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AI Diagnoses Diseases As Good As Medical Experts, Says Study

AI Diagnoses Diseases As Good As Medical Experts, Says Study

Sep-30-19 By IdeaConnection
A new study has found that artificial intelligence is on par with human medical experts when it comes to making medical diagnoses based on images. The potential for AI in healthcare could free up time for doctor-patient interactions and tailored treatments.
Crowdsourcing an Emoji for Forgiveness

Crowdsourcing an Emoji for Forgiveness

Sep-26-19 By IdeaConnection
You're texting or on social media and have done or said something silly and want to acknowledge your actions with an emoji. What do you do? If you're looking for an icon to lighten the mood while asking for forgiveness you won’t find one. Not yet, anyway. But that may change. A number of charities and organizations in Finland are crowdsourcing to find the ideal emoji for such occasions.
Hackers Set To Target a US Satellite

Hackers Set To Target a US Satellite

Sep-23-19 By IdeaConnection
At next year's Def Con hacker conference, ethical hackers will be invited to crack the security on an orbiting US Defense Department satellite, reports an article in Wired. This follows on from this year's conference when the US Air Force (USAF) turned up with an F-15 fighter-jet data system which was dismantled by security researchers exposing a number of serious vulnerabilities along the way.
Robot Surgeons Set to Transform Operations in UK

Robot Surgeons Set to Transform Operations in UK

Sep-18-19 By IdeaConnection
A team of surgical robots is set to join the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to help medical teams in operating theaters across the country. The move, according to the makers of the robots will revolutionize operations.
Tokyo Olympic Games Open Innovation Challenge

Tokyo Olympic Games Open Innovation Challenge

Sep-13-19 By IdeaConnection
In 2020 Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. To discover new ways to enhance the spectator experience organizers have launched an open innovation technology challenge.
How Researchers Crowdsourced 10,000 Years of Land Use

How Researchers Crowdsourced 10,000 Years of Land Use

Sep-11-19 By IdeaConnection
A new crowdsourcing initiative has quantified 10,000 years of land use across the globe. More than 250 archaeologists from around the world contributed their knowledge to ArchaeoGLOBE to better understand how the land was used at different moments in time.
Snake Robot Designed to Crawl Through the Brain’s Blood Vessels

Snake Robot Designed to Crawl Through the Brain’s Blood Vessels

Sep-06-19 By IdeaConnection
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a magnetically controlled threadlike robot that is thin enough to be able to crawl through narrow spaces such as the blood vessels of the human brain. The technology could be used to treat the symptoms of strokes and aneurysms.