Watson Goes to Work in the Hospital

Watson, the IBM supercomputer that appeared on Jeopardy has a new job. The same kind of analytics platform IBM developed for Watson is being used to help monitor and diagnose babies in Intensive Care Units. Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is using a system called Artemis, which uses the special analytics platform, to collect the data needed to help diagnose these babies. The system can measure the babies blood pressure, temperature, heart rate and breathing rate. It can also access data from medical records, such as the baby’s birth weight.

Mobile Robots "iMobot"

UC Davis is commercializes a mobile robot that can function like an inchworm. This robot can raise one end of its figure into a platform an it has a camera on the end of it. he patent-pending iMobot could be used as a testbed tool for engineers studying control systems for individual robots or groups of robots. Unlike most commercial robots that are designed for a single purpose, iMobots operate as durable subunits that can function alone or be configured for a specific task. A single iMobot model has four controllable degrees, with two joints in the center section and two wheels, one on each end.

Electronics In Class

"Turn off and put away all phones, IPods and electronic devices during class!" I think this is a reasonable demand because during class i do not find myself needing my ipod or phone that much. When i do need my phone it is usually for talking or texting and i could wait after class to text back. My phone does not help me at all with learning any subjects, with the exception of the calculator for math, which is not even advanced enough for me to do the equations on.

Bionic Eyes

     A new invention for people with eye diseases or people who have lost eyesight have new hope. A new implant has emerged that may partially restore vision. "It marks the beginning of an era in which sight will be restored at ever more astonishing levels," says Robert Greenberg, president and CEO of Second Sight, the California company that developed the device. So far it is developing in Europe but its making its way around the world. The down side to this new invention is its price. It can cost up to 115,000$. This implant is actually a camera placed on glasses and it corresponds to signals sent through the wire attached. Read more through this link.  ://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35064/?p1=MstRcnt

Watson

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26409/?p1=A4
Watson is a PC that IBM had created to compete on jeopardy. Watson had competed recently and actually did pretty good. He had came in second place. Then from what IBM has said so far, it seems Watson's life is about to get considerably less glamorous. The computer's DeepQA software is intended to be used by businesses to offer help desks for customers.From what IBM has said so far, it seems Watson's life is about to get considerably less glamorous. The computer's DeepQA software is intended to be used by businesses to offer help desks for customers.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Ferris and his friends skip school and find themselves attending an afternoon Cubs game. In the clip, Broderick(Ferris Bueller) actually catches a foul ball from his field-level seat near the left field foul pole. Fans of the movie have questioned the movie and have speculation that Bueller was actually at a real cubs game because of its real feeling. Watch the video on top of this page.

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