Happy Health comes up with Happy ring
Published in IoT


Health monitoring, but not the part of your body you might think

Happy Health has released a ring which it says measures your sleep, stress, and ultimately mood. The company says this simple ceramic and resin band can capture brain signals from the peripheral nervous system and translate them into real-time, measures of mood state.

UK government threatens to shut down social media
Published in News


Unless they remove harmful content

The UK conservative party, which brought you Brexit and austerity, has decided it will shut down social media sites on health grounds if they do not do what they are told.

IBM's Watson still not Dr House yet
Published in AI


Made a few mistakes

Hopes that AI might prove useful in medical diagnosis have received a bit of a set back after it was found that IBM's Watson supercomputer had been coming up with "multiple examples of unsafe and incorrect treatment recommendations".

Iphone grassed up Apple fanboy
Published in Mobiles


Health app not so cool if you want to rape and kill someone

An Apple fanboy is regretting installing Apple’s health app on his phone.

AI can tell if you are suicidal
Published in News


I think you ought to know that you are feeling very depressed

AI boffins have come up with a machine-learning algorithm that can accurately predict the likelihood that a person will attempt suicide

Samsung launches new fitness SoC
Published in PC Hardware


Heading for devices in 1H 2016

Samsung is starting a big year. The company wants to dominate the Android market with its Samsung Galaxy S7 and 67 other phones from its portfolio and wants to challenge Qualcomm and MediaTek in the wearable market.

y_exclamation

We call for health warnings on US senators


Boffins warn