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by Bruce Brown | July 12, 2016 | General News, Medical
We’ve already seen strides in using artificial intelligence to help with healthcare tasks (see “IBM Watson Learns to See Medical Images” for one example). Now Google is taking aim at your eyes. Well, more precisely, Google DeepMind, a British...
by Alfred Poor | April 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this month, 120 econometric students from 30 universities around the world gathered in Amsterdam to play a game. They were competing for the Econometrics World Championship which was held for the 17th time. (Yes, I had to look it up, too. According to...
by Alfred Poor | April 7, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
If you look at the sales figures for many of the large technology segments, the story is pretty grim. Perennial pillars of the market are showing no growth or even decline, such as televisions and notebook computers. If there’s one sign of hope, it’s in...
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by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic, debilitating disease for which there is currently no cure, yet it affects seven to 10 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks complications from the disease as the 14th leading cause...
by Alfred Poor | January 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
When you see the term “multi-national corporation,” you probably just think “very big company.” But many of these companies are actually doing important work all around the world. For example, consider IBM Research in Haifa, Israel. Part of IBM...
