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"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

Cars That Think

Robert Wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Poor EHR system usability results in laborious and low-value data entry, obstacles to face-to-face patient communication, and information overload, where clinicians have to wade through an excess of irrelevant data when treating a patient.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. A threat taken seriously in San Francisco. San Francisco's Department of the Environment just received its first LEAF, which now uses one of these spaces.

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More SF Bay Area Charge Stations.some work

Plugs and Cars

Furious phone calls during the event couldn'tget the machine to allow the juice to flow after waving the Coulomb Card. A brand spanking new South San Francisco municipal parking garage one block off Grand Ave. Now I learn from fellow LEAF driver and long-time EV driver Danny Ames (he loved his Th!nk Metered pay parking.)

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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Amputees who tested the artificial limb performed daily activities such as zipping a suitcase, pouring a carton of juice, and petting a cat, just as well, and in some cases better than, more rigid neuroprosthetics. [ It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Amputees who tested the artificial limb performed daily activities such as zipping a suitcase, pouring a carton of juice, and petting a cat, just as well, and in some cases better than, more rigid neuroprosthetics. [ It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. For its part General Motors—the power behind Chevrolet and GMC—is now set to work with San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric to test forthcoming GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes.

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“The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now”

Cars That Think

Robert Wachter, chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Poor EHR system usability results in laborious and low-value data entry, obstacles to face-to-face patient communication, and information overload, where clinicians have to wade through an excess of irrelevant data when treating a patient.