Important Innovations Collection

D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane   HUMANOID ROBOTS DESTINED FOR SPACE                                                             Source:  NASA NASA is developing a humanoid robot named Valkyrie designed for harsh, unstructured disaster areas but it is also destined for the unstructured, unpredictable world of space.  Here's what we know: Valkyrie is 6'2" and 300 pounds Being tested in Houston  Configured with arms, legs, torso like a human NASA says with the right software, it will be able to function like a human using tools and equipment NASA believes Valkyrie will be able to perform risky tasks in space like repairing equipment on the outside of the spacecraft or cleaning solar panels on the vehicle Bottomline:  NASA wants humano...

    D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane  WORLD'S LARGEST AI MODEL TO FIGHT CANCER                                   Source: AI & Cancer Stock Microsoft and digital pathology company Paige are partnering to build an AI model to revolutionize cancer detection Here's what we know: It will be the world's largest image-based AI model to detect & fight cancer Size and scale of the AI model will be unprecedented It will contain more data than Netflix and by orders of magnitude more data than anything made public by Google and Facebook Significant potential to radically change the detection & treatment of cancer Expected to significantly reduce the number of misdiagnoses that result in 800,000 deaths & disabilities in US yearly Using Microsoft supercomputers Paige will incorp...