It seems there isn’t a business sector or segment of our lives that technology doesn’t touch. For instance, there’s EdTech, or education technology; FinTech or financial services technology; AgriTech, or agricultural technology; and MedTech or medical technology to name a few. But a Danville company is fast becoming a global leader in a sector, DeathTech, that gets decidedly less [...]

It’s no secret robotic automation is increasingly being used in warehouse and distribution center operations. But it is surprising how quickly this trend is taking root and how prevalent it is becoming. A new study by global research firm Gartner projects that more than three out of every four warehouses and distribution centers will use some type of robotic [...]

In an ever-increasing technology-centric society, it’s difficult to imagine a place where computer usage is decreasing. But there is at least one place: the public library. Once upon a time, libraries couldn’t get enough desktop computers to meet the demand for people who either didn’t have computers of their own or internet access at home or both. From Fort [...]

Doctors and medical staff at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. were recently faced with a life-and-death dilemma. A tiny baby with an underdeveloped heart was in critical condition and would almost certainly die without a lifesaving procedure. The six-pound girl needed a stent, a tube the width of a toothpick, to give her a shot at life. The [...]

Who’s kidding who? We’re all guilty of it from time to time – perhaps most of the time. Those pesky terms and conditions attached to many retail and other purchase agreements are simply too long, in far too small type and in legalese that would require a lawyer to translate. A recent study conducted by research firm and tech [...]