With be a secretary david show ulkin. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversation] the committee will come to order. We thank all of you for being here and joining us tonight. Its somewhat unusual for the committee to meet in the evening hours for a conference we are staying up late for. I want to keep our work laser focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompa
Extend private Healthcare Provider options for trouble accessing va services. This is just under two and a halfhour. [inaudible conversation] the committee will come to order. We thank all of you for being here and joining us tonight. Its somewhat unusual for the committee to meet in the evening hours for a conference we are staying up late for. I want to keep our work laser focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in janu
Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth spoke on the state opening of the british parliament. She delivered a speech written by the government that outlines the priorities of the coming year. Sunday, well bring you bbc parliaments coverage posted by day no britain. By daniel britton. That is at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. This sunday night on q a, vanity fair fair columnist Michael Kinsley talks about his new book, old age, beginners beginners guide and living with parkinsons disease. Parkinsons is a disease and so that the nonsensical question. But, what i really meant obviously was thinking is it going to affect my thinking and how i earn a living. So that became pretty important. I asked the new raleigh juice whats gonna happen. And he says, while he was trying to tell me that there wasnt such a big deal and he said, you may lose your edge as if that was just nothing and i thought g, my edge is how i earn a living. Its why i have my friends. Maybe why have my wife. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Ea
Very similar to the movie minority report and have 3d images from cad and manipulate it. Here is an architect working on a 3d building and pulling out pieces and you could have somebody else collaborate with it and have remote assistance if you need to fix your washing machine or a jet engine or do surgery, you could have someone looking at what you are doing and help you walk you through that. It is hands free. When i think of the typewriter pd and the keys that the Washington Post folks use a lot and it is based on movable type and the mechanical typewriters didnt get stuck it is like punch cards connecting with technology. I think the future of using eye sight and using gestures is a big leap forward. There is some reports that say there is 120 billion Market Opportunity to change the way we interface with computers. So we created a headset where you could look at the world and interact with it and youve seen it rendered in movies like iron man and minority report and mission imposs
All right. I think we probably have time for at least one, maybe two. With the incredible job that darpa is doing, do we need diux . It is an initiative in the Defense Department to try to connect the dod better to the commercial tech community, the first part of that activity is in the Silicon Valley area. I actually think this is a really important opportunity for the department. Darpa is designed to be deeply engaged with the technical community. My 100 Technical Program managers are out in the world. They cant get their jobs done without talking to people in universities and defense companies, Small Companies and large. Much of the rest of the operations of the department are jobs that keep them in their offices and talking to each other. Secretary carter has underscored how important it is. I actually think it is a very Important Initiative and one we hope to see making great progress. [ inaudible ]. Well, darpa has had a 60year history. I think it is really important for many oth