[ad_1] “The idea is everything has its own heartbeat,” said Shalin Shah, the lead author of the paper who is a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. The technique invented by Shah, along with Duke computer science professor John Reif and postdoctoral researcher Abhishek Dubey of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, would […]
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Hulu orders a Theranos miniseries from Kate McKinnon
[ad_1] Hulu declined to comment to Variety on the show, which hasn’t been officially announced. Provided the series goes forward, it’ll add to a seeming frenzy of productions covering Theranos. On top of the Hulu and HBO projects, a movie based on the saga (Bad Blood) is in the works with Jennifer Lawrence set to […]
Researchers trick radiologists with malware-created cancer nodes
[ad_1] To test out how effective the attack could be, the researchers conducted a blind study that asked radiologists to diagnose conditions based on CT lung scans—some of which were altered using the malware. When presented with scans that featured fake cancers nodules, the radiologists came back with a cancer diagnosis 99 percent of the […]
Apple’s keyboard apology and Samsung folding
[ad_1] Weird flex, but OK.Watch Samsung bend the Galaxy Fold hundreds of times Samsung is attempting to put to rest doubts over the Samsung Galaxy Fold’s durability by revealing how each device is tested. The company released a video on Wednesday that shows its devices undergoing a factory stress-test, where a line-up of brand new […]
Lab-grown blood vessels could make dialysis easier
[ad_1] Dialysis replicates some of the kidney’s key functions, but it requires a machine that pulls blood out of a blood vessel, filters it and pumps it back into the body. Typically, an extra blood vessel — either synthetic or donated — is implanted into the patient’s arm, and that channels blood into the dialysis […]
UPS launches a drone ‘airline’ to deliver medical samples
[ad_1] This isn’t the flexible drone delivery service you might have imagined. Drones will fly along fixed routes, with a trained Remote Pilot-in-Command keeping watch over the trip. It’s part of the FAA’s larger pilot program testing public-private partnerships involving drones, and involves the help of the FAA as well as North Carolina’s Department of […]
China says it cloned a police dog to speed up training
[ad_1] The pup was reportedly cloned by plucking somatic cells (used relatively often in cloning) from the skin of the adult dog, creating a cloned embryo and implanting that into a beagle for birth. Researcher Wan Jiusheng said that Kunxun was promising — there’s “good aptitude” for sniffing and other skills needed in a police […]
DHS issues warning about Medtronic implantable defibrillator flaws
[ad_1] (This is one of the affected Medtronic programmers, which allow doctors to tweak the implant’s settings.) Implantable defibrillators are placed under the skin to monitor the patient’s heart. If they detect a wildly irregular rhythm, they shoot out electric shocks to restore the person’s normal heartbeat. The vulnerabilities allow bad actors to change or […]
The FDA thinks an Xbox game can stop kids smoking
[ad_1] The game’s heavy-handedness won’t be lost among its Gen-Z players. As you play the game, you encounter challenges that are also faced by smokers. You can run from the cell, but only in short bursts since your lungs are damaged by smoking. The smoke obscures your vision. The game is structured like a maze, […]
Stanford study finds Apple Watch can detect irregular heart rhythms
[ad_1] Just 34 percent of those who received notifications and agreed to wear an ECG patch for a week showed irregularities, but that was expected when atrial fibrillation is intermittent. About 57 percent of those who saw warnings went to a doctor, Stanford added. Notably, the study only included Apple Watches from Series 3 and […]