Intel Labs is partnering with University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine (Penn Medicine) to co-develop artificial intelligence (AI) models that can identify brain tumors and protect patients’ privacy at the same time. The collaboration was announced on 11 May and a federation of 29 oth
One of the aims of Fibers@MIT, a research group led by Material Sciences and Engineering Professor Yoel Fink at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is to instill computational properties into the making of fibers and fabrics. Its invention “smart clothing” are garments that are able to k
Although COVID-19 has become a pandemic for two months, widespread population testing is still not available in most countries, including the UK and the US. While most infected individuals tend to present flu-like symptoms, some mainstream media and case studies also reported SARS-CoV-2, the causati
The Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC), an initiative based at the University of Michigan, published a new report on 20 April helping hospitals to plan and prioritize their operations as they gradually returned to provide non-emergency services that have been disrupted as a result of the ongoing COV
The study mentioned in this article has been retracted, please read with additional care. For more information, please click here. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic not only posed challenges and uncertainties to our healthcare systems but also ignited many questions. One of which is whether individuals
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has skyrocketed telehealth services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the largest healthcare provider in the region. They experienced a 3700% surge of telemedicine visits from 250 per day in March to close to 9500 per day at the end of April. Why is
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NHSx, the digital unit of UK’s National Health Service (NHS) wrote in a blog post on 24 April that an ethics advisory board will be established to oversee the making of a new contact tracing app. The board will be chaired by Professor Sir Jonathan Mont
Last week, two frontline healthcare workers – emergency physician Dr. Lorna Breen and emergency medical technician John Mondello, took their lives. Before the tragedies, both of them were serving in New York, the epicenter of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Trauma, uncertainty and moral injury Medica
Earlier on, AIMed reported some users who are constantly wearing face masks as a precaution practice during COVID-19 pandemic face difficulties unlocking their phones or other devices that rely on Face ID. Baskin, a San Francisco based artist took the opportunity to produce masks that are printed wi