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Google hopes AI can predict heart disease, stroke through images of the retina

February 20, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The algorithm could allow doctors to predict cardiovascular risk more simply by using scans of the retina.Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily have discovered a new way to assess a person’s risk of heart disease using machine learning. By analyzing scans of the back of a pa ...

AI is helping seismologists detect earthquakes

February 15, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Oklahoma never used to be known for its earthquakes. Before 2009, the state had roughly two quakes of magnitude three and above each year. (Magnitude three is when things shake on the shelf, but before houses start getting damaged.) In 2015, this tally rocketed to more than 900, though it’s calmed ...

The UK is testing new ‘stop and scan’ powers to fingerprint criminals and illegal immigrants

February 13, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Police will use mobile scanners to compare fingerprints against national databasesPolice in the UK are trialing a new “stop and scan” power, which lets them check the fingerprints of unknown individuals against national criminal and immigration databases.Officers will be able to stop anyo ...

BioLite comes up with FirePot, a solution to your camping troubles

February 9, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

It's a common camper's trouble: It takes forever to get a fire going and once you do, you can't even get comfortable around it when it starts blowing smoke in your face. Worst case scenario, the smoke follows you and sends you shuffling around the campfire to find a temporary blind spot until the sm ...

Intel launches Smart Glasses

February 6, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Intel has launched an impressively light, regular-looking set of smart glasses called Vaunt, confirming rumors from Bloomberg and others. Seen by The Verge, they have plastic frames and weigh under 50 grams, a bit more than regular eyeglasses but much less than Google Glass, for example. The electro ...

Innovations for the rural and peri-urban areas

February 2, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Last week Wednesday, the I4A team went to Lance Edwards’ house to investigate and inquire more about the utilities he has come up with to alleviate Africa’s problems. Lance Edwards has a BSc in Environmental Science & Chemistry. For the last 20 years, Lance has worked in research and develop ...

Nuro Self Driving car launched today

January 30, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Today Nuro formally launched, debuting a self-driving vehicle designed to transform commerce. Nuro’s fully autonomous vehicle reshapes the cost structure of goods transportation, creating a powerful platform for a variety of everyday goods and services. Nuro also announced today that it raised a $ ...

Uber Eats

January 25, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Uber Eats has hundreds of restaurants to choose from. When you open the app, you can scroll through the feed for inspiration or search for a restaurant or cuisine. When you find something you like, tap to add it to your cart.When you’re ready to check out, you’ll see your address, an estim ...

WiFi Lightbulb

January 23, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Once again, a combination that makes a lot of sense, Wi-Fi lightbulbs. And Wi-Fi in your lightbulbs may just be the future of lighting.It’s pretty remarkable. You simply screw in the bulbs, plug a device into your existing wireless router, and do a quick setup on your iOS or Android device. Done. ...

Innovations in Coding: 5 year old kids learn to code in the UK

January 16, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The U.K. government has overhauled the way it teaches computing to the country's children by adding mandatory programming classes. After taking advice from the likes of Microsoft and Google, officials were convinced that the state-school curriculum was out of step with modern-day technical standards ...

Google hopes AI can predict heart disease, stroke through images of the retina

AI is helping seismologists detect earthquakes

The UK is testing new ‘stop and scan’ powers to fingerprint criminals and illegal immigrants

BioLite comes up with FirePot, a solution to your camping troubles

Intel launches Smart Glasses

Innovations for the rural and peri-urban areas

Nuro Self Driving car launched today

Uber Eats

WiFi Lightbulb

Innovations in Coding: 5 year old kids learn to code in the UK

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