Dec 17, 2020 | Healthcare, Robots, Work
For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every time a machine was slipped into the workflow, a laborer lost a job. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a small but significant...
Dec 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
A clinical research study published in the British Journal of Surgery shows that fluorescence guidance (where a fluorescent chemical compound re-emits light with a long wavelength) can enable a colorectal surgeon to assess cancer tissues visually and with more...
Dec 10, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare
The trained human eye is rather good at finding skin spots that could be cancerous, but even the best doctors can’t come close to matching the skills of artificial intelligence (AI). North Queensland, which has some of the most dangerous UV ratings in the world,...
Dec 3, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Healthcare
Scientists have hailed a “once in a generation” breakthrough for our understanding of the human body that paves the way for new treatments for dozens of diseases, from malaria to cancer. It could also help feed the world and even solve the plastic crisis. Artificial...
Nov 12, 2020 | 5G, Healthcare, Internet of Things
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vodafone has released a report on the potential of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) technology in health and social care. Better Health, Connected Health: How 5G and IoT Technology can Transform Health and Social Care found...
Nov 12, 2020 | Healthcare, Robots
In India, the country with the world’s second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, a handful of hospitals has started to use robots to connect patients with their loved ones, and assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. Bangalore-based...
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