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From pandemic radars to "analog" living: JMIR publications explores the frontiers of AI safety and digital wellness
JMIR Publications- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
Robots that learn everyday tasks, free humans from repetitive work
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyThe Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM, President Seog-Hyeon Ryu) announced that a research team led by Dr. Jeong-Jung Kim, Head of the Department of AI Machinery at the Research Institute of AI Robotics, has developed a robot task AI capable of performing everyday activities such as organizing items, clearing tables, and manipulating objects.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
Cornell Atkinson: Financing the future of agriculture
Cornell UniversityCornell Atkinson and a host of partners are addressing challenges in finance and insurance to support farmers, now and in the future.
Tsutomu Sawai, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Hiroshima UniversityWhat a tiny primate reveals about the human heart’s pacemaker
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteA risk in the ripple: Understanding Heterobilharzia americana in dogs
Texas A&M UniversityOnce considered rare and geographically limited, Texas A&M research suggests that H. americana may be more common — and more widespread — than previously thought. Dogs can become infected with H. americana, a flatworm that lives in the blood vessels that drain the gastrointestinal tract, by contact with freshwater.
Robots vs. Therapists: live experiment tests AI’s ability to give relationship advice
Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsCan artificial intelligence offer meaningful relationship advice, or do human therapists still provide something machines cannot replicate? Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics explored this question during a public experiment at the InScience Film Festival in the city of Nijmegen.
Welsh cohort first to test “life changing” product that could help end global period poverty
Cardiff UniversityA low-cost, self-sanitising and reusable period pad developed by scientists at Cardiff University has left the lab for real-world studies.
Washable menstrual pad users in Wales are the first to test and share their experiences of using SunPad – a new period product, which harnesses the energy of the sun to kill bacteria, remove stains, and neutralise odours.