Tag: computer science
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Start-Up Applying Artificial Intelligence to New Drug Uses
A new enterprise is being formed to apply artificial intelligence to connect drugs in development to treatments for rare diseases and other unmet medical needs.
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Smartphone Data Reveal Physical Activity Worldwide
A data science team tapped into smartphones of more than 717,000 people worldwide to capture the number of steps they take each day as an indicator of physical activity.
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Darpa Funding Research on Brain-Digital Implants
The advanced research agency in Department of Defense is supporting six new projects on neural devices that connect the brain to digital technologies to restore sensory functions.
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Battery-Free Cell Phone Demonstrated
A computer science and engineering team demonstrated a prototype cell phone that sends and receives calls, but operates with power from ambient light and radio signals.
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Report: Growing Tech Industry Investment in Health
The information technology industry is a growing presence in health care, both financially and qualitatively, according to a new report.
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Broad Inst., Intel Make Genomics Software Open-Source
A new release of software that speeds and streamlines analysis of genomic sequencing variations is being released under an open-source license by the Broad Institute.
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Computer Vision, Deep Learning Aid Prosthetic Hands
A built-in camera and artificial intelligence can improve the speed and grasping ability of a prosthetic hand, as shown in tests with people missing a hand.
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NSF Supports Chip Enabling Low-Power Electronics
An engineering lab at University of Texas in San Antonio received a grant to assess the commercial potential for a chip that lets electronic devices work with much less power.
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Smartphone-Controlled Cells Produce Insulin on Demand
A system designed by researchers in China and Switzerland and controlled by a smartphone app was shown in lab mice to produce insulin on demand from engineered pancreas cells.
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Algorithms Simplify, Improve Robot Grasping
Computer scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology developed a process that simplifies remote-controlled robotic grasping movements for end users.