Launched in 2012, Qualcomm Tricoder XPrize tasked competing teams with a developing a portable and versatile medical diagnostics machine that would give people “unprecedented access” to information about their health. The contest has been won by an AI powered device awarded top honors and US $ 2.5 million for tis trouble. This Xprize – a...
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Immunologic changes point to potential for clinical investigation of combination immunotherapy for deadly kidney cancer
Immunologic changes observed in an early study of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) raised the possibility for a larger clinical study of combination immunotherapy, according to findings reported by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The results of an open-label pilot study comparing combinations of anti-PD1 (nivolumab) alone, or...
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Leap Motion’s New 180-degree Hand-tracking Comes to Qualcomm’s Latest VRDK Headset
Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017. Qualcomm’s VR Headset Reference Design has been upgraded to the company’s new Snapdragon 835...
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This startup’s AR headset can hold its own against the HoloLens
Avegant, a Silicon Valley startup that sells a pair of headphones equipped with a VR-like portable screen, is breaking into augmented reality. The company today announced that it’s developed a new type of headset technology powered by a so-called light field display. The research prototype, which Avegant eventually plans on turning into a consumer product,...
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Scientists discover how to ‘upload knowledge to your brain’
Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe. Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter amount of time, comparing it to “life...
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Smartphone-based device measures mens’ fertility
A sample is gathered for analysis in the device Thanks to research being conducted at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, men may soon be able to perform full fertility tests in their own homes. Led by Manoj Kanakasabapathy and Hadi Shafiee, researchers at the hospitals are developing a smartphone-based optical...
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Sensing harmful molecules with light
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) devices are the benchmark in optical sensing. They are used for detecting biomarkers of disease, discovering drugs, analysing chemicals, ensuring food quality and safety, and detecting pollutants in our environment. SPR devices can detect molecules within a few hundred nanometres of their metal surfaces. When a target molecule binds to sensing...
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Stem cell transplants offer hope for sufferers of gut disorders
Enteric neurosphere in mice. After a baby is born, a souvenir of its months in the womb is usually not long to follow. Its first poo, or meconium, is a lump sum of everything the foetus has ingested for months; a dark sludge, compared by the insomniac readers of parenting forums to engine oil...
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Jet-spray pill provides painless oral alternative to the needle
The MucoJet is a pill-like device that could painlessly deliver vaccines and drugs through the inside of a patient’s cheek You’d be hard pressed to find anybody who would complain if scientists developed an alternative to the necessary evil of getting a jab at the doctor’s. Microneedle patches or jet-injectors could be good ways to painlessly deliver drugs...
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Washable heartbeat sensors can now be embroidered onto clothing
Embroidered fabric heartbeat sensor prior to being sewn into a hat. Embroidery is usually used to adorn fabric with festive designs, but it can now be used to measure heart rates too. In a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, researchers unveiled a fiber optic material that can be produced quickly and then woven, knit,...