It is argued that if we decide to keep a technology or practice if we get at least one positive result from it, we do not have to change anything at all. Even factory farming, and wars, have some positive results... Due to the complexity and all the "smart" devices and apps, we may have started to feel, …

Background: Increasing life expectancy is resulting in a growing demand for long-term care; however, there is a shortage of qualified health care professionals (HCPs) to deliver it. If used optimally, technology can provide a solution to this challenge. HCPs play an important role in the use of technology …

Inspiratiebijeenkomst Baanbrekend Perspectief

Green energy is just one of the two types of energy humanity needs, the energy for our man-made world, including cities, road networks, industries and technological systems (energy for the systems that drive out the ecology). However, a second type of energy is needed to meet our biological needs, energy …

Psychologist and computerscientist Geoffrey Hinton, called the godfather of AI, argued that we should stop with A(G)I. In this column it is argued that Artificial General Intelligence like ChatGPT works very differently than organic intelligence. An organic complexity works like a chain reaction. Unlike …

It is argued that in our world there are many "pessimists", who do not believe that climate, environmental and natural disasters can still be averted, and therefore want to live today as if there was no tomorrow. And if you have nothing more to expect, why should you also let the pleasures of today be …

Om professionals en organisaties bewust te maken hoe een sterke professionele identiteit verworven kan worden is een conceptueel model ontwikkeld. Het bestaat uit zes ontwikkelingstaken en diverse deeltaken. Het model is toegepast op de student van het Fast Switch onderwijs. Opleiders en werkgevers …

Artificiele intelligentie (AI) heeft de potentie verpleegkundigen te ondersteunen in hun werk, maar een voorwaarde is wel dat zij in staat zijn (samen) te werken met de technologie. Aan de hand van een casus kijken we hiernaar.