Thursday, June 30th, 2011
A large group of relatively healthy people looking to control their health is an underserved market for health devices, a recent IBM report found. The IBM Institute for Business Value's report titled "The future of connected health devices" was based on interviews with medical device makers and consumer electronics companies ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
The approach that enabled IBM's supercomputer Watson to defeat Jeopardy stars has been used to create Artemis, a software to monitor babies in the intensive care unit. Researchers at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology developed the software, which is currently being tested at the Hospital for Sick Children ...
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
Researchers have discovered a new drug-delivery mechanism that could treat infectious diseases like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) without destroying healthy cells or causing the bacteria to develop drug resistance. The discovery was made by researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
Trouncing two human opponents on the televised US quiz show Jeopardy was, well, elementary for Watson, the IBM supercomputer endowed with Deep Question Answering (QA) software. The impressive and slightly troubling machine is moving on to more consequential challenges. IBM and Nuance Communications Inc. have announced a research agreement to ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
3-D technology isn't just great for visiting Pandora—it can also provide physicians with tremendous insights into their patients. According to a press release issued today by IBM, scientists predict that 3-D technology will be a useful tool for a wide range of applications including advanced imaging and diagnostics and medical ...
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
During the webinar "How to Achieve Compliance with IEC 62304 for Medical Device Software Development" that took place last Wednesday, industry experts discussed how to get through approvals faster, lower costs and deliver safe devices. André Kindsvater, P.Eng., Donawa Lifescience Consulting and Martin Bakal, Market Manager, IBM helped participants to ...
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
European Medical Device Technology will host a free webinar on medical device software regulation, titled "How to Achieve Compliance with IEC 62304 for Medical Device Software Development" on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 at 2 pm London/ 3 pm Paris. Complying with the IEC 62304 standard for medical device software requires an ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
Canon Communications has joined forces with IBM to provide complimentary white papers in topics such as change management, quality management, engineering and product development. To access one of the white papers, click on a link listed below, register some basic information and you’ll get access to the suite of articles ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
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From the Wire: Researchers at ...
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