MIT Technology Review
Robot-assisted high-precision surgery has passed its first test in humans
1 min · · A trial of a new high-precision surgical robot used to operate on women with breast cancer found the system is safe. · Shared by 20, including Vikram Dutt, Vala Afshar, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, John Nosta
Fast Company
Data scientists have identified 4 words and 1 emoji that signal someone is a suicide risk
2 min · · A text-based crisis hotline used technology to find the people most at risk of suicide based on the words they used. They’re not the words you think. · Shared by 35, including danah boyd
Futurism
Watch a mother reunite with her deceased child in VR
3 min · · Have your tissues ready. · Shared by 30, including John Nosta, Jason Silva, Dr. Alec Couros, Jordi Serrano
Le Temps
L’intelligence artificielle fait saliver les géants de la pharma
1 min · · Le secteur pharmaceutique investit des milliards pour créer de nouveaux médicaments via le «machine learning», afin d’utiliser au mieux d’immenses ensembles de données. Novartis vient ainsi de… · Shared by 6
The Verge
Why cancer-spotting AI needs to be handled with care
6 min · · Finding more cancers isn’t always the answer. · Shared by 123, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, Brian Ahier, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Desmond Williams, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Ronald Schmelzer, Bob E. Hayes, Katja Evertz, John Nosta, Kathleen Walch, Michael Fisher, Andreas Staub, Julia Kaganskiy 🇺🇦
Quartz
How artificial intelligence provided early warnings of the Wuhan virus
1 min · · It would have worked whether Chinese officials were transparent about the outbreak or not. · Shared by 73, including Amber Mac, Christian Hernandez, Nicole Bauch, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rasu Shrestha MD MBA, Katja Evertz, Carla Gentry 🎶, Iain Brown, PhD, Yves Mulkers
The Verge
Google publishes largest ever high-resolution map of brain connectivity
3 min · · A map that could one day yield hidden scientific treasures. · Shared by 358, including Matthias Lampe, John Nosta, Howard Getson, Rasu Shrestha MD MBA, John Hagel, Nige Roberts-Willson, Keith Frankish, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Shawn Venasse, Ward Plunet, Liv 😷, Jansnet, Jane, Anita Leirfall, Gregg Caruso, Graeme Anderson, Moheb Costandi
MIT Technology Review
Force social-media firms to share data to cut teen suicides, say psychiatrists
2 min · · The news: Social-media companies should be forced to share data about their users and how they use their products as part of research aimed at reducing rates of suicide and self-harm among young… · Shared by 18, including Martin Varsavsky, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Les Echos
Prochaines cibles des Gafa : dossiers médicaux et comptes bancaires
3 min · · Deux domaines font saliver les géants de la tech américains plus que tout : la finance et la santé. Deux gigantesques réservoirs de croissance, jusqu'à présent préservés de leurs appétits par les… · Shared by 6
ZDNET
Four technologies that have got the biggest potential to change your healthcare for the better
4 min · · Implementing leading-edge systems and services in the NHS is a complicated task but NHS CIOs must use the power of cloud, AI, IoT and big data to boost patient care and operational effectiveness. · Shared by 17, including Chris Isak, Bob E. Hayes, Nige Roberts-Willson, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Forbes
How AI Is Revolutionizing Health Care
4 min · · Being a relatively new technology in health care, AI still has a long way to go, but the progress is impressive. · Shared by 18, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Nige Roberts-Willson, Bob E. Hayes, Terence Mills, Vinod Sharma
The Economist
A new idea for diagnosis - A system based on AI will scan the retina for signs of Alzheimer’s
4 min · · Dec 18th 2019THE DIFFERENT parts of a health-care system have different focuses. A hospital’s dementia unit keeps records of patients’ mental abilities. The stroke unit monitors blood flow in the… · Shared by 17, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Mashable
Smart pajamas are the only wearable we care about
2 min · · The One True Wearable. · Shared by 21, including Glen Gilmore #MWC23, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI
Chicago Tribune
Surprising connections between sleep and weight loss
· In theory, achieving a healthy weight should be pretty easy, right? Just eat fewer calories and work out regularly to burn fat and build muscle. But, as we know, there are a variety of factors that… · Shared by 165, including Antonio Ramos
michellemcquaid.com
How to train your brain to release more happy chemicals
4 min · · Do you ever wish you could just turn on the happy chemicals in your brain? Imagine how much easier it would make getting out of bed each morning, getting even the most tedious parts of your job done,… · Shared by 596, including Beth Price Almeida, Neil Hart 💙, Jennifer Hurst, Mathias Böhm, Liv 😷, Tah Wesley 22, TNW Top Stories, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Peter Schmidhuber, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Chicago Tribune
Resolve to get better sleep in 2020 — these products will help
· Whether you're focusing on a New Year's resolution, battling with the adverse effects of winter, or simply feel too tired too often, there are many ways to get better sleep each and every night. If… · Shared by 13