one at a time, albeit by many soldiers simultaneously. But, what was the reaction when that first cannonball was fired- and you only had fiery arrows?
Continue reading We were ready for terror before. Why not now?
Continue reading Don’t believe everything you read about Steve Jobs!
This week (at least when this was written), on 18 August, HP killed webOS, as well as the the Pre phones and the Touchpad tablet that ran on them. The question is there anything we can learn from this situation?
Continue reading RIP webOS. What is the takeaway?
The President’s Job Council is meeting right before the start of the college year (very soon) in Portland (OR). The desire is to hear from America’s top engineering colleges to discern issues affecting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula. The goal (this is business, as well as political) is to get colleges and universities to produce the world’s brightest workers.
Continue reading Let’s stem the STEM problem
One of my friends (Lynn Brown) wrote about defending your reputation in the age of social media, last week. [Sorry- Lynn removed the actual blog from circulation sometime during the past decade (30June2021)] The same time that big pharma was pulling back from their Facebook efforts.
Continue reading Leaving Facebook? Why would a drug company do that?
