{"id":92497,"date":"2017-08-31T07:17:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92497"},"modified":"2017-08-31T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:17:12","slug":"latta-tours-osu-spine-research-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/08\/31\/latta-tours-osu-spine-research-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta tours OSU Spine Research Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BOWLING GREEN &#8212; U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce (E&amp;C)\u00a0Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection,\u00a0toured the Ohio State University (OSU)\u00a0Spine Research Institute on Wednesday to learn about its research and discuss the real-world application of the Internet of Things (IoT).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92498\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Latta-tours-OSU-Spine-Research-Clinic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"288\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>U.S. Representative Bob Latta toured the OSU Spine Research Clinic on Wednesday.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Spine Research Institute was recently featured at the E&amp;C Committee\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/events\/36730\/\">IoT Showcase<\/a>.\u201d Dr. William S. Marras, executive director and\u00a0scientific director of the institute, also recently testified at a hearing entitled\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXYJQoAgjBY\">IoT Opportunities and Challenges<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institute is incorporating IoT to help prevent, diagnose, and treat spinal injuries. The research being conducted at the institute using IoT can also be useful in private industry by helping reduce spinal\u00a0injuries in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Internet of Things is revolutionary technology that is already changing\u00a0the\u00a0way we live,\u201d said Latta. \u201cThe way that OSU\u2019s Spine Research Institute is using this technology will improve people\u2019s health and prevent back injuries, a\u00a0life-changing development for many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis research can also help prevent workplace injuries that harm employees and decrease productivity for businesses,\u201d Latta added. \u201cIoT is predicted to have a major economic and quality-of-life impact in the near future, and organizations like OSU are on the cutting-edge of developing and implementing this technology. It\u2019s great to see Ohio leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information BOWLING GREEN &#8212; U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce (E&amp;C)\u00a0Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection,\u00a0toured the Ohio State University (OSU)\u00a0Spine Research Institute on Wednesday to learn about its research and discuss the real-world application of the Internet of Things (IoT). The Spine Research Institute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 04:30:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}