An international symposium for nanosafety was held recently at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Topics relating to understanding nanomaterial properties, tools, and infrastructure required for predicting hazardous outcomes, measuring nanomaterial exposure levels, systems approach for risk assessment and public's perception of nanotechnology were covered. The need for a multidi...

The vision of autonomic computing raises fundamental questions about how we interact with computer systems. In this paper, we outline these questions and propose some strategies for addressing them. In particular, we examine the problem of how we may make autonomic computing systems accountable in interaction for their behaviour. We conclude that there is no technological solution to this probl...

Obstacle avoidance is a major requirement for any technological aid aimed at helping partially sighted (TAPS) people to navigate safely. In this paper, a stereo vision-based algorithm (Ground Plane Obstacle Detection) is extended to detect small obstacles for TAPS using RANSAC dynamic recalibration and Kalman Filtering. Obstacle detection and false alarm are investigated probabilistically. Furt...

Ageing societies face tough challenges namely in terms of the pressure on their healthcare and social security systems, which makes it urgent to find new models to accommodate current demographic trends. A possible answer to this challenge may come from new integrated and technology-supported services. In this direction, a European roadmapping initiative has addressed the implementation of a ne...

Realisation of the Ubicomp vision in the real world creates significant threats to personal privacy due to constant information collection by numerous tiny sensors, active information exchange over short and long distances, long-term storage of large quantities of data, and reasoning on collected and stored data. An analysis of more than 100 Ubicomp scenarios, however, shows that applications n...

This paper examines from the perspective of discourse analysis the rhetoric of negotiation in the area of nanomedicine and compares it to the debate on genetic engineering. The following questions will be raised: what kind of symbolic space is generated by the negotiations and what role does this space play in determining the possibilities for communication regarding future nanotechnological in...

Technological advances in the areas of three-dimensional (3D) body scanning, in-vivo imaging and novel forms of motion capture and data analytics (e.g. deep learning neural networks) are rapidly bridging the lab versus field-based nexus that has historically plagued the applied sport biomechanist. Similarly, exponential advances in hardware and computer processing power has witnessed the emerge...

This article reviews the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) vision of radical business process change, focusing upon the use of information technology, to facilitate a shift away from linear work organization towards parallel processing and multidisciplinary team working. To approach such a change, by focusing on the technologies aspect to the detriment of a regard on managerial, technologica...

JUNE 2010 CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY 41 I consider customized wavefront-guided laser vision correction a critical component of today’s refractive surgical practice, because it delivers better outcomes than conventional treatments. Since I began performing customized corrections using the iLASIK suite (Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA) along with other technological improvement...

This paper develops our vision of Technological Management through the development of a tentative research agenda. Technology is not only considered as an asset or a capability, but also as an integral factor that has an impact on all management disciplines. Through the existing literature, business schools’ research programs and the contribution of key academics we identify central topics for ...