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Bio3D Technologies is a new start-up from Singapore that announced they are releasing their country’s first 3D bioprinter, called the Bio3D Life-Printer. It may be capable of 3D printing living human tissue and cells for drug testing and experimentation, without putting living patients at risk.

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IBM announced today, August 7, the first computer chip to achieve one million programmable “neurons,” 256 million programmable “synapses,” and 46 billion “synaptic operations” per second per watt — simulating the function of neurons and synapses in the brain.* Neurosynaptic. At 5.

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Physicists at Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) are using the special properties of graphene to produce key elements of an artificial retina. With their research program the researchers were admitted to the heavily funded ‘Graphene’ Flagship Program of the European Union.

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In his new book, The Artificial Intelligence Revolution, Louis A. Del Monte presents a warning regarding the threat new artificial intelligence (AI) technology poses to the survival of humankind.

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When I was in college, I participated in as many research studies as I could. It was easy money, so I gladly sat at computers and answered survey questions and allowed research assistants to cover my head in a net of EEG sensors and goop that glommed on to my hair. Sometimes I would fall asleep.

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In the latest update to the iOS 8 beta, Apple added a number of health-related features, according to various reports. Most notably, the company added a data tracking capability for spirometry, which is data about how obstructed the lungs are collected by people with conditions like asthma or COPD.

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Teledermatology referrals that use a smartphone with an attached dermoscope allowed dermatologists to manage their patients faster and more efficiently than by traditional paper referrals, according to a paper published in medical journal Acta Dermato-Venereologica.

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This morning, Patrick Soon-Shiong, the surgeon-turned entrepreneur that Forbes estimates is worth $10.1 billion, announced that his company and foundation are purchasing a cluster of DNA sequencers capable of sequencing a human genome for $1,000.

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Kurbo Health, a mobile subscription service focused on fighting childhood obesity through the use of simple food diaries and live coaching, is today opening its doors to all families who want to sign up and try its weight loss program, initially available as an iOS application.

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Naperville, Illinois-based PhysIQ raised $4.6 million in a round led by LionBird for its digital health analytics platform. This brings the company’s total funding to $5.6 million.

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