Healthcare

For nurses, documenting and coordinating with others take up more than half of their time. Xerox's new system combines in-room displays with mobile technology.

November 14, 2012 3:09pm | By Janet Fang

Innovation is no longer left only to the U.S. How can the country remain competitive as younger, more nimble nations out-maneuver it? Panelists debate at the Techonomy conference in Tucson.

5 | November 13, 2012 5:43am | By Andrew Nusca

As labor costs rise, will robotics be the future of Chinese manufacture?

November 13, 2012 4:17am | By Charlie Osborne

Building a smarter city rests on a solid business plan. But drafting a viable one is trickier than you might expect.

November 12, 2012 12:17pm | By Rachel King

MARANA, Ariz. -- Will a world of digitally connected people help or hurt society? Experts debate at the Techonomy conference in Tucson.

November 12, 2012 6:41am | By Andrew Nusca

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about innovation across the globe.

1 | November 8, 2012 5:24am | By Charlie Osborne

Putting genomic data on the cloud could enable physicians to deliver a whole new level of personalization to patient care. The Coriell Institute's Scott Megill and IBM's Dan Pelino explain.

Sponsored | 1 | November 5, 2012 8:04am | By Scott Megill and Dan Pelino

Yahoo will soon begin selling home genetic testing kits for the general public to find out if they are susceptible to particular diseases.

2 | November 5, 2012 4:58am | By Charlie Osborne

How does the American job market fare ahead of the election?

2 | November 2, 2012 1:01pm | By Charlie Osborne

Cleveland Clinic will host IBM's Watson to help it develop skills related to the field of medicine.

2 | October 31, 2012 10:01am | By Andrew Nusca

A new survey suggests that financial advisors who discuss healthcare in retirement are more likely to keep their clients.

3 | October 29, 2012 9:39am | By Charlie Osborne

The advantages of real-time data from millions of other people will revolutionize the use of mobile computing in three major industries. IBM Research's Paul Bloom explains how.

Sponsored | October 29, 2012 7:00am | By Paul Bloom

With crowdfunding, the masses could help spur development of a cure for the cancer that killed Steve Jobs.

2 | October 25, 2012 8:30pm | By Laura Shin

Dean Kamen is teaming up with telecom to work on commercializing an alternative-energy machine that can run on virtually any type of fuel - from hydrogen, to methane, to beer.

4 | October 24, 2012 3:07am | By Mari Silbey

A 25,000-person planned community in Orlando, Florida hires Cisco to connect healthcare, real estate, retail, education and transportation with networked infrastructure.

2 | October 23, 2012 10:48am | By Andrew Nusca

Google Ventures stood apart from its investing brethren in the third quarter, putting capital into more startups, and early-stage ones, at that.

1 | October 22, 2012 4:39pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Architecture firms are looking at India's emerging economy for help climbing out of the post-recession slump.

1 | October 17, 2012 8:00pm | By Sun Joo Kim

The rising 'Quantified Self' movement encourages self-awareness and analysis through a new generation of health monitoring devices.

October 17, 2012 8:36am | By Joe McKendrick

GlaxoSmithKline will make raw data underlying its clinical trials available to researchers. Can this commitment to openness restore trust in the pharmaceutical industry?

1 | October 16, 2012 10:43pm | By Janet Fang

New York and London top this year's list compiled by PwC, but Beijing is catching up fast.

October 15, 2012 6:27pm | By Joe McKendrick