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Category Archives: Health
Trends in Quieter Cities and Pro Sports
Cathi Bond and Nora Young are back in Nora's COVID-compliant backyard with looonnng mic cables!
This time, Nora talks about this Scientific American article on research into noise cancelling tech for bigger spaces, so you can open the windows (amen!) in urban environments and still have peace and quiet.
Meanwhile, Cathi talks about speculation that Major League Baseball will use drones to police mask wearing in the stands, if/when fans are allowed in the stands again (via Gizmodo).
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Tagged COVID19, drones, Major League Baseball, noise cancelling technology, noise pollution
Robotic Health Care and AI Musicians
This time on our remote podcast, Cathi Bond talks about Boston Dynamics' work to bring robotics into front line health care.
Nora Young talks about Jukebox, Open AI's neural net that aims to create pop songs in the style of popular artists. She also mentions Spark's coverage of the impact of Spotify on music.
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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Health, Robotics
Tagged Boston Dynamics, health care workers, Jukebox, music composition, Open AI, pandemic, robotics
Innovation in a Pandemic
Hi all,
Nora here. Hope you're faring as well as possible in the circumstances. Cathi and I have been missing our Sniffer sessions, so we decided to record remotely, with Cathi recording herself in the country, and me recording myself at home in Toronto. This time, we look at some examples of the amazing speed of innovation in the midst of the pandemic, and how some people are re-imagining innovations to respond to the crisis we find ourselves in.
We look at research into a washable fabric that repels liquid, for potential use in PPE, and an idea for an antimicrobial coating for high touch surfaces.
Cathi talks about innovation from a friend's company, Signifi, which is launching a plan to make disinfectant lockers for workplaces.
How are you faring through all this? Are there aspects you're finding particularly tough, or maybe things you're learning that you want to take into your future life? Let us know in the comments.
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Tagged antimicrobial coating, COVID19, disinfecting lockers, innovation, Signifi, washable PPE
Stress-Busting 2020 and Smart Glasses
This time, Nora Young continues the conversation about living smarter in 2020 with this Fast Company article on handling stress better as a key to resiliency. She also refers to Kelly McGonigal's book The Upside of Stress.
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond talks about Bosch's upcoming smart glasses, which offer an augmented reality display that aims to be non-intrusive. Use cases include cooking with recipe instructions in front of you, instead of referring to a book, or driving directions. Cathi points out how distracting today's car dashboards are.
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Netflix Experiments with Badges; Deluxe At-Home Spin Classes
On this podcast, Nora Young talks about a text Netflix has been conducting: offering kids virtual badges for watching certain episodes of kids' programming (via Engadget). Cathi mentions her latest DVD purchase, Sabrina.
Cathi Bond talks about Peloton (via PSFK), which is basically gym spin class as a service. You buy the bike for your home, and a membership, and you participate virtually in a class, alongside other spinners.
Nora mentions this review of Peloton at the excellent review site, The Wirecutter.
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Health Trends: Apps for Recovery and Tech for Mobility
In this podcast, Nora Young talks about Triggr Health, an app designed to support people in recovery from substance abuse (via Technology Review). It reminds her of Onward, an app to help people manage 'overuse' that her show Spark covered recently.
Nora also mentions Cathi's fabulous story in the new collection, Any Other Way
Cathi Bond talks about a fascinating Manual Standing Wheelchair that users can manipulate to raise themselves to a standing position (via MedGadget)
Here it is in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I_OTUS9heQ
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Tagged addiction, health apps, Manual Standing Wheelchair, mobility, recovery, recovery apps, standing wheelchair, Triggr Health
