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Effective reversal

Cells in ears can be reprogrammed to improve hearing. Now, a research team in South Korea is reprogramming cancer cells found in the colon. Using a digital twin, they analysed how genes in colon cells are connected and how healthy cells become cancer cells. Several molecules, they discovered, function like a kind of lever, which is flipped when cells...

Amplified training

Wireless chips can be frugal. Whereas the 2022 version of a widely-used AI system consumed more than 1,200 megawatts during training. Far too much, according to a London-based startup founded out of a UCL research group. Rather than relying on electric signals to communicate with AI chips, its team is using amplified laser light in the ultra-wideband range. A...

Clear understanding

Software can detect when video-callers are using sign language. People with speech difficulties relating to Parkinson’s disease, however, often withdraw from conversations, providing the spur for a US-based research team to improve speech recognition software. In a recent study, 211 patients read specially prepared texts or responded spontaneously to questions about everyday tasks. Over 151 hours, 74,467 answers were...

Careful connection

A dating app is bringing people with disabilities together. Now, an Ottawa-based startup is ensuring people with physical disabilities get the help they need by connecting them with caregivers on a new digital platform. It might be personal hygiene, cleaning and cooking. But equally shopping, collecting the post and providing speedy assistance when clients’ potentially height-adjustable, electric wheelchairs break...

Cultural future

A community is helping stateless people overcome personal and professional challenges. In modern-day Canada only around 1% of Indigenous peoples work in the technical sector. Now, a not-for-profit organisation in Vancouver is aiming to change that, harnessing the culture and knowledge of British Columbia’s 204 First Nations to create new technological solutions. Enhancing access to the economy and politics...

Included strength

Breathing exercises with a special ball reduce stress and anxiety. Sport has numerous psychological benefits. But being able to train is not a given. Which is why a British Paralympian has teamed up with a sailing world champion and a lawyer to support people with disabilities. Their app contains a custom-made exercise library, with texts, images or a video...

Resourceful exchange

In India, leaves are being converted to fertiliser and farm stubble used to make packaging material - instead of being burned. Organic waste can be used in a variety of sustainable solutions. But what if you lack the material to implement a solution in practice? Enter a US-based startup and their platform which allows biological waste to be both...

Matching potential

Thanks to innovation, people with disabilities can freshen up in the sea. But when it comes to dating, it’s ‘sink or swim’ out there. Enter two American sisters and their new dating app for people with physical, psychological or nervous issues. Users can enter the details of their disability if they choose, with categories such as ‘blind’, ‘deaf’ and...

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