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The physically challenged could in the near future might just be able to move around in their wheelchairs, by using just the power of their brains, instead of kinetic energy exerted by their hands. The José de R. Millán’s laboratory in the EPFL Neuroprosthetic Center is currently working in a prototype technology, called ‘Shared Control’, which [...]

No so long ago, the concept of a robot handling and providing essential medical attention to a patient might not have been too far fetched, but most definitely a dream, that many didn’t know would be realized so soon. As the technology advances and breakthroughs become a near common occurrence in the field of medicine and robotics, there has sprung [...]

This seems something right out of a sci-fi movie. A screen with face that talks back! Yup! Eric Horwitz, a computer scientist at the research laboratory of Microsoft has led the team that has come up with a medical project, in which a computer screen with a female face on it can converse with the incoming patients. Though the conversation sounds very [...]

The Israeli army engaged in acts of ‘wanton destruction’ against Palestinian civilians during its offensive in the Gaza Strip in December and January, says Amnesty International. In a 117-page report about the 22-day fighting, the humanitarian organization also states that the firing of rockets by Hamas militants against Israel constituted ‘war [...]

According to Amnesty International (AI), the oil pollution in the Niger Delta has deprived tens of millions of people from their most fundamental right to food, water, and health. In a thick report, AI describes the environmental degradation in the delta where about 31 million people live. The group calls it a tragedy of human rights that has fueled [...]

According to a complaint of Amnesty International (AI), women in Iraq suffer from systematic discrimination and violence directed against them specifically because of their gender. AI has also noted that Iraqi law allows ‘honorable motives’ in murder cases of women by their husbands, parents, and teachers. These result in exemption from criminal [...]