Dr Vani Ravikumar has been a pathologist for almost three decades. Her daily routine involves going through samples, one after another, one after another, day in and day out. Recently, Bengaluru-based AIndra, an artificial intelligence-based cervical cancer screening startup, reached out to her. Its proposition was simple-- apply AI to screen and identify samples. Only those samples indicating a risk of cancer would be sent to the experts for further examination. "My first thought was, 'you are going to replace me, your algorithm will say if cancer is present or not.'

Three is down – and its users might have no idea. The network has stopped letting its users receive phone calls – though ringing out appears to work – but it hasn't notified anyone who uses it that it has broken. And it won't be telling them when it's fixed again, either. The problem means that people might be trying to make important calls to Three customers, but that they wouldn't have any idea. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

SENDAI – A research team says it has developed a snake-like robot that can climb over debris and rubble by shooting a jet of air to lift its front end from the ground. It is the first snake-shaped robot in the world that can move with its front tip off the ground, according to the team, which includes members from Tohoku University in Sendai. The Tohoku region was devastated by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The robot will provide important capabilities during search and rescue operations because it can enter a collapsed building and look for people trapped inside with the camera mounted on its front tip, the team said. After working to improve durability, the team aims to put the device to practical use in three years. The plastic robot is 8 meters long and weighs around 3 kg.

When you're having a lazy day, it can be tough to drag yourself away from the sofa. But a bizarre new driverless vehicle concept could soon mean that you don't have to. InMotion is the world's first self-driving room, which ditches the steering wheel and driving column in favour of a spacious area, for comfort on the go. InMotion is the world's first self-driving room, which ditches the steering wheel and driving column in favour of a spacious area, for comfort on the go The InMotion vehicle was revealed by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) at the CES technology show in Shanghai this week for the first time. Its designers see it as a vision on how we can travel safely in the future without owning a car, and without a driver.

Waymo is hoping to expand its vehicle automation efforts to delivery trucks in a challenge to similar plans by rival firm Uber. The self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet is gambling that autonomous vehicles will take over long distance haulage in the coming years. Waymo is testing a single Peterbilt truck at its private track in California, as well as conducting manual testing on public roads, to collect data. Uber previously announced it was working on autonomous trucking through its Otto unit, which it acquired last year. Otto is aiming to equip trucks with software, sensors, lasers and cameras so they eventually will be able to navigate the more than 220,000 miles of US highways on their own, while a human driver naps in the back of the cab or handles other tasks.

People are going to keep buying the new Xbox One X despite its huge price tag, according to experts. The new console costs £449 – £100 more than the similarly new and powerful PS4 Pro. But Microsoft hopes that the new console – the most powerful ever made, and 40 per cent quicker than any other – will be enough to win people over. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

This new project is reminiscent of Hieroglyph, a project from Arizona State University that is similarly aimed at leveraging science fiction to make positive change in the real world. Like the Hieroglyph project, the Science Fiction Advisory Council will be launching with a short story collection. In July, XPRIZE plans to publish an online anthology of original science-fiction stories by members of the advisory council recounting the experiences of passengers on a fictional flight from Tokyo to San Francisco who are mysteriously transported 20 years into the future. The stories, published at Seat14C.com, will presumably include visions of some of the "preferred future states" that XPRIZE seeks to identify, and will be followed by quarterly meetings of the advisers as they build out their roadmaps for avoiding dystopia and reaching those better futures.

Technology has a major role to play in every industry today including healthcare. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one such technology which seems to be spreading its reach to all aspects of healthcare. A new Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide has estimated that the spends on AI technologies will increase from $8 billion in 2016 to $47 billion in 2020. With this kind of investment, the healthcare industry seems to be betting big on cognitive and AI systems. Be it virtual assistants, intelligent automation, or cognitive computing, AI is definitely set to make a big impact on various aspects of healthcare, some of them being operations, patient-centric care, and precision medicine.

The cheetah can accelerate from zero to 96.6 kph in under three seconds. These cases show where the Google approach gives inferior answers. If you type the first question into Google, you get a "Popular on the web" snippet with photos of several candidates. Google just reads this, even omitting any kind of pause after "web" and before "cheetah." To top it off, the correct answer isn't even in the list it reads, and appears 10th in the list of animals. In the second question, you also don't get the correct answer from Google.

It is unclear if Masayoshi Son, Chairman of Softbank, was one of the 17 million YouTube viewers of Boston Dynamic's Big Dog before acquiring the company for an undisclosed amount this past Thursday. What is clear is the acquisition of Boston Dynamics by Softbank is a big deal. Softbank's humanoid robot Pepper is trading up her dainty wheels for a pair of sturdy legs. In expressing his excitement for the acquisition, Masayoshi Son said, "Today, there are many issues we still cannot solve by ourselves with human capabilities. Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the Information Revolution, and Marc and his team at Boston Dynamics are the clear technology leaders in advanced dynamic robots. I am thrilled to welcome them to the SoftBank family and look forward to supporting them as they continue to advance the field of robotics and explore applications that can help make life easier, safer and more fulfilling."