For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial intelligence diagnostic device that doesn’t need a specialized doctor to interpret the results. The software program, called IDx-DR, can detect a form of eye disease by looking at photos of the retina.It works like ...

Qualcomm is introducing a new line of chips today that are custom-made for smart cameras. The new line is called the Vision Intelligence Platform, and it’s meant to get AI features, extreme low-light image processing, image stabilization, and computer vision abilities into more cameras — and to ...

Autonomous says its new SmartDesk 3 is "the world's most powerful AI-powered standing desk."What even is an AI desk? To Autonomous, it means a desk that can order food for you. The company apparently partnered with Delivery.com to offer food suggestions on the desk's built-in control panel. It can " ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have trained a computer program to identify people with suicidal thoughts based on their brain scans. The method could one day be used for diagnosing mental health conditions, researchers say.Nearly a million people worldwide die by committing suicide every year, and predicting suicide re ...