Two students from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) on the master's degree in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics have developed a mobile application capable of detecting in just a few seconds if a person has a hidden disease that causes blindness.
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German Ethics Council calls for limits on the use of Artificial Intelligence
The German Council of Ethics emphasized on Monday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should not replace humans and ruled in favor of placing strict limits on its use.
"Artificial intelligence should enhance human development and not…
Biden policies benefit Hispanics
The director of the National Economic Council of the White House, Brian Deese, assured that the economic policies of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, have a particular focus on the Hispanic community.
“Not only do they record…
COVID-19 vaccine scams reported by Internet users
Internet users have recently reported that cybercriminals are offering alleged coronavirus vaccines traded in cryptocurrencies.
The threat detection company ESET is analyzing this type of phenomenon with respect to the sale of this input…
Pfizer confirms effectiveness of vaccine against Covid-19
Pfizer and Biontech announced that their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90 % effective, following the "success" of the first interim analysis of their phase 3 trial.
Thus, its candidate for a vaccine based on mRNA, BNT162b2 against…
New prosthetic leg stimulates the nerves and improves movement
An international research team has created a prosthetic leg that incorporates advanced neural stimulation, allowing it to recreate sensations of touch in the knee and foot that does not have conventional prosthetic designs, as published in…
Africa is the new center for artificial intelligence development
The contributions of Artificial Intelligence to the development of countries is undeniable. It is evident in the various branches of technology but also in Medicine, Education, security, finance and more. Currently, Africa represents a…
New technologies for the detection and treatment of diseases
The fight to prevent diseases, detect them in time and treat them efficiently to save lives is the engine that boosts scientists and researchers around the world. Prodigious minds have contributed to the development of technological…
Watson is the new IBM virtual assistant with artificial intelligence
The Artificial Intelligence department of IBM announced the launch of Watson, its new virtual assistant for the field of medicine during the recent Think Summit Colombia 2019.
IBM "seeks to offer technological solutions that directly…
MIT sensor-based gloves teach AI on objects identification
A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed the scalable TActile glove (STAG), which purpose isto help determine how humans identify what they touch using the 550 pressure minisensors that make it…
Artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on medicine
A group of scientists from the United States and China developed an automatic diagnostic system through the use of artificial intelligence.
As outlined in the article, this procedure helps to immediately identify common childhood…
Spain creates graphene brain microsensors
In 2010 graphene made its formal appearance on the stage of science and medicine when Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov received the Nobel Prize in Physics after synthesizing this thin, transparent and flexible material of great potential…