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“Dr. Grey Walter was a neurologist, robotics pioneer, and a bit of a mad scientist. Living in Bristol, England in 1949, without the aid of modern day computer processors, he built reactive, autonomous robots that could wander about and avoid obstacles. Each robot had two simulated neurons, sufficient for them to display complex behavior. Significantly, Walter’s tortoises represent the first real world demonstration of artificial life.“

The Road to Digital Transformation for Healthcare

Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found

Researchers have found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. As reported in the journal Current Biology on November 29, stimulation of a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) reliably produced acute improvement in mood in patients who suffered from depression at the start of the study.

Those effects were not seen in patients without mood symptoms, suggesting that the brain stimulation works to normalize activity in mood-related neural circuitry, the researchers say.

“Stimulation induced a pattern of activity in brain regions connected to OFC that was similar to patterns seen when patients naturally experienced positive mood states,” says Vikram Rao, of the University of California, San Francisco. “Our findings suggest that OFC is a promising new stimulation target for treatment of mood disorders.”

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Small Businesses Help Us Explore Space!

Earlier this month, Congress introduced a resolution officially recognizing Nov. 24, 2018 as Small Business Saturday “to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of locally owned small businesses on the economy of the United States.”

This annual American Express campaign began on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2010 to support “local places that make our communities strong.”

For 60 years, we have supported and partnered with small businesses across the country to pioneer the future of space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

Our Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program funds the research, development and demonstration of innovative technologies that help address space exploration challenges and have significant potential for commercialization. In 2018, our program awarded 555 contracts to small businesses for a total of $180.1 million.

NASA works with small business Nanocomp Technologies Inc. of Merrimack, New Hampshire, to advance manufacturing of carbon nanotube composite materials.

Our investments in small businesses help equip future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond by advancing our science and technology capabilities. They also benefit the U.S. economy. The SBIR/STTR program’s 2017 Economic Impact Report indicated a $2.74 return for every dollar spent on awards—money well spent!

Small businesses also contribute to scientific advances for the International Space Station as well as here on Earth. Pancopia, Inc. in Hampton, Virginia, developed an innovative, high-performance water recycling system to remove high levels of organic carbon and nitrogen in wastewater. Recycling water in space saves money on resupply and enables more Earth-independence and self-reliance. With the help of an SBIR award, Pancopia is also working on a similar system for public wastewater that has the potential to cut treatment expenses to less than half the current costs.

Small businesses also contribute to scientific advances for the International Space Station as well as here on Earth. Pancopia, Inc. in Hampton, Virginia, developed an innovative, high-performance water recycling system to remove high levels of organic carbon and nitrogen in wastewater. Recycling water in space saves money on resupply and enables more Earth-independence and self-reliance. With the help of an SBIR award, Pancopia is also working on a similar system for public wastewater that has the potential to cut treatment expenses to less than half the current costs.

When NASA went to the private sector to develop deformable mirror technology—a key component of starlight-blocking instruments—a small business in Berkeley, California, applied for research and development funding through SBIR to design extra-precision, segmented mirrors. This innovative approach for a small deformable mirror made up of many tiny hexagonal segments enables advanced control when paired with other optics.

Data collected by a telescope using the Iris AO deformable mirror can be used to determine if the target investigated in space is an exoplanet based on its orbit, and if the exoplanet has atmosphere using color spectrum imaging analysis. The Iris AO technology is currently being refined and prepared for inclusion in a future exoplanet mission.

Does your small business have a big idea? Your next opportunity to join our SBIR/STTR program starts on Jan. 7, 2019, when our next solicitation opens. We’ll be seeking new innovative ideas from small businesses and research institutions for research, development and demonstration of innovative technologies. Go to https://www.nasa.sbir.gov/ to learn more.

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Gemini spacecraft. 🚀

Water with Hydrophobic Aerogel powder. 

Careful, You are made of glass

Ever wondered how groups of cells managed to build your tissues and organs while you were just an embryo?

Using state-of-the-art techniques he developed, UC Santa Barbara researcher Otger Campàs and his group have cracked this longstanding mystery, revealing the astonishing inner workings of how embryos are physically constructed. Not only does it bring a century-old hypothesis into the modern age, the study and its techniques provide the researchers a foundation to study other questions key to human health, such as how cancers form and spread or how to engineer organs.

“In a nutshell, we discovered a fundamental physical mechanism that cells use to mold embryonic tissues into their functional 3D shapes,” said Campàs, a professor of mechanical engineering in UCSB’s College of Engineering who holds the Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology. His group investigates how living systems self organize to build the remarkable structures and shapes found in nature.

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How to melt gold at room temperature

When the tension rises, unexpected things can happen – not least when it comes to gold atoms. Researchers from, among others, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now managed, for the first time, to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.

