Technology Triple Trivia

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. May 3, 2016 What might be described as a modern-day genie in a bottle? Hint: Answer: Foursquare, the social media app, is making some pretty accurate predictions related to sales & profits of certain entities, such as Chipotle and Apple.  Using large amounts of data collected by client smartphones, […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for November 4, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Lie detector tests…so 1980s.  What honesty-assessment technology is being appplauded as the next best thing on the horizon? Hint: Answer: app developers are working on algorithms geared toward determining whether a person is being honest, or not, via facial cues.  Researchers say we are very close to […]

Hodge Co-authors Article on Ebola for JAMA

Click here to read the article which considers whether, post Dallas, the U.S. health care system is prepared to handle a public health crisis like Ebola.  Law Professor, James G. Hodge Jr., is a Center for Law, Science & Innovation Faculty Fellow at Arizona State University’s, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

2014 EBOLA OUTBREAK: Issues of Law, Policy and Ethics

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 12:15-1:15PM. ARMSTRONG HALL | GREAT HALL SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – TEMPE CAMPUS FEATURING: JAMES G. HODGE, JR., J.D., L.L.M. (ASSOCIATE DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW, SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW) AND DAVID H. BEYDA, M.D., (CHAIR AND PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOETHICS AND […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for September 16, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers.  Every Tuesday. 1. Forget upgrading to the iPhone 6.  Save your bucks and you might be part of the elite few eligible for this type of upgrade… Hint: Answer: the argument that upgrades, generally, are only available to the economically privileged is not new, however, could the gap be widening […]

Wednesday Web Watch for August 20, 2014

Jason Tetro places little faith in experimental drugs being shipped to West Africa to combat Ebola and believes “[t]he key to stopping the spread is infection prevention and control through proper isolation and a reduction in the levels of interaction amongst susceptible individuals.” Tetro likens the recent Ebola crisis to a sweeping influenza outbreak in […]