Tag: mathematics
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A.I. Speeds Infant Genetic Disease Diagnostics
Hospital, academic, and industry researchers devised automated techniques including artificial intelligence to sharply reduce the time for diagnosing genetic diseases in infants.
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Natural-Sounding Speech Produced from Brain Signals
A neuroscience lab created a virtual speech-generating vocal system that produces natural sounding human speech by interpreting activity in the brain.
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Sensors, Algorithm Personalize Parkinson’s Therapy
An engineering lab developed a system with wearable sensors and machine learning to detect periods of medication ineffectiveness in people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Crispr Used to Create Circuit-Like Genes
A biotechnology team uses genome-editing to create synthetic genes acting like electronic circuits that can be arrayed in cells like computer components.
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Human Heart 3-D Printed from Patient Cells
A biomedical engineering team printed a three-dimensional scale model of a human heart, including blood vessels, from cells donated by a living person.
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Start-Up Analyzes Images to Determine Medical Condition
A new company provides a service that determines a person’s condition for disease treatments based on indicators derived from an analysis of huge medical-image databases.
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Univ-Business Consortium Developing Advanced Satellites
An international consortium, led by University of South Australia, plans to create a new generation of space satellites with greater sensing and communications capabilities.
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New on Medium – Guide to Demystify A.I.
I decided to share reporting tips on A.I. with fellow journalists to help make the algorithms in our lives more understandable to lay readers.
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Infographic – Venture Deals Cool Off in Q1 2019
Venture capital investments worldwide declined in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the near record-setting pace of the last 3 months of 2018.
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Smartwatch Monitor Boosts Parkinson’s Care
A university in the U.K. designed a home-based care plan for people with Parkinson’s disease that uses a smartwatch device to monitor their conditions.