From touch-based viewing aid for the blind to smart home, cool healthtech gizmos

IANS | January 13, 2024 1:58 PM

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) From a touch-based live viewing experience for blind to a smart home that monitors pollution, noise, and smoke and a digital thermometer that also serves as an electrocardiogram, oximeter, and stethoscope -- the CES 2024 was quite the event to witness some cool healthtech innovations.

Not every fingerprint is unique, reveals AI

IANS | January 12, 2024 10:15 PM

New York, Jan 12 (IANS) Engineers from Columbia University in the US have built a new AI that shattered a long-held belief in forensics – that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique.

High antibiotic use not the only reason for spread of superbugs: Study

IANS | January 12, 2024 8:10 PM

London, Jan 12 (IANS) Researchers have, for the first time, analysed the impact of antibiotic use on the rise of treatment-resistant bacteria over the last 20 years in the UK and Norway, saying that while the increase in drug use has amplified the spread of superbugs, it is not the only trigger.