“To “help gamers keep the crunch to themselves,” Doritos is debuting what it calls “Doritos Silent.” Gamers download Doritos Crunch Cancellation software and when the technology is turned on, the software detects the crunching sounds and silences it while keeping […]
I was mostly unfamiliar with the latter, which comes in pill form vs injection. It’s slightly less effective for weight loss and A1c reduction, but also relatively safer. I hear that your company’s HR/benefits department is quite familiar with it, […]
“Canadian medical researchers trained the machine-learning AI to recognise 14 vocal differences in the voice of someone with type 2 diabetes compared to someone without diabetes. The auditory features that the AI focussed on included slight changes in pitch and […]
“Chen says that in principle, he thinks it may be possible to increase the limit of water produced by solar desalination, which is currently 1.5 kilograms per square meter, by as much as three- or fourfold using this light-based approach.” ~ learn […]
“He offered lessons and advice for investors today, and of course he shared his speech on the virtues of Costco once again (among other favorite investments).” ~ learn more
“Under mounting pressure from patient advocates and government regulators, the three major credit agencies over the last two years have taken a series of steps to remove some medical debts from credit reports, including unpaid medical bills under $500. The […]
Another well-deserved jab from the Brits at The Economics over our nation’s kinda screwy approach to health. “Pharmaceutical firms and hospitals attract much of the public ire for the inflated costs. Much less attention is paid to a small number […]
There’s a perpetual shortage of doctors, which drives up compensation. The Economics blames the shortage on “a mismanaged training system that has artificially depressed the supply of medics.” Mismanaged implies its not intentional, but I’m not sure that’s accurate? This […]
“Passed every frame of a football video to gpt-4-vision-preview, and with some simple prompting asked to generate a narration.” ~ learn more
“Rather than the more traditional primary care that Forward offers at these clinics, the CarePod is an attempt to fully automate a check-up: A patient approaches the metallic, square 8×8 foot box, which is eight feet by eight feet, and […]