Google is in talks with the UK government to see how it can share aggregated and anonymised location data from its apps to show whether coronavirus social distancing measures are working Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238136-google-may-help-uk-officials-track-coronavirus-social-distancing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
Evidence from China suggests the way to get on top of the covid-19 outbreak is through rapid testing, isolation and quarantine rather than lockdowns and big travel restrictions Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532743-200-to-fight-the-coronavirus-pandemic-effectively-we-need-lots-more-data/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
A survey of people in the US has found that 50 per cent would share their genetic data for $95, no matter if a research agency or pharmaceutical company is paying for it Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237162-half-of-people-in-the-us-would-sell-their-genetic-data-for-95/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
The data centres servicing our beloved digital devices gobble huge amounts of electricity. A new way to think about heat and energy could help us meet growing demand without burning through the world’s resources Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532733-300-to-make-smartphones-sustainable-we-need-to-rethink-thermodynamics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new device for connecting the brain directly to silicon-based technologies. While brain-machine interface devices already exist—and are used for prosthetics, disease treatment and brain research—this latest device can record more data while being less intrusive than existing options. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-device-silicon-power-brain-prosthetics.html Views: 0
With the increased use of connected devices and endpoints where Internet of things devices, satellites and sensors produce constant streams of information, the amount of data collected presents significant challenges. In particular, the use of Big Data analytics in the context of smart cities highlights the need for creating a software system capable of collecting,…
Two graduates of the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University are using computational design to quickly discover treatments for the coronavirus. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-machine-coronavirus-treatments.html Views: 0
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning—called FluSense—which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyze the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses and influenza trends. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-portable-ai-device-health-flu.html Views: 0
Researchers are using a kind of machine learning known as sentiment analysis to assess the successes and failures of wildlife conservation over time. In their study, appearing March 19 in Patterns—a new open access data science journal from Cell Press—the researchers assessed the abstracts of more than 4,000 studies of species reintroduction across four decades…
There has been a marked change in the attitude of customers over the past few years with regard to privacy concerns. Customers are slowly getting accustomed to seeing ads that speak to them directly and encountering sales experiences that boast of personalization. Personalized Marketing is the new mantra in the world of sales professionals and…