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Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted in U.S.
Duke University Hospital surgeons successfully transplanted a total artificial heart developed by France's CARMAT into a 39-year-old patient who had suffered sudden...
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Japan Shatters Internet Speed Record
Japanese engineers have broken the world Internet speed record with a 319 TB per second data transmission rate across more than 3,001 kilometers of fiber-optic...
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Highly Sensitive LiDAR System Enhances Autonomous Driving Vision
A new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system can enhance weak signals reflected off faraway objects.
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Search and Rescue Drones Use AI to Find People Lost in Woods
New drones are equipped with a deep learning application that improves the images they collect during search and rescue missions to better distinguish people from...
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Autonomous Robot Cars to Deliver Medicine Around London
A fleet of autonomous, electrically-powered robot vehicles has started delivering medicine to care homes in London's Borough of Hounslow as part of a public trial...
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Japanese Scientists Create Mind Control Tech for Robot
Japanese scientists have engineered a prototype device that allows anyone to control a miniature toy Gundam robot with thought.
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Scientists Engineer 3D-Printed Bricks That Aid in Bone, Soft Tissue Repair
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have built three-dimensionally printed bricks that can be used to heal broken bones and damaged soft tissue.
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These Friendly Helpful Robots Will Likely Be Your Future Rehabilitation Partners
A study by researchers at Freiburg University in Germany concluded that socially assistive robots will be used increasingly in the future.12