Computer & Information Technology

02 Jun 23

IoT Sentinels Poised for Cardio Emergencies

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This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Heart disease and stroke are the world’s two leading causes of death. And yet both can be agonizingly difficult to detect, leading to their notorious reputation as silent killers. Early diagnosis of heart disease–which includes…

31 May 23

TLA+ Helps Programmers Squash Bugs Before Coding

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Design is an essential part of the development process for many software engineers. Like an architect sketching blueprints, a programmer devises algorithms to support their code and creates models to envision how the different elements of their systems will work together. But what if programmers could test those algorithms and…

29 May 23

Machine Learning Hunts for Chronic Pain’s Signature

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Scientists and clinicians at the University of California, San Francisco are developing new methods of studying—and potentially treating—chronic pain. In a recent paper published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar and his team of doctors and researchers studied how types of chronic pain are represented in recordings of brain activity.Shirvalkar,…

27 May 23

Wearable Ultrasound Sees Deep Tissue on the Move

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Researchers have made the first wireless wearable ultrasound device that images tissue deep below the skin while patients move around freely. The system could allow doctors to monitor blood pressure, heart health, and lung capacity in real time while the wearer goes about their daily activities, including during workouts or…

24 May 23

This Mindful Gamer Out-Thought Elden Ring

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Perri Karyal, a video game and variety streaming video broadcaster, has created a way to play games with her brain waves. Karyal, who hosts a regular show on twitch.tv, has been using a custom controller that reads electroencephalogram signals (EEG) to play the popular video game Elden Ring since earlier…

24 May 23

The Electrome: The Next Great Frontier For Biomedical Technology

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Stephen Cass: Welcome to Fixing the Future, an IEEE Spectrum podcast. This episode is brought to you by IEEE Xplore, the digital library with over 6 million technical documents and free search. I’m senior editor Stephen Cass, and today I’m talking with a former Spectrum editor, Sally Adee, about her…

17 May 23

Decoding Stress from Wearable Tech

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Can your mind be read at arm’s length? Scientists and clinicians at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York have taken a step down this road—using smartwatch data to discover aspects of a wearer’s psychological state. The researchers want to predict a person’s resilience, optimism, and emotional support–all correlated with positive…

16 May 23

This Soft Robot Unfurls Inside the Skull

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An octopus-like soft robot can unfurl itself inside the skull on top of the brain, a new study finds. The novel gadget may lead to minimally invasive ways to investigate the brain and implant brain-computer interfaces, researchers say. In order to analyze the brain after traumatic injuries, help treat disorders…

12 May 23

Stereo Machine Vision With Custom FPGA for Precise Surgical Tracking

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Developing imaging technology for surgical tracking requires engineering that goes beyond the capabilities of conventional camera providers. Discover how JADAK collaborated with ClaroNav, a worldwide pioneer in surgical navigation, to integrate system electronics and FPGA processing into a customized solution for their next-gen MicronTracker, greatly improving imaging speed and accuracy.

12 May 23

Chip Charts Course for Quantum Computer Scaling

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Quantum computers can in theory find answers to problems that classical computers would take eons to solve, but researchers currently face great challenges scaling them up for practical use. Recently, a quantum computing startup unveiled the first digital superconducting microchip to control quantum processors, which the company suggests might help…

TLA+ Helps Programmers Squash Bugs Before Coding

Machine Learning Hunts for Chronic Pain’s Signature

Wearable Ultrasound Sees Deep Tissue on the Move

This Mindful Gamer Out-Thought Elden Ring

The Electrome: The Next Great Frontier For Biomedical Technology

Decoding Stress from Wearable Tech

This Soft Robot Unfurls Inside the Skull

Stereo Machine Vision With Custom FPGA for Precise Surgical Tracking

Chip Charts Course for Quantum Computer Scaling

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