by Minter Dial | Nov 14, 2017 | Internet of Things, Meaningfulness, Mental Health, New Tech, Responsibility
I’ve been known to start off conversations by saying: The more digital you become, the less digital you will want to be. #DigitalIQ Share on X Most Gen Y don’t agree with me; Gen Z typically frown at the thought; and Baby Boomers tend to split down the...
by Minter Dial | Sep 21, 2017 | Futureproof, Genomics, Health, New Tech
A decade ago, sequencing the over 3 billion bases of the human genome, which gave birth to the field of modern “Genomics”, was a disruptive force in science and technology that changed the way we think about disease forever. The development of this technology has led...
by Minter Dial | Mar 30, 2017 | Ethics, Genomics, Health
Are you someone who pays attention to what you eat? Maybe you even consider yourself a “foodie”? When it comes to grocery shopping, I have learned to be significantly more picky over the years. Certain ingredients are forbidden, like hormone-treated...
by Minter Dial | Nov 9, 2015 | Blockchain, Mental Health, New Tech
The Web Summit 2015 was held in Dublin under an air of change, dare I say, disruption. The three-day event featured 21 different streams or “summits” as they are called, along with 700 speakers, over 2,100 startups (spanning 17 categories) and 1,500...
by Minter Dial | Apr 2, 2014 | Internet of Things, Mental Health, New Tech
This year’s Netexplo Forum* 2014 was original in more ways than one. For starters, the second day (of 3 days) was entirely distributed; i.e. it was held at a distance with live streaming. That’s to say, all the panels were conducted in a studio and...
by Minter Dial | Feb 25, 2012 | Health
Many people wake up at night and panic,” he says. “I tell them that what they are experiencing is a throwback to the bi-modal sleep pattern.” But the majority of doctors still fail to acknowledge that a consolidated eight-hour sleep may be unnatural....
