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IBM's Watson Makes the Move From Answering Trivia Questions to Making Medical...
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IBM's Watson Hired For His First Real Job
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Using the Microsoft Kinect to Detect Autism
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What Does Cancer Smell Like? New Devices Diagnose Patients By Scent
Sniff TestOregon Health AuthorityThis is a nose model the Oregon Healthy Authority uses for educational presentations.From the acetone breath of untreated diabetics to the cancer compounds that dogs...
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Can You Guess What These Cute Pink Tiles Are Made Of?
Cooksey, Allen/NISTThese are some nice color swatches, don't you think? I can just imagine them as decorative bathroom tiles. But what if I told you these are samples of people's skin? They are! The...
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Microscope Uses Holograms Instead Of Lenses To Diagnose Disease
A Sample in a Digital Holographic Microscope, with the Image Sensor BelowUCLA Nano- and Bio-Photonics LabA new prototype microscope doesn't use lenses to magnify objects. Instead, it makes holograms...
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SXSW 2015: The Star Trek Tricorder Is Real And Will Diagnose You Soon
VitalitiCloud DXA photograph of the Beta 1 prototype Vitaliti Tricorder SuiteThe Star Trek franchise envisioned a universe rife with technologies both awe-inspiring and seemingly too advanced for us to...
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This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans
The Ebola VirusWikimedia CommonsIn order for a doctor to treat a patient, the exact cause of that patient’s illness must be found first. If a virus is the cause, current diagnostic tests are often not...
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IBM's Watson Makes the Move From Answering Trivia Questions to Making Medical...
Science What is...Toronto (General Hospital)? When Watson was competing on Jeopardy!, its massive databanks were filled with encyclopedias, novels, film scripts, and history books. These days, Watson...
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IBM's Watson Hired For His First Real Job
Technology IBM's Jeopardy! master robot Watson may not be a judge anytime soon, but he has gotten his first job: as a diagnostic whiz, like we expected. (Note: We will refer to Watson… IBM's Jeopardy!...
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Using the Microsoft Kinect to Detect Autism
Science There are five Microsoft Kinects set up all around the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development, but they're not for playing games (or any of the other stuff… There are five...
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What Does Cancer Smell Like? New Devices Diagnose Patients By Scent
Science Researchers have reported several new tests designed to diagnose disease from the smell of a person's breath or skin. From the acetone breath of untreated diabetics to the cancer compounds...
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Can You Guess What These Cute Pink Tiles Are Made Of?
Technology These images are from research into new techniques for medical diagnoses and biometrics. These are some nice color swatches, don't you think? I can just imagine them as decorative bathroom...
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Microscope Uses Holograms Instead Of Lenses To Diagnose Disease
Technology It could be cheaper and easier to use than traditional microscopes This new prototype microscope doesn't use lenses to magnify objects. Instead, it makes holograms that a computer digitally...
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SXSW 2015: The Star Trek Tricorder Is Real And Will Diagnose You Soon
Health Easy, at-home diagnostic tools could cut down on doctor’s visits The Star Trek franchise envisioned a universe rife with technologies both awe-inspiring and seemingly too advanced for us to use...
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This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans
Health A test to end all tests In order for a doctor to treat a patient, the exact cause of that patient’s illness must be found first. If a virus is the cause, current diagnostic tests are often not…
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We're getting better at screening for cancer, and that could be a problem
Health Opinions vary among medical professionals. Finding out you have cancer is a bell you can’t unring. As doctors increasingly have the tools to find cancers before they actually pose a problem,...
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