Link: The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI – MIT Technology Review

No one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem.

Source: The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI – MIT Technology Review

Link: Are health apps actually bad for your health? – BBC Three

 

Be careful what you count for!

‘Perhaps fitness apps can create an ‘all or nothing’ mentality that can make it difficult to set realistic, achievable target’

Source: Are health apps actually bad for your health? – BBC Three

Link: Tiny Robots in Disguise Combat Bacteria in the Blood – IEEE Spectrum

Miniature robots cloaked in platelets and red blood cells can clear bacterial infections in the blood

Source: Tiny Robots in Disguise Combat Bacteria in the Blood – IEEE Spectrum

Link: We Can Now Treat Sick Babies With Stem Cells Before They’re Even Born

World’s first clinical trial in which doctors transplanted stem cells into a fetus.

Source: We Can Now Treat Sick Babies With Stem Cells Before They’re Even Born

Link: Telemedicine Opening Doors to Specialty Care for Inmates – Scientific American

In prisons, common services may include psychiatry and cardiology assistance

Source: Telemedicine Opening Doors to Specialty Care for Inmates – Scientific American

Robotics, A.I. and Blockchain Redesign The Pharma Supply Chain – The Medical Futurist

 A.I. solutions could fundamentally alter the traditional process of designing, producing and distributing drugs.

Source: Robotics, A.I. and Blockchain Redesign The Pharma Supply Chain – The Medical Futurist