Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing Powers
Here’s the smartphone technology that alerts a doctor when patients are headed for trouble.
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
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With Personal Data, Predictive Apps Stay a Step Ahead
Apps that proactively help people with their lives represent a significant departure from earlier approaches to software.
Lack of Ways to Measure Success Holds Back Mobile Ads
No one really knows if ads on smartphones work.
Google Wants to Install a Computer on Your Face
The search company is developing a computer in a pair of glasses. But why would anyone wear them?
Intel Bets on Fabs, Again
The world’s largest chipmaker is counting on its U.S.-based manufacturing to earn it a toehold in the market for mobile processors.
Audi Shrinks the Autonomous Car
The company reveals that it is testing driverless cars on Nevada freeways, and shows a compact laser scanner intended to fit such technology into commercial vehicles.
Toyota Unveils an Autonomous Car, but Says It’ll Keep Drivers in Control
The carmaker discusses research that could make cars autonomous and eliminate traffic fatalities.
Custom Chips Could Be the Shovels in a Bitcoin Gold Rush
Devotees of the digital currency are ratcheting up their technology in a race to generate new coins.
The Cleverest Business Model in Online Education
A startup called Duolingo taps the power of crowds to make learning a language free.
Questions Surround Software that Adapts to Students
By carefully logging students’ every action online, a company called Knewton says, it can personalize questions and lessons to help people learn faster. Skeptics say that’s not proven.
