AI microscope could check tumor removal in minutes

When surgeons remove cancer, they have to ask, "did we get it all?" A new microscope could let them check much faster than current methods.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Jan. 4, 2021 ~8 min

Watch a man eat cake with mind-controlled robot arms

Quadriplegic Robert Chmielewski fed himself dessert using two prosthetic arms he manipulated with his brain. "It's pretty cool," he says.

Paulette Campbell-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 4, 2021 ~5 min


Device gauges hand gestures from arm signals

A new device that can recognize hand gestures based on electrical signals in the forearm could one day control prosthetics.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
Dec. 29, 2020 ~7 min

AI could mine the past for faster, better weather forecasts

Artificial intelligence could use past weather data rather than complex, costly physics calculations to deliver faster, more accurate weather forecasts.

Hannah Hickey-U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 17, 2020 ~6 min

AI uses retinal scans to spot Alzheimer’s

A new AI model that examines retina images for changes that point to Alzheimer's disease may one day help diagnose the disease.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Dec. 1, 2020 ~5 min

Phone tool can spot strokes as well as ER docs

A new smartphone tool can diagnose strokes within minutes with the same level of accuracy that emergency room doctors do, resarchers report.

Jessica Hallman-Penn State • futurity
Nov. 2, 2020 ~6 min

AI mirrors the way human brains see in 3D

Researchers have found similarities in the way a computer vision network trained to "view" in 2D and the method human brains use for seeing objects in 3D.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Nov. 2, 2020 ~4 min

Mask vs. muzzle: Even words are now polarized

Americans are essentially speaking separate, polarized languages, an analysis of words in cable news video comments indicates.

Byron Spice-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Oct. 23, 2020 ~6 min


AI counts 1.8 billion trees in Sahara Desert

There are more trees in the West African Sahara Desert that you might think, according to a study that used artificial intelligence and satellite imagery.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 22, 2020 ~6 min

Care for others drives use of chatbots for mental health

Wanting to help others motivates people to use chatbots for mental health services more than seeking help for themselves after a shooting, researchers say.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 6, 2020 ~5 min

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