Jon Markman, Contributor

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Amazon Is Feeling Better About Your Illness

Amazon.com’s plans to revolutionize healthcare are starting to come into focus. It should come as no surprise that the Seattle ecommerce giant plans to upend this sector, too.

Heartfelt Watch 4 Ushers In New Time For Apple

It’s easy to beat up on Apple. Management seems smug. Its lack of real product innovation in its yearly releases can get depressing. But every five years or so, the company does something really special.

Big Data Is Remaking Big Pharma

Big Pharma is in a rut. The industry keeps spending more and yet making fewer scientific breakthroughs.
But help is on the way.

NASA-Incubated Healthcare Provider Is Out Of This World

Modern telemedicine was born in 2001 when NASA engineers were given the task of providing extended healthcare to astronauts flying 220 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Killer Nanorobots Are Coming For Your Cancer

Scientists, engineers and software specialists are coming together to solve problems that most laypeople think are impossible

This Is The Best Way To Play The Coming Genomics Booms

Illumina makes best-in-class machines for DNA sequencing. And the Edico acquisition marries those machines with processing and software.