The Digital Revolution

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...

Digital Dentistry: The Revolution has Begun

The digital medicine revolution in healthcare.

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...

The digital revolution in geologic mapping

Geologic field data collection, analysis, and map compilation are undergoing a revolution in methods, largely precipitated by global positioning system (GPS) and geographic information system (GIS) equipped mobile computers paired with virtual globe visualizations. Modern, ruggedized personal digital assistants (PDAs) and tablet PCs can record a wide spectrum of geologic data and facilitate ite...