Radio and television changed politics perhaps more than the telephone and the internet have even to date.  Before FDR's fireside chats, it's hard for us to understand that almost nobody knew what Herbert Hoover sounded like.  You could seek out a message from him in a newspaper, but he couldn't reach you proactively.  The famous Kennedy-Nixon debate was the one where the radio audience felt that Nixon had handily won the debate.  The TV audience saw Nixon with sweat on his face and no makeup on, and thought he had collapsed miserably in comparison with the suave, telegenic Senator Kennedy - many think TV got JFK elected.  Many have observed that in an age of TV we almost certainly would not elect a man as ungainly as Abraham Lincoln or as portly as William Howard Taft.

U.S. President Barack Obama will address Congress and the nation Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET in the televised State of the Union address — it will also be available online on various platforms

We've rounded up a number of different ways to watch, and interact with, Obama as he delivers his fifth State of the Union Address tonight online

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Has technology changed the way we work? Take a quick look around your office, shop, warehouse, even a building site. What you’ll see somewhere is a computer, maybe hundreds of them. For most of us, they rule our working lives. It might not be directly, we might not spend all day working on them, but they tell us what we need, control inventories, the speed jobs should be done, where – and if - we’ll be working tomorrow.

These days business is on a global level, more so than ever before, and it couldn’t exist without computers letting people communicate around the world.

We rely on technology for business.

Information technology probably impacts governments more than corporations and private individuals.

Governments, on the other hand, usually lag behind and are forced to catch up. And even if they do not want to be involved, they must, because current trends and business practices demand that they conform. But this leaves governments vulnerable in many ways and thus, it can be said that generally speaking, information technology has a negative impact on governments.

Secondly, governments hold confidential information. Both data from its individual citizens and country specific security data

One of the biggest examples of the effects of social media during this election is in the presidential debates. In the past, debates were somewhat downplayed, and people thought that it ultimately could not sway the results of an election.

spreading the word in the age of the internet is infinitely easier than it was ten years ago

people can tweet, post status updates, or send friends messages instantly to say what they feel about the presidential debate.

There are thousands of websites where you can post your resume online and complete an online job application. Applicants either apply online via a job board, like Monster.com, or apply online directly at the company's web site. In some cases, job seekers are required to register and to build an employment profile. Once you've built your profile, you can apply for jobs online and set up search agents to email you when new jobs are added to the system.

There are now four billion cell phones in use throughout the world, and many of them can capture and transmit images. When coupled with social networking websites, they make millions of people both producers and consumers of information. While the information on the web is difficult to verify and easy to manipulate, it is a fact of modern political life.

The impact of the web on political fundraising is the most significant change in political campaigning since JFK beat Nixon in their first TV debate back in 1960.

The onboard electronics are hardened to protect against an electromagnetic pulse, and Air Force One is equipped with advanced secure communications equipment, allowing the aircraft to function as a mobile command center in the event of an attack on the United States.

Little or no time or travel expenses are required to commute on congested, dangerous highways to job interviews or workplaces.

The ability to use electronic social networks to find and apply for job openings.

Greater work flexibility for employees who work from home.

technological innovation was to support a business of that scale. Andrew Rasiej, the founder of Personal Democracy Media which is a group that tracks the integration of technology and politics, shared his thoughts with me.

The Internet has become a main source of medical information

Healthcare facilities are reaching patients using social media

Better treatment and less suffering

Healthcare professionals who work with medical billing and coding know the strides technology has made.

medical billing and coding has switched from being a paper-based system to a computerized format.

Doctors are benefiting immensely from the drive toward electronic medical records. With one touch of a button, doctors can access all the care a patient has ever received and can figure out possible illnesses.

That's where a scanning electron microscope (SEM) came in.

Why was an SEM, rather than a regular light, or optical, microscope from the local high school, necessary to examine the evidence for Smithart's trial

SEMs can magnify objects at upward of 300,000 times the size of the object studied. Scientists refer to this number as the magnification power and denote it,

. Advancements in computing capabilities have enabled the development of bioinformatics, wherein scientists apply computer science and statistical algorithms to process and analyze huge sets of data.

Furthermore, the ability to share information with the world through the internet has completely transformed how scientific findings are communicated and data are shared throughout the scientific community

HeLa cells were shared throughout the world, passing from one scientist to the next, the distance between the end-user and the original source, Henrietta Lacks, grew larger and larger

TestingRegular blood tests and lab work can reveal anything from a lack of iron in your blood to certain types of cancers, diabetes and possible heart conditions. These simple tests can be a life saver with early detection.

Early detectionWith the use of x-rays, MRI's and Cat Scans doctors are able to have an "inside" look at your body and what diseases or ailments may be hiding within. Doctors are able to detect and diagnose problems before they become life threatening.

SurgeryAdvances in this field have transformed surgery as a "risky art" into a scientific discipline capable of treating many diseases and conditions.

Assistive technologies became central to medicine during the 20th century

Using computers was one of the most important technological changes in 20th-century medicine.

enabled insurers and state-run health services to track patient records on a massive scale.

Technology has changed the way we live, and the medical field is no different. From portable medical equipment, digital X-rays, remote-monitoring, employee-management and smartphone applications, technology is changing the way patients receive treatment.

“We’re in an age that allows us to bring a whole new level of house-call medicine out to the patient

medical delivery system that can come to the

Digital innovations have now made it possible for consumers to use portable devices to access their medical information, monitor their vital signs, take tests at home and carry out a wide range of tasks

We can remotely and continuously monitor each heart beat, moment-to-moment blood pressure readings, the rate and depth of breathing, body temperature, oxygen concentration in the blood, glucose, brain waves, activity, mood – all the things that make us tick.

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Selby credits Kaiser Permanente's electronic health record system,

KP has been heralded as the vanguard in health care technology for creating the largest civilian electronic health record system in the nation, which includes all of its 8.7 million members, 3.4 million of whom reside in Northern California.

Similarly, the ALIVE (A Lifestyle Intervention Via E-mail) program, led by Barbara Sternfeld, PhD, seeks to promote physical activity and healthy eating using e-mail and a Web-based tool.