Tricorder X Prize Contest Targets Mobile Diagnostics; Smarter Management, Michael Eisner-Style

View newsletter in a browser window. Tricorder X Prize Contest Targets Mobile Diagnostics Salvatore Salamone recently wrote about the Tricorder X Prize contest, which challenges participants to develop a mobile solution that can diagnose patients better than or equal to a panel of board-certified physicians. He noted that contest hopes to leverage advancements in expert systems, medical point-of-care systems, wireless sensors, medical imaging, and microfluidics. The grand prize is $10 million. Check it out. Also, we invite you to register for a Smarter Technology editorial eSeminar taking place Tuesday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern by clicking here. This Web-based 60-minute program, titled "Smart Business Analytics Strategies For Better Data Use," will provide you with vital information about the importance of embracing business analytics to make better business decisions. Click here to register. READ MORE >> Smarter Management, Michael Eisner-Style What can the entertainment legend who brought you Indiana Jones, "Star Trek," "Cheers," ESPN and much more teach technology leaders? Plenty, baby. READ MORE >> Smarter Conservation from Analytics and Cloud Computing Ecological conservation of precious natural resources, such as clean water, can be made smarter by using cloud computing to track usage patterns and software analytics to encourage voluntary conservation efforts. READ MORE >> Smarter eEyes Focus on Cure for Blind By designing electronic-eye (eEye) implants using fractal interconnects, researchers aim to overcome the mismatch between using conventional image chips in bionic eyes. READ MORE >> Analytics Reduce Hospital Readmissions by 22% Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA), is using IBM business analytics software to gain greater insight into hospital readmissions, help identify causes of readmission, and design interventions to prevent patients from having to return to the hospital soon after their discharge. The analytics help the doctors identify trends, and assess treatment protocols to support the creation of a more comprehensive post-hospital treatment care programs. This video discusses this effort and recaps its results, which in the first six months cut the number of patient hospital readmissions by 22 percent. WATCH NOW >> Cloud Makes 3D Models from Aerial Photos READ MORE >> Smarter Atomic Clock on a Chip Debuts READ MORE >> IBM Information Management: Manage Your Data and Control Risk to Develop Information You Can Trust (Brought to you by IBM) READ MORE >> ADVERTISEMENT Get the week's most important channel news, analysis and information in your inbox each Saturday morning. Stay on top of the trends and what you need to know to be a success. Subscribe to the Best of Channel Insider today! eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to Smarter Technology with the email address dwyld.kwu.wyldside@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter. Copyright © 2011 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy