Digital revolution or anthropocenic feedback?

The digital revolution in phenotyping

Phenotypes have gained increased notoriety in the clinical and biological domain owing to their application in numerous areas such as the discovery of disease genes and drug targets, phylogenetics and pharmacogenomics. Phenotypes, defined as observable characteristics of organisms, can be seen as one of the bridges that lead to a translation of experimental findings into clinical applications a...

A digital display revolution counter.

The precise reading of revolution frequency is subject to reflective surface and permit an accuracy of up to one human error. The movement of the dial in a Parkinson tenth of a litre. The reflective opto-switch for the Cowan dry spirometer or the fly wheel of a cycle ergorevolution rate of the Muller cycle ergometer was meter are two examples from sports medicine where a mounted on a spindle wh...

Nanosciences : evolution or revolution ?

In miniaturised objects fabricated by modern technology the smallest linear size may be of a few nanometers. In the field of microelectronics, the advantages of such a miniaturisation are huge (increased complexity and reliability, reduced costs). The technology is now approaching the limits where further size reduction will be impossible, except for very novel techniques such as molecular elec...

Telepathology: revolution or evolution?

Substitution or Revolution ?

Have cell phones and the Internet created a revolution in the way that protests are organized? Or are they merely a substitution for previous methods of communication? The literature on the topic is divided between the cyberphiles, who argue that information and communication technologies (ICTs) allow individuals to better organize and amplify social movements and the cyberskeptics, who reject ...