Update from Attitude LLC
I usually write three short stories for the Attitude LLC blog each week. Most of the posts to date have been about healthcare or technology. Occasionally, I write something about music or travel. Since Election Attitude was published in August, I have included some stories related to elections and voting. Between now and election day, there may […]
World Community Grid – Zika
The World Community Grid has brought hundreds of thousands of people and millions of computers together from across the globe to create the largest non-profit computing grid benefiting humanity. It does this by pooling surplus computer processing power from users’ PCs. Although the PC will be the minority participant in the networked world compared to […]
Publications by John R. Patrick | Attitude LLC
It seems like I have been writing papers for a long time. Engineering school did not require any I can recall. However, I wrote a thesis (included here) for my masters degree back in 1971. Then I went dark for a long time until I got heavily involved with Internet technology, while I was at […]
3-D Printed Teeth
EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, a German high technology company, is using 3-D printing to change the way dental prosthetics are made. The company has a direct metal laser sintering process to print durable false teeth. Instead of plastic, the EOS 3-D printing process uses a proprietary powder made from a cobalt-chrome-molybdenum-based alloy powder. The teeth are […]
Miracle Material May Change Everything
We will be reading a lot more about graphene in the months and years ahead. The miracle material is a thin layer of pure carbon. Graphene’s carbon atoms are bonded together in a hexagonal honeycomb lattice thinner than a piece of paper. Discovered in 2003 by two Nobel laureates at the University of Manchester in […]