Today’s Tech Sightings: Smartphones Can Detect Eye Cancer Believe it or not, smartphones can actually diagnose Retinoblastoma, a rare type of aggressive eye cancer that develops as a tumor in the retina and almost exclusively affects children. Those suffering from this disease often have a white glow around their pupils that shows up when photographed with […]
Smartphones Detect Cancer; Venom Fixed; Apple Watch Flaw
Posted May 14th, 2015 at 2:47 pm (UTC-5)
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Hacking to Aid Nepal; ‘Venom’ Bug; Unforgettable Searches; ‘Bleep’ Goes Live
Posted May 13th, 2015 at 2:46 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Nepal’s Aid System Is Broken. So These Lifesavers Hacked It As Nepal’s government and NGOs struggle to cope with the devastation of the country’s second major earthquake in less than a month, a group of young people armed with Facebook, open source mapping technology and a lot of nerve have come together […]
Kinect for Parkinson’s; IBM’s ‘Light’ Chip; Privacy; VR
Posted May 12th, 2015 at 2:06 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: New Kinect Controller Could Be a Game-Changer for Parkinson’s Patients Dr. Konstantinos Banitsas and PhD candidate Amin Amini Maghsoud Bigy of Brunel University London have altered the Kinect game controller to help Parkinson’s patients counter some of the symptoms of the disease. The scientists developed a system that connects Kinect to a […]
FINDER Saves Lives in Nepal; Tech Diversity; Brain Spying; Iran’s Bieber Headache
Posted May 7th, 2015 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: New Device That Detects Heartbeats Saves 4 Lives in Nepal Prototype devices provided by NASA – called FINDER or Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response, have located four people trapped under the rubble of Nepal’s devastating April 25 earthquake. Using microwave radar that specifically zeros in on human heartbeats, FINDER devices […]
Watson Joins Cancer Fight; Tech Diversity; Linux Malware, Patch Tuesday
Posted May 6th, 2015 at 2:04 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: How IBM Watson Will Change the Fight Against Cancer IBM has announced a new Watson Genomics initiative that will allow clinicians to use the supercomputer’s data-crunching capabilities to sequence the genomes of cancerous tumors and then access relevant medical and treatment data to make appropriate recommendations to their patients. IBM’s Watson is […]
Reinventing Desktop PCs; New GPS; Rombertik; Smart Luggage
Posted May 5th, 2015 at 2:39 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: A Desktop Computer for Developing Countries? Mobile devices are prevalent in developing countries, particularly in remote areas with poor infrastructure and regions where power supplies are unpredictable. But the CEO of Endless Computers, Matt Dalio, has come up with a $169 desktop PC for emerging markets, equipped with app-based software and hardware […]
UAVs Aid Nepal; ‘Renaissance’ Games; Microsoft Embraces Android, iOS
Posted April 30th, 2015 at 2:39 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Drones Help Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort As the death toll from Nepal’s massive earthquake surpassed 5,000, experts from Ontario-based GlobalMedic are using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to map disaster areas. The survey helps provide a better picture of needs on the ground and identify flooded areas, blocked roads, damaged infrastructure and population movements. […]
3-D Printing; VR; Fighting Cancer With Games; Apple vs. Tattoos
Posted April 29th, 2015 at 2:36 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Your Next Hand Brace Could Be 3-D Printed Two firms – MHOX and CRP Group – have come up with an additive manufacturing process that allows them to 3-D-print flexible, waterproof material that can be used to create custom-made rehabilitation devices. How Virtual Reality is Being Used to Tackle Prejudice Prejudice runs […]
Reaching Out to Nepal; Robots Rising; the Tweeting Pope; WordPress Woes
Posted April 28th, 2015 at 2:12 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Earthquake Rocks Internet in Nepal The devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday claimed more than 4,000 lives and affected more than eight million people. It also took a toll on Internet connectivity. While international links survived, the same cannot be said for connectivity on the ground in areas where underground fiber […]
YouTube Turns 10; Video Sharing Wars; ‘Project Fi’; PC Graveyards
Posted April 23rd, 2015 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: YouTube Marks 10 Years of Uploads With New Studios for Filmmakers A decade after its launch, YouTube still gets billions of views each day. To improve content, YouTube is investing in “YouTube Spaces,” or studios similar to what it has in Tokyo that give filmmakers access to everything they need to create […]