Ludvig de Knoop, from Chalmers’ Department of Physics, placed a small piece of gold in an electron microscope. Observing it at the highest level of magnification and increasing the electric field step-by-step to extremely high levels, he was interested to see how it influenced the gold atoms.

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The (E-) Doctor Is In: What Trends to Spot in Healthcare Technology Today

“Disruptive technologies” are the trending watchwords du jour, a catchphrase that encapsulates the displacement of existing market models with change, innovation and upheaval, and this phenomenon is as relevant as ever right now in the field of healthcare and medicine.

Earlier in the year, three behemoth corporate players, who are not traditionally associated with Healthcare— Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase— forged a partnership to leverage state-of-the-art healthcare technology to provide to their employees “simplified, high-quality and transparent healthcare at a reasonable cost.”

So what is in the cards for the ever-evolving face of healthcare technology today?

Artificial Intelligence

AI has transformed the way healthcare providers render their services and how patients experience their level of care, in areas such as clinical diagnostic accuracy, acute care rehabilitation, predictive disease analysis, hospital operations, and population health.

It is an area that is teeming with possibilities for growth: by 2035, workplace productivity is projected to spike by as much as 35 percent and surpass the $6 billion mark as AI continues to play an integral part in alleviating physician shortage and patient congestion, as well as adopting more optimal and precise treatment plans.

As patients increasingly want more control over personal healthcare decisions, AI, Deep Learning and digital image content analysis can be tapped to analyze and anticipate disease, devise optimal care approaches and design methodologies of diagnosis and treatment of medical malaise. Pathology and Radiology specialties are in the early stages of AI transformation.

Augmented Reality

Immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) can be a huge opportunity for advanced visualization for healthcare providers and their patients, with a projected market share of $90 billion by 2020.

 For example, images from a real-world environment such as the OR can be embedded with computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, and graphics, enabling surgeons to navigate their way around minimally invasive procedures or to develop 3D reconstructions of tumors without resorting to radiation exposure. Virtual apps have also been used to educate patients on the use of AEDs or defibrillators.

Wearables, IoT and Mobile Health Apps

The growing business of preventative care in the form of wearables—whether as part of corporate wellness programs or individual health and fitness markets—is expected to rise to $12.1 billion by 2021.

Remote health monitoring via wearables and mobile health apps could lead to a notable decrease in hospitalizations and ensure that those who need urgent care will have access to it more readily and with greater ease. For instance, the digital contact lens can be worn by diabetics to measure and maintain their blood sugar levels.

The advantages of wearables are diverse: they have user-friendly interfaces and boast of connectivity features such as wireless data transmission, real-time feedback, and alerting mechanisms, granting patients secured access to their health records and providing quicker diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as arrhythmia, asthma, and COPD.

Telemedicine

Although the words telemedicine and telehealth are likely to become obsolete within five years, the use of the latest technology advancements to provide healthcare to patients will become commonplace globally.

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Implementing Unique Technologies to Enhance Physician-Patient Relationship

Technological innovation in medicine takes place in a major area managed by knowledge inequalities and trust-based relationships. A legal framework of professional advice-giving governs these relationships. 

It is assumed that this interaction is between patients and doctors. Introducing AI in healthcare challenges this assumption, though there is disagreement about whether human doctors will work with Artificial Intelligence or will be replaced by it.

Artificial Intelligence will not replace humans due to unresolved issues in transposing diagnostics. It will assist doctors with accurate information to provide better care to the patients. There is a significant shift in the patient-doctor relationship with the involvement of AI in healthcare.

Consumerization is an emerging phenomenon in healthcare where the role of the patient is changed as a reactive receiver of care. They play a vital role in managing their health, deciding their payment method, and in demanding the quality of service.

Patients can access their medical information in many ways. WebMD website is the leading healthcare information provider where its online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications serve as better healthcare plans for consumers and physicians. 

Consumers utilize this website because they trust that the answers to the healthcare-related questions are reliable, accurate, and easy to understand.

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Trends that are going to change the HR industry

Suitable candidates are considered as the assets for organizations. The hardships lead to be more strategic for the HR (human resource) team of organizations because HRs’ role is to recruit not only an employee but also understand if the employee can serve as an asset for the very organization and recruit accordingly.

Nowadays technologies have made HR industry evolving to become more efficient, profitable, and enjoyable for employees. This industry is converting into more productive one with the help of advanced technologies.

Following are some of the trends, which are transforming the industry:

Artificial intelligence (AI): Talent acquisition is one of the important responsibilities of HR departments, but even they cannot be entirely sure about the hiring. Artificial Intelligence technology streamlines this hiring process by relying more on the analytical process instead of by human observations. Also, AI helps in listing relevant interview questions according to the post, employee’s background.

