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The Next Generation of Hearing Implants Could Be Soft
NewsClose to half a million people around the world suffer from a serious hearing impairment. Cochlear implants, whilst useful for some patients, do not help people whose inner ear is damaged or whose auditory nerve does not function properly. Now, researchers have developed a soft variant of an implant that communicates directly with the brainstem.
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AI Could Warn About Drug Interaction Side Effects
NewsResearchers have designed an algorithm that analyzes data on drug-drug interactions listed in reports — compiled by the Food and Drug Administration and other organizations — for use in a possible alert system that would let patients know when a drug combination could prompt dangerous side effects.
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"Wisdom of the Crowd" Predicts Biological Circuit Activity
News Oct 03, 2019Researchers at Duke University have devised a machine learning approach to model biological circuits in engineered bacteria.
Budget Bitcoin Saves on Energy Costs
News Oct 02, 2019The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is limited by its astronomical electricity consumption and outsized carbon footprint. Inventing a nearly zero-energy alternative sounds too good to be true, but researchers at EPFL say they have achieved just that , by using a new minimalist approach.
Neutron Beam Analysis Helps Inspectors Check Dismantled Nuclear Bombs
News Oct 02, 2019MIT researchers have successfully tested a new high-tech method that could help inspectors verify the destruction of nuclear weapons. The method uses neutron beams to establish certain facts about the warheads in question — and, crucially, uses an isotopic filter that physically encrypts the information in the measured data.
Deep Learning Tool Enables Animal Behavior Monitoring
News Oct 02, 2019A new toolkit goes beyond existing machine learning methods by measuring body posture in animals with high speed and accuracy. The deep learning toolkit, called DeepPoseKit, combines previous methods for pose estimation with state-of-the-art developments in computer science.
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DJ's Dream: New Algorithm Helps Blend Music Seamlessly
News Oct 02, 2019An MIT student has invented a novel algorithm that produces a portamento effect between any two audio signals in real-time. In experiments, the algorithm seamlessly merged various audio clips, such as a piano note gliding into a human voice, and one song blending into another.
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Does Smartphone Dependency Increase Risk of Depression?
News Oct 01, 2019A new study has suggested that young people who are dependent upon their smartphones may be at an increased risk for depression and loneliness.
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WiFi Tech Can Recognize People Through Walls
News Oct 01, 2019Researchers in the lab of UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi have enabled, for the first time, determining whether the person behind a wall is the same individual who appears in given video footage, using only a pair of WiFi transceivers outside.
Synthetic Vaccine Can Be Stored at Warmer Temperatures
News Sep 27, 2019A new type of vaccine that can be stored at warmer temperatures, removing the need for refrigeration, has been developed for mosquito-borne virus Chikungunya in a major advance in vaccine technology.
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Simulated Hand Holds Promise for Prosthetics
News Sep 27, 2019Researchers have developed a hyper-realistic model of the human hand's musculoskeletal system in motion.
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Artificial Skin Uses Soft Sensors To Replicate Human Touch
News Sep 27, 2019Researchers have developed a soft, flexible artificial skin made of silicone and electrodes. The skin's system of soft sensors and actuators enable the artificial skin to conform to the exact shape of a wearer's wrist. Strain sensors continuously measure the skin's deformation so that the haptic feedback can be adjusted in real time to produce a sense of touch that's as realistic as possible.
