6. The future of wellness There is a huge interest, and therefore a market, in the area of wellness at all ages. Actually, the focus has shift from increasing life span to increasing the wellness of life span. Wellness has a very broad meaning, from being -and remaining- healthy to …
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If you are curious about deep fake and would like to try it out there are plenty of (free) apps that will let you do so. You can find a list of the 12 best 2022 deep fake app here. The use of something existing and its manipulation to get …
Read More »What will “knowledge” mean in 2050? – VII
Executable knowledge If you go back to the last century web and, partially, also to the first decade of this century, you’ll notice that you accessed the web via a browser. The web was a gigantic, and growing warehouse of documents (like IEEE eXplore is a warehouse of articles). Ever …
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The Brood X cicadas have emerged in hundreds of millions from their 17 years sleep underground and are now humming on trees in the eastern part of the US. It is an amazing phenomena, but that is not really the point of my post. The first information we have recorded …
Read More »Post-Pandemic Scenarios – XIII – Doctor at home
Healthcare at home At home healthcare is nothing new. As technology progresses there are more and more opportunity for continuous monitoring and remote diagnostics. I remember I started to be involved, from a Telco perspective, in telemedicine 40 years ago as we were looking for application of ISDN, an amazing …
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Because of the lock-down forcing my car to stay parked in the garage at least till December I decided to suspend the car insurance. I got an app that my insurer boasted when I set up the insurance as state of the art, designed to deliver services and simplify my …
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In the last few years more and more people have started to turn to their watch to glance at their fitness, how many calories have been burnt through the day, how many steps have been taken, even look at their heart beats through the day. People practicing sports have been …
Read More »The economics of the Digital Transformation – XV
Gig Economy The Gig Economy has been part of the global economy since trade and commerce were invented. Actually, one might claim that the Gig Economy pre-date all other forms of economy. Industry and organised commerce came relatively late in the history of humankind. In the beginning there were only …
Read More »A changing world measured in Internet time
It has become a sort of tradition to see an infographic describing what is going on every 60′ (on average) on Internet. Last year Internet user reached 4.39 billions, an increase of some 400 million on 2018, 9%, a growth that is mostly due to the growing number of smartphones …
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Imag Apps Every time I use an App on my smartphone (as well as on my tablet, Pc., Smart Television,…) this app is getting data from the interaction I am having with it (and the OS is getting the info that I am using that app at that specific time, …
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