Aman Dasgupta

If you’ve seen the popular American medical drama, House M.D., you already know Dr. Gregory House as a brilliant but cynical diagnostician.   Despite his unconventional ideas, he leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH), often coming up with successful hypotheses for patients with unusual or obscure symptoms.   Now, imagine if healthcare professionals could have Dr. Gregory House on call 24/7—minus the snark and sarcasm, of course. Well, that’s what Google’s Med‑PaLM AI does!   This large language model (LLM) is a relentless diagnostician, just like Dr. House, and crushed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) tests. Another similarity is that it has started to outshine its human peers in tricky

The Semmelweis reflex refers to the tendency to reject emerging evidence or knowledge that contradicts established norms. It is named after Ignaz Semmelweis, a 19th-century physician who encouraged handwashing in hospitals; however, the idea was rejected and ridiculed. Imagine if someone like Semmelweis tried to convince us about an unprecedented idea in our modern world. Just like the pushback from 19th-century doctors, he would be roasted on YouTube Shorts and TikTok, till the idea went mainstream and became the norm. Well, today, Electric Medicine is similarly moving from fringe curiosity to a commonplace idea. This emerging healthcare discipline is zapping its way into doctors’ offices and operating rooms, transforming how we approach chronic illness, pain management, mental health, and more. This e

Five IoT trends in 2026 are pushing the connected world past passive data collection into real-time intelligence, autonomy, and sustainable scale, and worldwide IoT spending is projected to surpass $1 trillion this year (IDC).   IoT-Edge Convergence and Edge Intelligence: By 2026, over 55% of data analytics workloads on deep neural networks will be processed at the point of capture (Gartner), up from under 10% in 2021. Next-Gen Trust Frameworks and IoT Security: The EU Cyber Resilience Act's reporting obligations take effect in September 2026. Autonomous IoT Applications: Duke Energy's self-healing IoT grid has avoided 950,000 extended power outages and saved 6.3 million hours of outage time since January 2024. Digital Twins in IoT: Gartner projects composite digital twins to see the largest grow

When we talk about industrialists, there’s one name that stands out to us. No, it's not Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Henry Ford! We think of Willy Wonka, the eccentric founder and owner of the Wonka Chocolate Factory, who created a global chocolate empire. You see, Mr. Wonka dipped his toes in various technologies–from self-propelled boats and flying elevators to everlasting candies. Wonka’s chocolate empire was built such that he could walk into any room, and the Oompa Loompas would instantly grant his every wish and command. Charlie wants to see a chocolate river? Check! Veruca wants to see squirrels cracking open walnuts? Check! While this is pure imagination, we do have something close. Real-Time Interaction Management (RTIM) Software lets companies (Willy Wonka) watch each customer (Ch