Scientists recently unveiled a new robot that can detect when an older person is losing their balance and catch them before they fall - a potential breakthrough in a world where the portion of people over 60 years old will nearly double to 22% by 2050. The device, which researchers hope to begin selling within the next year, resembles a motorized scooter and is equipped with in-built sensors as well as a harness that patients can wear around their hips. It's been dubbed Mr. Bah, which is shorthand for mobile robot balance assistant. The device could have a broad impact, since the CDC reports that falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people over 65. A man demonstrates the capabilities of Mr. Bah, a robot that can catch an elderly person before they fall Developed by researchers at Nanyang Technological University and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore, the robot would also help those who have a hard time walking and balancing to stand up safely from a seated position.

A teenager in New York is suing one of the biggest companies in the world for $1 billion. A New York college student filed a lawsuit against Apple for $1 billion, claiming the company's alleged use of facial recognition software in its stores falsely linked him to a series of Apple store thefts. Ousmane Bah, 18, claims that he received a summons from a court in Boston saying that he stole $1,200 worth of Apple products in 2018, according to papers filed on Monday in Manhattan federal court. The products included Apple Pencils, which retail for $99 each. On the day of one of the thefts in Boston, Bah was attending his senior prom in Manhattan, according to the court documents.

Ousmane Bah, an 18-year-old college student from New York, filed a lawsuit against Apple on Monday for allegedly relying on facial recognition systems that misidentified him as a serial shoplifter. The suit claims that Apple and its contractor, Security Industry Specialists, caused Bah to suffer emotional distress as a result. Apple has subsequently denied that it uses facial recognition in its stores. According to the lawsuit, Bah received a summons arraignment last summer from a Boston municipal court for the theft of $1,200 worth of products from an Apple Store in the city. The police report indicated that a Security Industry Specialists loss prevention associate saw the theft on a security video and recognized Bah from a similar incident at an Apple Store in Connecticut.