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New Research Paper Explores Use of Brain-Machine Interfaces for Communication, Rehabilitation

In the journal Nature Reviews Neurology the researcher Ander Ramos of Tecnalia together with Niel Birbaumer, lecturer at the University of Tübingen, have expounded how brain-machine interfaces (BMI) use brain activity to control external devices, thus enabling seriously disabled patients to interact with the environment.

5 Oct 2016

USC Norris, Springbok Cares Launch Virtual Reality Initiative to Treat Young Cancer Patients

The University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has partnered with Springbok Cares to provide a unique Virtual Reality (VR) initiative for patients in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer program at USC (AYA@USC).

4 Oct 2016

GuidaBot Receives NSF Grant to Develop, Commercialize Robotic System for MRI-Guided Interventions

GuidaBot, LLC, a joint venture between the University of Houston and Fannin Innovation Studio, has received a one-year, $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and commercialize a robotic manipulator designed to work within the powerful magnetic field of an MRI machine.

3 Oct 2016

Researchers Discover Simple Way to Direct Synthetic Microswimmers Towards Light or Darkness

Phototactic behaviour directs some bacteria towards light and others into darkness: This enables them to utilize solar energy as efficiently as possible for their metabolism, or, otherwise, protects them from excessive light intensity.

3 Oct 2016

Shape-Programmable Microrobots May One Day Carry Out Medical Functions in Specific Locations

One day, microrobots may be able to swim through the human body like sperm or paramecia to carry out medical functions in specific locations.

27 Sep 2016

Three-Way Partnership to Launch Australia’s First ‘Round-the-Clock’ Remote Monitoring Program for ICU Patients

Royal Philips, Macquarie University’s MQ Health in Sydney and Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia (US), today announced the launch of Australia’s first - and only - remote intensive care unit (eICU) monitoring program, to improve the outcomes of high risk patients in most need of ‘round-the-clock’ observation.

26 Sep 2016

Swinburne Project Involved in Developing NAO Robot Software Shortlisted for National Disability Awards

A Swinburne project that involved developing software for robots to act as therapy aids for children in rehabilitation has been shortlisted for a National Disability Awards.

22 Sep 2016

Innovative Exoskeleton Uses Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality to Rehabilitate Specific Parts of the Body

To fulfill its tasks, the robotic suit uses artificial intelligence and augmented reality

22 Sep 2016

New Computer System Could Help Spot Language and Speech Disorders in Young Children

For children with speech and language disorders, early-childhood intervention can make a great difference in their later academic and social success. But many such children — one study estimates 60 percent — go undiagnosed until kindergarten or even later.

22 Sep 2016

New IBM-MIT Laboratory to Use Insights from Brain, Cognitive Science to Advance Machine Understanding

IBM Research today announced a multi-year collaboration with the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT to advance the scientific field of machine vision, a core aspect of artificial intelligence.

21 Sep 2016

Medical Robotics News

New Research Paper Explores Use of Brain-Machine Interfaces for Communication, Rehabilitation

USC Norris, Springbok Cares Launch Virtual Reality Initiative to Treat Young Cancer Patients

GuidaBot Receives NSF Grant to Develop, Commercialize Robotic System for MRI-Guided Interventions

Researchers Discover Simple Way to Direct Synthetic Microswimmers Towards Light or Darkness

Shape-Programmable Microrobots May One Day Carry Out Medical Functions in Specific Locations

Three-Way Partnership to Launch Australia’s First ‘Round-the-Clock’ Remote Monitoring Program for ICU Patients

Swinburne Project Involved in Developing NAO Robot Software Shortlisted for National Disability Awards

Innovative Exoskeleton Uses Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality to Rehabilitate Specific Parts of the Body

New Computer System Could Help Spot Language and Speech Disorders in Young Children

New IBM-MIT Laboratory to Use Insights from Brain, Cognitive Science to Advance Machine Understanding

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

Transforming Agri-Food Sustainability with AI and IoT

Machine Learning Predicts Flight Efficiency Accurately

AI as a Game-Changer in Alzheimer’s Disease Detection

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

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