What is the Difference Between Stiffness and Toughness?
What is the Difference Between Stiffness and Toughness? One thing baby boomers and their predecessors have in common is the need for joint replacements. The number of hip and knee replacements globally is expected to exceed two million per year by 2030. Some projections indicate there may not be enough surgeons to handle the rapidly […]
What is a Large Language Model?
What is a Large Language Model? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model which is fed with a massive dataset of information from the Internet. A set of complex computer algorithms analyzes the information and learns the statistical relationships between words and phrases. This process is called training. After […]
Is Falling a Problem? by John R. Patrick
Is Falling a Problem? According to the CDC, about 700,000 to 1 million people fall in hospitals in the United States each year. Falls in hospitals can be caused by a variety of factors including medication side effects, dementia, weakness, impaired vision, unsteady gait, and environmental hazards such as slippery floors or clutter. Even more […]
Can Microbots Deliver Drugs?
Can Microbots Deliver Drugs? Some robots are very large. Some can pick up a car as part of the manufacturing process. Other robots are very small, very small. Micro-robotics is not a new field, but great progress is being made to design tiny, speedy, self-propelled robots. They are called microrobots or just plain microbots. The […]
Generative AI by John R. Patrick
Generative AI Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that is designed to generate new content, such as text, images, videos, or audio, based on patterns it has learned from existing data. It is a subset of AI that focuses on creating rather than just recognizing patterns. In this blog post, I will show […]
