I happened on this book in an airport bookstore on my way back from Baltimore and think it worth reading for anyone endeavoring to evolve. In it, the author interviews coaches, boxers, mixed martial artists and other atheletes to examine the mental aspects of winning. Although it is about sport, I think the lessons distilled […]

I don’t usually write about politics or geopolitical issues. It doesn’t generally fit within the context of this blog which is to track trends that are molding the global future. My attentions turned to Pakistan today when Pakistani forces fired on NATO helicopters carrying American forces. Obviously things are tense in the region since our […]

A number of scientific studies have established now that dogs can not only detect various cancers in their earliest stages–long before our tests can, but they can also accurately differentiate between breath and urine samples of patients with different types of cancer. A study published in January in the Journal of the Gut found that […]

Ipad purchases by and for physicians is doctors is occurring nationwide on a large scale. Present uses are diverse and are making the doctors more effective, efficient and accurate but the near and longer term project even greater and more diverse platforms for the Ipad. The size, weight and battery life, as well as the […]

In yesterday’s news cycle, a story issued which is a harbinger of technology to come and one of the great benefits of competition between smart phone apps, which has advanced that technology nicely (although the potential is much greater). The story is about a portable device created at the Massachusetts General Hospital which connects to […]

The worldwide web has spawned the development of disaster forecasting and mitigation websites including a world wide earthquake locator  site using data based predictive models. The earthquake locator was developed by scientists at the School of Geoscience at The University of Edinburgh. http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk. The predictions, based on a developing data base of information which increase […]

The strength, potency and potential of social networking to help in world disasters is being highlighted now in the midst of the Japanese earthquake devastation. Telephone lines are reported down in most of Japan so communications is difficult. Reports in Facebook and Twitter are the primary source of timely news from the nation. Finding information […]

I worry when I hear that the U.S. is sending in military advisors to help with the nuclear reactor disaster in Japan. Someone with real know how and no mental reservation would be best, not often the notable characteristic, perhaps with the exception of our elite special ops units. What is needed in Japan is […]

Americans have an inability to argue well. Now, educators are now teaching the skill in a class called argumentitive reasoning. Deanna Kuhn of Columbia U Teacher’s College have published a study in Psychological Science which shows that dialogue is a better path ti developing argument skills than writing. As part of their new class, they […]

The National Nuclear Safety Administration, charged with protecting America from radiation risks is sending a team of U.S. supercomputer experts to Japan to assess the radiation risks posed by the nuclear crisis there. The agency has activated the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center which is staffed by nuclear scientists, meteorologists and computer scientists to render […]