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...methodology. "Traditional, long-standing, peer-reviewed ways of testing new treatments and interventions is not going to go out the window," says Dr. Sharon Murphy, a pediatric oncologist who organized the IOM conference. "There is a strong scientific underpinning that is lacking in this Web 2.0 stuff." (Read "Does Tele-Therapy Work...
...culture where pharmacological therapies have been the mainstay. But we are beginning to change that mentality." Sateia's center, for example, recently hired a nurse practitioner to offer more affordable group therapy as an alternative to individual counseling by a psychiatrist. (Read: "On the Couch Online: Does Tele-Therapy Work...
Thousands of 30-lb. backpackable remote-controlled or "tele-operated" robots with infrared and electro-optical cameras are already clearing caves, buildings and other potential enemy locations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But two new robots are at the front of the autonomous revolution: the MULE and the SMSS. (See a gallery of robots...
...SMSS can be driven with a driver, tele-operated or remote-controlled, or be preprogrammed to go to specific, predetermined locations. During a November Army war-fighting experiment, the SMSS was able to find its way through rugged terrain during both day and nighttime operations. "We provide supervised autonomy," explains Don Nimblett, a business-development manager with SMSS maker Lockheed Martin. "You could [instruct it to go] to a point, and it would find its way to that location on the earth's surface. It is a very mobile vehicle. At one point the soldiers ran it into a ravine...
...drugs, while they can help in the short term, don't stimulate long-term behavior change. By contrast, with ACT, "the target in treatment is to clarify and reduce avoidance behaviors that prevent the patient from living a vital life," the study says. (Read "On the Couch Online: Does Tele-Therapy Work...