Robotics Quotient: The HR department has many transactional activities that are ideally suited for robotic process automation (RPA). RPA enables HRs to automate tasks that are rule-based, repetitive, and standardized and results in free-minded HRs who can focus on more strategic and innovative functions as talent development, retention, and policy implementation.

Predictive analysis: HRs deal with large quantities of people data. With the help of predictive analytics, HRs need not rely on gut feeling or soft science; they can rely on proven and data-driven predictive models. Predictive analysis enables HRs to forecast the impact of people policies on the well-being and bottom-line performance of the employees.  

Cloud: Cloud applications play a significant role in the HR industry. Functions of organizations need fast and flexible IT frameworks. Cloud is redefining the frameworks and process of working of the organizations. The competitions in organizations on recruiting processes increase data of a number of candidates and push the organizations to move the information to the cloud. Moving data to the cloud makes HRs’ functions more efficient as it lowers the manual works of HRs.

By the advancement of technology, HRs are playing a leadership role in the growth of organizations. As HRs are adopting the change with the help of technologies, the organizations will become smarter and more productive.

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At the intersection of IoT and Web Development and Designing

The advent of recent technologies has helped the enterprises to meet the dynamic demands of their customers. One of the technologies which have helped the workforce immensely across all the industries is the Internet of Things (IoT).

IoT, a network of interconnected devices, is based on the standard communication protocol. Traditional technologies like Radio frequency identifiers (RFID), sensors, bar codes, Global positioning systems (GPS), and many others are integrated into applications that use IoT.

 IoT has been helping the companies to provide a more customized service to their customers. It also allows its users to have remote control over their home appliances.  Internet of Things has left an effective impact on web development and designing also.

Web development service providers use a lot of frameworks to complete web development efficiently. Web development and designing stumble upon intricacies if IoT is an element of the application. Companies need to onboard an appropriate talent for web development projects.

There are numerous IoT devices today that can display web content apart from the laptops and mobile phones. Smart watches can display web content. Android watches have a web browser for android wearable. AI-driven Apple’s Siri, Google’s Now, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Amazon’s Alexa have already charted popularity. IoT can help the web applications to access the bots and subsequently read the information instead of merely displaying it.

Internet of Things also has its impact on web designing. Businesses have started focusing on designing a website that can respond to personalized data from web-enabled devices. The user activities can also operate and control IoT devices.

Most of the companies are looking to improve their communication with customers, and they are also working on eliminating any security flaws. Internet of Things can help the companies to achieve those targets.

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Enhancing Learning Methodologies with Technology

Technology continually disrupts every area of people’s lives, resulting in constant shifts across all segments of society. The education sector is no exception. Technology is leading a revolution in the way students learn today. It is helping to solve the problems of scale, quality of education, and learning ability of the student. 

Teachers can now reach every student through digital screens, enabling each of them to get the same content. Student engagement is higher as it combines various instructional styles. In addition, each student gets exposed to a world-class education, which is not available in a chalk and talk method.

Digitization of education helps in modifying the learning methods by utilizing digital tools, such as smart-boards, LCD screens, and videos. The shortage of teachers can also be addressed by delivering the information remotely across several locations to the learners through interactive digital media.

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Transparency in Banking Transactions through Blockchain

The banking industry has seen huge innovations in recent years with the use of technology. To satisfy the demands of the customers, banks are looking for new ways to interact with them and provide better customer satisfaction. Blockchain technology is changing the process of banking along with the concept of game theory to meet customer needs.

Baking as a Service (Baas) is an innovative concept that takes the customer experience to a new level. It has no any restrictions like traditional banking. In today’s era, customers are in need of anywhere anytime transactions, beyond the regular working hours of the banks. 

There is a need for open collaboration since customers are looking for a more open network and shared technologies. Collaboration and consolidation is the key to BaaS. This flexibility of the BaaS model will enable banks to integrate blockchain solutions to solve the issues in the banking sector.

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Three Simple Digital Marketing Tricks To Increase Your Profits

Don’t underestimate the power of building relationships with customers through social media.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2017/07/03/three-simple-digital-marketing-tricks-to-increase-your-profits/#5e4b37803585

The Negative Effects Of Over Optimization through SEO

A common and well known reward given to those websites who engage in unfair practices in order to improve their search engine rankings in a short time is Spamming. Not to mention the website can easily be blacklisted any day by search engines and even penalised by Google. No matter what colour hat you are wearing – over optimisation can happen to anyone.

