Diagnostics

For this Stanford Engineer, Frugal Invention Is a Calling

October 29, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Manu Prakash spoke with IEEE Spectrum shortly after returning to Stanford University from a month aboard a research vessel off the coast of California, where he was testing tools to monitor oceanic carbon sequestration. The associate professor conducts fieldwork around the world to better understand the problems he’s working on,…

27 Sep 23

Programmable DNA Machines Offer General-Purpose Computing

Computer & Information Technology

What may be the first programmable DNA computer is capable of running billions of different circuits, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The Chinese scientists who created the liquid machine say it could solve math problems and may one day find use diagnosing diseases.Whereas regular computers…

01 Aug 23

AI-Assisted Pathology Ready For Mainstream

Computer & Information Technology

Laboratory scientists and clinical pathologists currently spend hours in darkened rooms analyzing and testing tissue and fluids of patients for evidence of disease. Unlike blood tests, which are performed using automated analyzers, pathology samples are subject to time-consuming manual microscopy. Digital pathology, which uses a computer-controlled microscope to scan and…

11 Jul 23

Parkinson’s Predicted From Smartwatch Data

Computer & Information Technology

Scientists at Cardiff University, in Wales, have discovered a way to accurately predict the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease years before clinical symptoms show up by analyzing motion data available from common smartwatches. They showed that a type of machine learning trained on wrist-worn accelerometer data was able to accurately determine…

For this Stanford Engineer, Frugal Invention Is a Calling

Programmable DNA Machines Offer General-Purpose Computing

AI-Assisted Pathology Ready For Mainstream

Parkinson’s Predicted From Smartwatch Data

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