Monthly Archives: October 2017

Zebra’s AI to save thousands of lives

The idea of a startup is built surrounding the value proposition of the new startup company. An Israelian startup company called, Zebra Medical Vision, uses AI technology and algorithms to detect cancer. Everytime the algorithm is used, the hospital will be charged $1.

Visual medical scans are used by doctors to provide them with the visual information to help the doctors detect any diseases or disorders that the patient might have. But most medical scans cost a lot of money and often doctors cannot detect very early signs of these diseases, such as cancer. Building this product, they aim to target the customer segment away from the “Western Market”, into the East where people need it more. In one of the methods of experimentation of the product, one of the leaders of this program, Kassim Javaid, said that the algorithm is missed 60 of the time, and it discovered 95% of vertebral fractures from scans.

It is still unclear whether this technology could be a success or not. But at the current moment, with the success of this technology, it is going to be a sustaining technology to medical scan services. This new service going to improve all technology and services related to disease and cancer detection. This product could work together with medical scans, where the algorithm will detect the disease or disorder through the medical scan, or it could detect directly with the patient.

If this product is proven to work, this new technology would revolutionize the medical technology and improve the method of early cancer and disease detection. This is a technology that will make doctor’s jobs easier and patient more confident with their doctors. In the future, it could potentially save people suffering in these diseases, and better, saving thousands of lives.

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References

Kharpal, A. (2017). This start-up is using AI to detect cancer before humans can for $1. CNBC. Retrieved October 29, 2017, from https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/zebra-medical-vision-is-using-ai-to-detect-cancer-before-humans-can-for-1.html.
Zebra’s Medical Vision AI [Digital image]. (2017). Retrieved October 29, 2017, from https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjnm9it4JbXAhUJwGMKHWGmCgwQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fai.icymi.email%2Ftag%2Fzebra-medical-vision%2F&psig=AOvVaw1cImpaZIOEdf7wQHj70tle&ust=1509398122014638

Is this what all mobile gamers have been waiting for?

The infamous gaming company, Razer has announced that they’ll be launching a new gaming smartphone. Like any gaming hardware, it will be powerful. Even though it only has a Qualcomm Adreno 540 GPU, the same GPU that could be found in other phones, such as the Sony Xperia XZ1, Samsung Galaxy S8 active, and Google Pixel 2. What makes it different from all other phones is that it has a 1440p resolution and an astonishing 8 GB RAM, which makes this phone perfect for mobile gamers.
By introducing this new type of phone, Razer has successfully opened up a new market and raised the standards for all other phone companies. This phone would instantly solve lagging problems for mobile gamers, eliminating any chances of losing a game due to lags. Customers also wouldn’t have to worry whether if, the software or hardware could handle the game. With this kind of specification, it would handle any mobile game developed in the next few years.

On the down side, even though Razer hasn’t announced the official prices, we could expect prices to be high, considering the specification of the mobile device, and the generally high prices for Razer products. The next question is, will this phone be as a success as all other phones in the market. Looking at the current habits of buying a new phone, most people buy phones for necessity reasons, is this overpowered phone, something that people need in the future? And will it be a success?

 

References:

https://segmentnext.com/2017/10/13/razer-phone-something-you-need/