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Feb 22, 2020

Surgeons successfully treat brain aneurysms using a robot

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Using a robot to treat brain aneurysms is feasible and could allow for improved precision when placing stents, coils and other devices, according to late breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020.

Robotic technology is used in surgery and cardiology, but not for brain vascular procedures. In this study, Canadian researchers report the results of the first robotic brain vascular procedures. They used a robotic system specifically adapted for neurovascular procedures. Software and hardware adaptations enable it to accommodate microcatheters, guidewires and the other devices used for endovascular procedures in the brain. These modifications also provide the operator additional precise fine-motor control compared to previous system models.

“This experience is the first step towards achieving our vision of remote neurovascular procedures,” said lead researcher Vitor Mendes Pereira, M.D., M.Sc., a neurosurgeon and neuroradiologist at the Toronto Western Hospital, and professor of medical imaging and surgery at the University of Toronto in Canada. “The ability to robotically perform intracranial treatment is a major step forward in neuro-endovascular intervention.”

Feb 22, 2020

Europe’s first fast food by drone service to begin in Dublin within weeks

Posted by in categories: drones, food

Europe’s first fast food delivery service by drone will start in south Dublin in a matter of weeks, according to Manna Aero founder, Bobby Healy.

Speaking today on Independent.ie’s technology podcast, The Big Tech Show, Mr Healy said that the public service will be launched in a south Dublin suburb with 30,000 people in March. He said that the three-minute service will deliver food from several chains.

“Camile Thai is a partner on the food side,” he said. “Next Tuesday, we will formally announce the name of a major online food player that everybody knows.”

Feb 22, 2020

Video Friday: Africa’s Lake Kivu Drone Challenge

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!):

Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today’s videos.

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Feb 22, 2020

Eerily-realistic child robot that can ‘feel pain’ created by scientists

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Affetto has been fitted with synthetic skin, which enables it to react to being touched. It is hoped such developments will allow robots to have a deeper interaction with humans.

Feb 22, 2020

‘Bio-ink’ could form a scaffold for growing human tissue

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical

3D printing and ‘bio-ink’ could help to could serve as scaffolds, or temporary structures to grow human tissues.

Feb 22, 2020

The Concussion Cure: 3 Proven Methods to Heal Your Brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

In his book, Paul Henry Wand, MD, describes a protocol for treating concussions.

By Paul Henry Wand, MD.

Feb 22, 2020

3D Printing of Body Parts Is Coming Fast—but Regulations Are Not Ready

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting

The future of bioprinting looks promising from a technical and scientific perspective, but it’s far from clear how it will be regulated.

Feb 22, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine breakthrough in Australia

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Australian scientists have made a key breakthrough in a desperate bid to develop a vaccine for the killer coronavirus.

Researchers at the University of Queensland are making a fast-tracked attempt to make a cure for the disease, which has killed more than 2,200 people worldwide.

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Feb 22, 2020

Can transhumanism end suffering? David Pearce interview

Posted by in category: transhumanism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fah3LWF6Yzc&t=19s

I recently interviewed David Pearce, co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association (now Humanity+). We discuss how the transhumanist movement has changed over the past couple of decades, what obstacles it faces and how it should engage with politics. Planning a whole series of interviews on transhumanism/futurism related topics on the channel so please do subscribe if that interests you!


My interview with David Pearce, a leading transhumanist thinker and co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association (now Humanity+). We discuss how the transhumanist movement has changed over the past couple of decades, what obstacles it faces and whether the technologies it advocates could end all human and animal suffering.

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Feb 22, 2020

Do robots have rights? Professor David J. Gunkel interview

Posted by in categories: ethics, robotics/AI, transhumanism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFvj379MI0o&t=441s

I recently interviewed Professor David J. Gunkel, an expert in robot ethics at Northern Illinois University about the future of AI and the transhumanist movement. If this is your thing please do subscribe to the channel — lots more coming up smile


I interview Professor David J. Gunkel (@David_Gunkel), an expert in AI and robot ethnics at Northern Illinois University and author of ‘The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics’. We discuss whether robots should have rights, if human and artificial intelligence are likely to merge and whether the transhumanist movement could become a serious political force. Hope you enjoy!