Sci-Tech

Medical watch uses AI to monitor health

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) — A new smartwatch health monitor uses artificial intelligence (AI) to constantly analyze the health of its wearer and promises an early warning system for medical emergencies. Called the MAP Health Watch, the device has five sensors continually measuring six vital parameters: ECG, pulse, skin temperature, heart rate, and blood oxygen level. “There are clinical grade, highly accurate sensors involved in this watch, five of them determining vital signals and calculating other […]

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Egyptian graduates develop new underwater robot

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) — A group of engineering graduates in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria hope to reach new depths with their remote-controlled underwater vehicle. The device is capable of retrieving objects from underwater, which the team hopes will make it suitable for fixing damaged oil pipes and fiber optic cables. It is fitted with a camera, so it could also be used for underwater diagnostics. The eight engineering graduates involved in the project began […]

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NASA launches next-generation weather satellite

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Santa Barbara County, California (AFP) — NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts. The satellite, called the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), is a joint venture between the US space agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides weather reports and forecasts. The satellite was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket as scheduled at 1:47 […]

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Volkswagen heats up electric cars race with $40 billion spend

(Reuters) — 40-billion-dollars is roughly the size of Jordan’s GDP. And that’s also the amount of cash Volkswagen is going to splash in the next 5 years to gain ground in the electric and driverless car race. “We are seeing the first successes of this strategy. Volkswagen is in robust health. This is, above all, the result of great teamwork.” Volkswagen Chairman, Hans Dieter Poetsch, said. Competition in the sector is strong and VW has […]

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Tesla unveils electric big-rig truck

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Tesla Inc on Thursday (November 16) unveiled a prototype electric big-rig truck, throwing itself into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan on which the company’s future depends. Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled the big rig, dubbed the Tesla Semi, by riding the truck into an airport hangar near Los Angeles in front of an invited crowd of what Tesla said were potential truck […]

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SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX on Thursday postponed the launch of a secretive US government payload known as Zuma, a mission whose nature — and the agency behind it — is a mystery. “We have decided to stand down and take a closer look at data from recent fairing testing for another customer,” SpaceX said in a statement issued late Thursday about two hours before the planned launch window was to open. The fairing is the […]

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New planet could support life: ESO observatory

PARIS, France (AFP) — A new extrasolar system planet can be added to a handful of fellow exoplanets which could theoretically support life, the European Southern Observatory said Wednesday. The ESO said it had discovered the planet, Ross 128b, orbiting a star within the constellation of Virgo and it is comparatively ‘close’ at just 11 light years outside the Solar System. One light year is equivalent to 9.46 trillion kilometers (5.85 trillion miles). But in […]

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MekaMon mixes robotics and augmented reality gaming

LONDON, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A real robot in a virtual war. MekaMon inhabits both real life and augmented reality. No toy, Reach Robotics say this programming platform is a world first. “MekaMon is the world’s first gaming robot so that’s a robot that you control from your smartphone or tablet. Think of it as a video game character in real life, your personal robot and then you can take it into lots of […]

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Heat-map device reveals warning signs of diabetic ulcers

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A foot-temperature monitoring system could help detect when diabetic patients are developing foot ulcers, a common complication that can lead to infections and amputations. Diabetic foot ulcers typically develop on the bottom of the big toe or the ball of the foot, often when people wear ill-fitting shoes. Patients with diabetes frequently have nerve damage that limits their ability to feel pain, and as a result they don’t notice developing […]

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China launches Fengyun-3D meteorological satellite

SHANXI, China (CCTV) — China launched a new meteorological satellite, Fengyun-3D, at 2:35 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China’s Shanxi Province. A Long March-4C rocket carried the satellite into space. The satellite has entered its orbit. Fengyun-3D is one of China’s second generation of Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites, which can provide global three dimensional all-weather and multi-spectral remote sensing images. The satellite will form a network with the Fengyun-3C […]

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Vietnamese researcher shows iPhone X face ID ‘hack’

HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) — A researcher in Vietnam has demonstrated how he apparently fooled Apple Inc’s face recognition ID software on its new iPhone X using a mask made with a 3D printer, silicone and paper tape. An announcement on Friday (November 10) by Bkav, a Vietnamese cybersecurity firm, that it had cracked Apple’s Face ID, and a subsequent video apparently showing an iPhone being unlocked when pointed at a mask, were greeted with some […]

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US approves first pill with digital tracking device

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US regulators have approved the first pill that contains a digital tracking sensor to alert doctors and caregivers as to whether a patient is taking a medication as scheduled. The pill, called Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor), is designed for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. A patient ingests the pill, and a sensor inside the pill activates when it […]

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