Automation speeds clinical safety surveillance

Using patient outcomes data from approximately 1,800 hospitals, the largest demonstration to date of automated safety surveillance of a medical device is reported in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. Vanderbilt medical informatics researcher and internal medicine specialist Michael Matheny, M.D., MPH, M.S., and colleagues demonstrate the effectiveness of an automated web-based surveillance system …

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India is the worlds fourth largest military spender but over half is going to waste, inefficiency, corruption and bad purchases

India previously had a ‘finalised’ agreement to buy 126 Rafale aircraft at a total cost of US$10.2 billion but this cut down to 36 aircraft at a cost of US$8.7 billion. So India is getting 30% of the original order for 80% of the cost. Three squadrons were phased out in January 2016, the IAF …

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Final version of NASA EMdrive paper confirms 1.2 millinewtons per kw of thrust which is 300 times better than other zero propellent propulsion

Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum (Journal of Propulsion and Power NASA Emdrive tests consistently measured performance at 1.2 ± 0.1 mN∕kW, which was very close to the average impulsive performance measured in air. A number of error sources were considered and discussed. Emdrive is 300 times better than light …

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Russia develops materials for hypersonic aircraft

Hypersonic (speeds over 5 times the speed of sound) material needs to withstand extreme temperature of up to 1,500 degrees Celsius for a long time. Russia already has developments in carbon-based composite materials. “We have achieved significant results in this area, and Russia takes one of the first places in the world in the development …

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Artificial Intelligence Agent outplays human and the in Game AI in Doom Video Game

An artificial intelligence agent developed by two Carnegie Mellon University computer science students has proven to be the game’s ultimate survivor —, outplaying both the game’s built-in AI agents and human players. The students, Devendra Chaplot and Guillaume Lample, used deep-learning techniques to train the AI agent to negotiate the game’s 3-D environment, still challenging …

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Selective breeding in Russia domesticated Foxes over a 50 year program and could selection be used to create friendly Artificial Intelligence

Cats and dogs were domesticated by humans thousands of years ago to be pets and companions. Sheep, goats and other animals were domesticated for food. But there may be more to it than that. People who have tried to simply tame individual foxes often speak of a stubborn wildness that is impossible to get rid …

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New US multipurpose enhanced hand grenade

Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are working on the first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years, which is designed to give greater flexibility to the warfighter. The multi-purpose hand grenade design will provide both fragmentation and blast overpressure more effectively and safely than its legacy counterparts. Once fielded, Soldiers will be able to …

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Supercomputer domination provides a global economic competitiveness advantage

China has created a High Performance Computing “ecosystem” in an amazingly short period of time. As history has shown, HPC (High performance computing – supercomputers- translates into innovations in aircraft, automobiles, oil and gas, biomedical, nuclear energy and military systems. In 1993, when the first TOP500 list was published, China was not even on it. …

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New Chromebooks will be able to fully leverage Android Apps

Later this year, the Google Play Store is coming to Chrome OS. Millions of Android apps will be working on your Chromebook, which is going to change Chromebooks completely. Touchscreens will be more important; new sensors and processors will probably be integrated. Detachable keyboards and laptop – tablet convertibles will make a lot of sense. …

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Tesla and SolarCity Agree to $2.6 Billion Deal

Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc. reached an agreement to buy SolarCity Corp. for $2.6 billion, about $300 million less than an initial proposal criticized as a “bailout” for the solar company in which he’s the largest shareholder. SolarCity investors will receive $25.37 a share in stock under the agreement, according to a statement Monday. Musk …

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Engineered bacteria deliver an anti cancer tumor toxin in mice before self-destructing

A synthetic genetic circuit programmed into an attenuated Salmonella enterica subspecies can be used to systemically deliver an anti-tumor toxin into mice with cancer. The circuit allows the bacterial cells inside a tumor to synchronously self-destruct by lysis, releasing the toxin directly in the tumor Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the …

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