The best TechCrunch Disrupt in history recently occurred with Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook speaking for the first time since his IPO, along with Jack Dorsey of Twitter, and Vinod Khosla. Here, we catch up with the startups that made the conference happen. The incumbent “Uber Conference” passes wisdom to the new cup recipient “Your Mechanic,” while we also catch up with Prius disrupter “Lit Moters.” Don’t miss footage from the most exciting tech conference of 2012.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Vision 2047: Healthcare Technology Revolution for South Asia
It is a great challenge of the 21st century to provide the best possible universal health care at the lowest possible cost. It's in fact a dual challenge. While aging and obesity related diseases are the dominant concern in the West, there is continuing worry about more basic issues of hygiene, vaccination, nutrition and access to health care professionals in the developing world. What is common between these two is the increasing reliance on technology.
Technologies ranging from new toilets, water purification, bio-fortification, diagnostics and computing and communication to nano-biotechnology and bioengineering are being developed and deployed to prevent and fight all kinds of diseases around the world. In this show we will discuss the current state of health care and go into how these efforts are proceeding.
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