Fitting a patient for a prosthetic limb is normally a painstaking and time-consuming process. In some cases, trying to determine how capable a patient may be of operating a prosthetic limb even before fitting one has also been a problem. However, using virtual reality and reinforcement learning, researchers in North Carolina and Arizona are revealing new technologies and techniques to make prosthetic fitting more convenient for both patients and clinicians: In Charlotte, surgeons at OrthoCarolina used VR to demonstrate that patients born without hands had inborn abilities to control prosthetic hands without prerequisite targeted muscle re-innervation surgery (as often required by traumatic amputee patients). In Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Tempe,AZ., engineering professors demonstrated a tuning algorithm based on reinforcement learning could reduce the time needed to fit a robotic knee from hours to about 10 minutes. The researchers say the breakthroughs indicate a new era of convenience and optimism may be in the offing for amputees.

Fitting a patient for a prosthetic limb is normally a painstaking and time-consuming process.

Advancements in new age disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality are now being looked upon as value propositions by businesses. This is fostering a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, design thinking and is augmenting India's evolving R&D prowess, said Adobe India. US-based design giant Adobe said that it has consistently prioritised the amalgamation of creativity, experience, design and intelligence to deliver expectational experiences. Innovations like Sensei are a result of our R&D talent in India and across the globe joining forces to tackle the most complex experience challenges. Adobe India R&D center stands strong as an integral pillar of Adobe's global innovation agenda," said Shanmugh Natarajan, Managing Director – Adobe India & Vice President – Products. Company is of the view that 2017 witnessed India transition into the second wave of digitisation with initiatives like Aadhar integration, eKYC, adoption of digital signatures, etc. "Benefitting from the digital maturity infused by these initiatives, India is steadily evolving into an'Experience Economy'.

Okay, try not to get too excited: LG today unveiled a smart fridge at a big event ahead of CES in Las Vegas. It has a big touch screen and lets you control a whole host of things -- which is fine. However, the most interesting part here is that the fridge is integrated, along with a whole host of other devices this year, with Alexa. With that, users can tap into Alexa to order food from their fridge. Sounds like a fair enough idea -- you're out of baking soda and you need more, so why not tell your fridge to order some baking soda.