Virtual Reality: The Future of Telehealth?
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a change in patient care, from simple check-ups to psychiatric help. As a result, patients, practitioners, and providers have had to quickly pivot and adapt to the changing times. And although most medical needs were met adequately with the technology we have already, some parts of medical care have not […]
Can AI Predict Mental Illness?
Artificial intelligence (AI) may one day be able to detect mental illness by reading just a few of your private messages or public posts. In early December, a group of researchers used Facebook data to predict psychiatric illnesses. The data included personal messages sent up to 18 months before an official diagnosis in 223 volunteers. […]
Exploring the Eerie World of AI-Generated Deepfake Music
“New” music generated by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) development and research company, uses data from millions of songs to create tunes with existing voices and sounds. For example, a song by Frank Sinatra contains the lyrics “It’s Christmas time! It’s hot tub time!” It sounds like him, and the accompanying music sounds like his […]
5 Healthcare Technologies That Are Helping Us Fight COVID-19 — Part 1
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost everyone on Earth, and we’ve been handling it with a multitude of high-tech and low-tech solutions. From masks and social distancing to contact tracing apps and telehealth, these precautions and technologies have helped many of us avoid catching the virus while allowing us to do necessary tasks. Recently, biotechnology […]
How to Leverage Edge Computing With the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses a lot of devices, sensors, software, and cloud technology. It’s the perfect way to boost your business’s revenues and gain insight into your customers and their habits using accurate data. Companies who utilize IoT and other emerging technologies to operate their businesses differently, more competitively, and smarter than before […]
6 IoT Trends for Retail and Finance
The Internet of Things (IoT) has impacted several industries for the better over the past decade. Thanks to IoT, businesses in various sectors can cut costs, rapidly improve product quality, meet customer demands faster, and even forecast maintenance needs before a breakdown occurs. For finance, IoT has made it so that you don’t have to […]
How Telehealth Is Helping Those With Chronic Conditions During COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed how medical providers see their patients for wellness check-ups, illness check-ins, and on-demand appointments. More and more people are turning to telehealth to avoid the risk of catching the virus from visiting the doctor’s office. Especially for patients who are managing their chronic conditions, telehealth has been a more convenient and less […]
The Internet of Things Is Leading the Way to a More Sustainable Future
The Internet of Things (IoT) is all about optimizing business and internal processes in the short-term. But IoT is a great technology for longer-term goals too: machine maintenance over repair, catching small but possibly impactful anomalies, and even sustainability on planet Earth. IoT is poised to solve many of the 17 goals that the New […]
How AI Algorithms Are Taking Over Employee Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a major part of our daily lives. We interact with algorithms on social media, we get emails and ads depending on our purchases and browsing behavior, and we even get matched with a driver for Uber or Lyft through this smart technology. Though, whether or not algorithms are good for […]
Can Surveillance Tech Help Schools Combat COVID-19?
There has been a lot of debate on whether schools should open and whether children contribute to the spread of the coronavirus. Some schools aren’t taking any chances; they’ve decided to stay remote in spite of the fall season starting. But others are employing a novel approach to this conundrum. Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) […]