Tag: mathematics
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Artificial Pancreas Controls Type 1 Diabetes Better Than Insulin Pump Alone
A clinical trial shows a closed-loop algorithm-controlled artificial pancreas system helps people with type 1 diabetes better control their blood sugar levels than a glucose sensor and insulin pump system alone.
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Infographic — Robotics and Your Job
Our friends at Statista offer data from a report earlier this month by the World Economic Forum showing the kinds of work functions most susceptible to robotic replacement.
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Algorithms Advance Assistive Control for Spinal Cord Injury
A system to control movements of an assistive sleeve is shown in lab tests to enable a person with no use of his arms and legs due to spinal cord injury to accurately grasp and release objects.
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Liquid Biopsy for Solid Tumors Now Available
A test that inspects a patient’s blood sample for characteristic indicators of solid-tumor cancer, and can be part of a comprehensive precision analytics program, is now on the market.
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App Offers Fast, Inexpensive Urinary Tract Infection Test
A system for identifying bacterial infections shows the system’s smartphone app and accompanying lab kit can detect urinary tract infections, including those with sepsis, in about an hour.
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Exosuit Designed for Personalized Walking Help
A wearable robotic exoskeleton designed into textiles to provide personalized assistance is shown in lab and field tests to reduce the amount effort needed to walk long distances.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing A.I.-Boosted Heart Monitor
A new enterprise in the U.K. is developing a wearable heart monitor that diagnoses irregular heart rhythms with artificial intelligence using cloud-based algorithms.
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Personalized Breast Cancer Trial Advances 7 Drugs
A clinical trial with a design that allows for changes in its processes to meet the needs of individual patients says its results helped advance 7 new drugs for breast cancer into review by FDA.
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A.I. to Identify Treatment Drivers for Colorectal Cancer
A study will soon get underway with artificial intelligence and simulation analyzing data from clinical trials to identify factors behind responses to a treatment for colorectal cancer.
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Robot Navigates New Spaces with Bat-Like Sonar
A terrestrial robot demonstrates an ability to map and move through new environments using an ultrasound system inspired by bats, as well as decision-making algorithms.