Apple has launched the Apple Heart Study app, a first-of-its-kind research study using Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor to collect data on irregular heart rhythms and notify users who may be experiencing … Read the rest
In an attempt to combat the threat of on-line retailing, more than 300 staff at Westgate’s John Lewis in the UK have been put through their paces by the Oxford Playhouse theatre. … Read the rest
China is building the world’s most powerful facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3 billion citizens within three seconds.
The goal is for the … Read the rest
AI Can Now Detect Alzheimer’s 10 Years Before Symptoms Appear
Artificial intelligence can identify the signs of Alzheimer’s in scans a decade before symptoms show, researchers say.
Doctors have developed an algorithm that analyses MRI scans to identify structural changes … Read the rest
Now, $8,000 Now Buys the Chance of Rejuvenation
Ambrosia, a San Francisco-based start-up founded in 2016, is now embarking on a controversial trial intended to demonstrate the rejuvenation capabilities and medical benefits of transfusions of youthful blood. Anyone can enrol, … Read the rest
Apple Thought To Be Launching Face-Pattern Recognition
The next iPhone (the iPhone 7S, iPhone 8?), which is due to be released in September, might replace the TouchID fingerprint sensor with whole-face 3D scanning.
According to Bloomberg, which is usually quite … Read the rest
Amazon Now Competes With Banks To Lend Money to Its Suppliers
Amazon.com will launch its business loan program for small sellers later this year in eight more countries including China, where credit is becoming a key factor in competing for … Read the rest
Will Quantum Computers Eliminate City Traffic Jams?
Whilst traditional computers use binary digits, or bits, which can either be 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum binary digits, or qubits, which represent and store information in both 0s and 1s … Read the rest
How A.I. Is Changing Human Resource Management
Artificial Intelligence systems are promising to remake how we look for job candidates, get the most out of workers and keep our best workers on the job.
These applications aim to analyze a … Read the rest
GM Grows Crops 20% Larger
One of the criticisms of genetically modified crops is that they haven’t done much to increase yields—the amount of corn or wheat a farmer can grow on an acre of land.
But now scientists tinkering … Read the rest