In this paper, a novel multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology is presented for assessing and prioritizing medical tourism destinations in uncertain environment. A systematic evaluation and assessment method is proposed by integrating rough number based AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and rough number based MABAC (Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison). Rough number is used to aggregate individual judgments and preferences to deal with vagueness in decision making due to limited data. Rough AHP analyzes the relative importance of criteria based on their preferences given by experts. Rough MABAC evaluates the alternative sites based on the criteria weights. The proposed methodology is explained through a case study considering different cities for healthcare service in India. The validity of the obtained ranking for the given decision making problem is established by testing criteria proposed by Wang and Triantaphyllou (2008) along with further analysis and discussion.

A new remotely controlled war machine for the Iraqi Security Forces. Mosul wasn't supposed to fall again. The city in Northern Iraq saw intense fighting between American forces and Saddam Hussein's sons in 2003, and in 2008 saw major campaign by American troops against insurgent forces. When ISIS attacked Mosul in summer 2014, two divisions of the Iraqi Security Forces were supposed to hold the city, but the 30,000 defenders crumbled and fled from the onslaught of under 2,000 enemies. Mosul remains in ISIS' hands today.

For most consumers, push notifications are more an annoyance than an effective marketing or sales tool, with the typical push notification only converting about 4–8 percent of recipients. That means that, for every 100 push notifications a brand sends out, only about four to eight of them wind up being at all successful at enticing or engaging potential consumers. Consumers simply don't engage with the average push notification that pops up on their phone. But Vizury, an omnichannel marketing platform based out of Bangalore, India, is seeking to change all that by using machine learning and Big Data analytics to help make push notifications more effective, engaging and viewed, instead of just ignored by consumers. Vizury recently introduced its latest platform, Engage Commerce, designed to spike user retention and conversion rates by blending machine learning and analytics to "deliver deeply personalized one-to-one recommendations" that can be sent individually to target specific and unique users.

According to a MarketsandMarkets report published last year, the global healthcare analytics market is projected to grow 26.5% annually over the five-year period to be worth 18.7 billion by 2020. The industry was estimated to be worth 5.8 billion in 2015. North America has the largest market in the Big Data healthcare market due to the Big Data initiatives launched by the federal government to reduce healthcare expenses. China's recent Billion-Dollar Unicorn Club member iCarbonX (Private:CRBNX) also is making big waves in the industry. The company is leveraging biotechnology and artificial intelligence with the long-term vision of creating a digital avatar that will be able to guide the user toward healthy life options.

When the robots come for our weak human flesh during the Singularity, let's hope they're at least as cute as the Xpider, a robot being developed by a small team in Beijing. The developers, who were originally inspired by the cyclops character, Mike, from Monsters, Inc., created a tiny spider-like machine that can walk, recognize objects and detect and record faces via its camera eye. The team used 3D-printed components and Intel Edison and Curie modules, which were both designed to make it easier for open source device creators to quickly develop innovative prototypes and products. Weighing just 150 grams, the robot isn't available just yet, but the team is planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon, which means the Xpider might be commercially available in the near future.

Though James Corden's late night segment "Carpool Karaoke" puts the Late Late Show host's vocal skills on display, Corden is rarely (if ever) the center of musical attention. Chris Martin brought Corden on stage -- dressed as a long lost fifth Coldplay member -- to pay tribute to Prince with a surprisingly great cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U." It's a delight to behold, and a convincing argument for Corden's very own solo "Carpool Karaoke" segment. China's Xpider robot is inspired by the magic of Pixar films

The Iraqi army is testing its latest weapon in the fight against ISIS, a remote-controlled battle robot. The unmanned vehicle has a heavy machine gun turret for taking out targets picked out by the controller. Called Alrobot, the bullet-proof vehicle is being tested in the Iraqi desert as part of the army's efforts to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS. Iraq is preparing a remote controlled attack vehicle being which experts say could be used in the fight to retake the city of Mosul from Isis. Reports indicate the remote controlled vehicle, called'Alrobot', was designed by two brothers in Baghdad.

The rise in consumer usage of ad blockers is leading to a few creative alternatives to try to achieve a'better relationship' between ad tech and web browsers. To wit Russia's Yandex, which has just announced it's adding a complaint button to its Android browser to lets users report ads they find annoying. Filing an ad complaint will send a report to Yandex which will initiate custom ad filtering for that user, using machine learning technology to hone the individual model over time. It will also be feeding intel back to advertisers so they can "create more targeted and effective campaigns that are relevant to users, reducing the need to install ad blocking software". So in theory users making use of the ad complaint button should see ads more pleasing/relevant to them over time, as well as eyeballing fewer ads they find annoying.

Indian artificial intelligence startups are disrupting the fashion industry by helping brands identify trends on how consumers buy clothes. Brands are crunching time to bring new designs to market using the underlying technology that help predict consumer trends, while increasing sales of their new selections. Typically, brands freeze new designs nine months to one year in advance of the respective seasons. "More than half of the branded clothes by big retailers are sold in discounts. Brands think they know their customers, yet they have not been able to clearly identify what their choice is," says Ganesh Subramanian, founder and chief executive officer of Stylumia, an artificial intelligence and computer vision startup.

On Sunday, the Japanese prime minister turned up at the Olympics closing ceremonies to promote the 2020 Tokyo games dressed up as Mario, the eponymous hero of the popular video game series created in 1985. Who is Mario and how did he come by his global appeal? Japanese animation and game characters from Hello Kitty to Pac Man also made appearances in the closing ceremonies. But none of them may have the global reach of Super Mario, the game franchise that was a hit when Nintendo's video game system and Game Boy burst onto the scene in the 1980s. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's appearance as Super Mario was a crowd-pleasing reminder of how much the game helped spur on the videogame revolution in the U.S. and globally.