In the near past our medical system offered intervention and repair in a prescribed medicine approach, where we waited for something to go wrong with us, we then sought out assistance from a medical or allied health practitioner and then followed their advice to achieve hopefully a positive outcome. In the near future we are […]
It normally takes at least 10 years of consecutive use for a word to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary, but like everything else nowadays things happens fast. Last week the word “Tweet” was accepted as both a verb and noun, this may sound insignificant, but it goes along way to proving the case that […]
Robot butlers and maids seems to be the most common expectation we have of our new metallic friends. Robots that are lifelike, technically called androids, may still be some time off, but Robots of all other sizes, shapes and complexities are making their debut into the world of work and play. In this week’s on […]
Robots have long been the stuff of science fiction and many of us have grown up waiting for the day when our dreams might turn into technological reality. In this morning’s regular look ahead David Dowsett of radio ABC and I took a look at robots and discovered that they are already here. Telemedicine robots […]
It is so important to “listen to yesterday and speak to tomorrow” and I am thrilled that in this month’s edition of the Think and Grow Rich magazine that’s exactly what they have done. I was spoiled in this edition by having a number of articles published and the editors comments based around my future […]
Science fiction becomes science fact in my BreadCrumb Innovation webinar this month as I finish off my series of three webinars on my 13 trends for 2013. This month we took a look at robots in our offices, aged care facilities, warehouses, on the road and pretty much everywhere we look, and the heralding of […]