If you have searched for SEO experts online, or specifically SEO experts in Dwarka, you surely would have come across a myriad of SEO experts who claim to be following a white hat SEO. While a white hat SEO means that the SEO expert will remain in limits and will not push the boundaries, there is no guarantee of avoiding negative effects of over optimizing your website.

So, here are some tips to help you save from negative consequences of an SEO

Do not stuff keywords

If you know anything about SEO, you would know what keyword stuffing means. Rather than giving overly good results, it blacklists your website and degrades the impression of your website to your readers.

No chance of unfair practices

It is fairly easy for search engines to locate any unfair practices or deceit performed in order to promote a website. That is not all, users can also identify such websites when they realise a website shows something else that you have been searching for. Once google penalises your website, you may end up doing more harm than good since lifting up these penalties is next to impossible.

Refrain from using unfair means to build links

when it comes to increasing back links for your website, there can be no shortcuts. Refrain from bulk buying your back links. Organic link building does take time, but it proves to be beneficial in the long run.

Do not duplicate URL’s for your website

Do not make the mistake of having more than one URL that leads to your homepage or any other web page.

Have patience

You cannot achieve high rankings in search engine overnight. It takes time. So, be patience and keep working consistently towards achieving better rankings.

Needless to say, keep your website navigation uncomplicated and internally connected in order to boost your SEO. Do not go for a digital marketing agency, Delhi that claim top position in search engines. There is no way to claim that.

If you are looking for professional digital marketing services, get in touch with SocioXpert who are SEO and PPC experts in Delhi.

Source:https://socioxpertcom.quora.com/The-Negative-Effects-Of-Over-Optimization-through-SEO

The Opah, or the Moonfish, is believed to be the first warm-blooded fish ever discovered. Remarkably, the Opah is typically found at least 1,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, where waters are dark and extremely cold.⠀

“Radio Power will Revolutionize the World.” Modern Mechanix Publishing Co., Greenwich, Connecticut. July, 1934.

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today’s robot of the day is: SpotMini by Boston Dynamics!

U.S. Census Bureau employees, circa 1960s, with the Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computers (FOSDIC), a device used to transfer data from paper questionnaires to microfilm.

1912 Harrisburg Light and Power Company advertisement.

Payroll Software: Improved Decision Making for HR

It’s the last week of the month, the time that every employee awaits his/her paycheque. Unfortunately, some of the employees also dread that there might be a calculation mistake, which means that the employer has to go through a chain of daunting procedures to get it right. In a small scale business, employees can only hope that it doesn’t happen since error rate is scarily high during the manual processing of payroll. Read More

Upgrading Learning Methodologies with Unique Innovations

The learning landscape has completely changed today. Advancements in the technology are disrupting the functioning of many organizations. Digital learning acts as the force that motivates the workplace learners to move the organization forward. There is a number of learning techniques other than LMS.

 The transition from a learning methodology to another is difficult. However, the changes have to be accepted by the users to enhance the learning process.

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Trends that are going to change the HR industry

Suitable candidates are considered as the assets for organizations. The hardships lead to be more strategic for the HR (human resource) team of organizations because HRs’ role is to recruit not only an employee but also understand if the employee can serve as an asset for the very organization and recruit accordingly.

Nowadays technologies have made HR industry evolving to become more efficient, profitable, and enjoyable for employees. This industry is converting into more productive one with the help of advanced technologies. 

Following are some of the trends, which are transforming the industry:

Artificial intelligence (AI): Talent acquisition is one of the important responsibilities of HR departments, but even they cannot be entirely sure about the hiring. AI technology streamlines this hiring process by relying more on the analytical process instead of by human observations. Also, AI helps in listing relevant interview questions according to the post, employee’s background.

Robotics Quotient: The HR department has many transactional activities that are ideally suited for robotic process automation (RPA). RPA enables HRs to automate tasks that are rule-based, repetitive, and standardized and results in free-minded HRs who can focus on more strategic and innovative functions as talent development, retention, and policy implementation.

Predictive analysis: HRs deal with large quantities of people data. With the help of predictive analytics, HRs need not rely on gut feeling or soft science; they can rely on proven and data-driven predictive models. Predictive analysis enables HRs to forecast the impact of people policies on the well-being and bottom-line performance of the employees.  

Cloud: Cloud applications play a significant role in the HR industry. Functions of organizations need fast and flexible IT frameworks. Cloud is redefining the frameworks and process of working of the organizations. The competitions in organizations on recruiting processes increase data of a number of candidates and push the organizations to move the information to the cloud. Moving data to the cloud makes HRs’ functions more efficient as it lowers the manual works of HRs.

By the advancement of technology, HRs are playing a leadership role in the growth of organizations. As HRs are adopting the change with the help of technologies, the organizations will become smarter and more productive.

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