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Google’s Deep Learning AI project diagnoses cancer faster than pathologists

March 6, 2017 Leave a comment

The hardest job for a pathologist is to determine whether or not a patient has cancer. Many lives hang on that one decision. But the task is so vast and difficult that agreement between different pathologists studying the same slides can be as low as only 48 per cent, according to reports.

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Cryopreserved organ banks on the horizon with nanowarming breakthrough

March 6, 2017 Leave a comment

Donor organs could in the future be cryogenically frozen and defrosted when required thanks to a new nanowarming method developed by scientists.

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A digital revolution in health care is speeding up

March 3, 2017 Leave a comment

WHEN someone goes into cardiac arrest, survival depends on how quickly the heart can be restarted.

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LG’s SteamVR headset is a bulky yet promising HTC Vive alternative

March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

For the past year, the only two contenders in the PC virtual reality space were the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Not anymore. A few days ago, LG announced its own PC-driven VR headset, which was made in collaboration with Valve.

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Facebook’s Oculus slashes price of virtual reality gear by $200

March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Facebook-owned Oculus has decided to slash the prices on its virtual reality Rift headset and Touch motion controllers by $200 in an effort to spur sales and draw more people to VR.

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Get ready for robots made with human flesh

March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Two University of Oxford biomedical researchers are calling for robots to be built with real human tissue, and they say the technology is there if we only choose to develop it.

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How AI will lead to self-healing mobile networks

March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Today we are routinely awed by the promise of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Our phones speak to us and our favorite apps can ID our friends and family in our photographs. We didn’t get here overnight, of course.

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Scientists prove it’s possible to build a DNA computer

March 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Scientists at the University of Manchester, led by Professor Ross D. King, have created a new DNA-based computing device. If you think of DNA as being the code for generating life, then it’s not hard to see it as capable of performing other tasks.

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First step to help preserved organs survive the deep freeze

March 1, 2017 Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — Deep-freezing donated organs might one day help improve the transplant supply but scientists must first figure out how to thaw the delicate tissue without it cracking.

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Qualcomm wants you to use your real hands to grab virtual things

March 1, 2017 Leave a comment

Do you really want to strap on a backpack, or chain yourself to a beefy computer, to step into a VR world?You may not need to, if Qualcomm keeps on trucking. The chipmaker’s building a cord-free, hand-sensing, eye-tracking headset reference design that could make it way more compelling.

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