Technology
How Mayo Clinic is using technology to better use high-risk organs for transplants
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — According to the Journal of American Medicine Association (JAMA), nearly 3,500 kidneys, donated with the potential to help patients who desperately need them, are discarded. It is a huge problem, but why is it happening? ABC15 visited the Mayo Clinic’s Transplant Center to learn more and to see how they are using …
Scammers use mobile bank deposit technology to rip off people, businesses
CHICAGO (WLS) — Mobile bank deposits are quick, convenient and popular, but an ABC7 I-Team investigation uncovered how that technology can be used to rip off people and businesses. While smartphones are making it easier for people to deposit checks, they’re also making it easier for scammers to duplicate them. Employee checks from Superdawg Drive-in, …
How technology is making fans’ sporting event experience even better
(WZAW) — August marks the start of the U.S. Open tennis tournament and the kick off of the Fantasy Football season. And while tennis and fantasy football have millions of fans, few of them likely know that behind the scenes, cutting edge technologies including artificial intelligence, data analytics and cloud computing are changing the game …
Technology, alerts helped battle floods better
Use of modern technology, weather alerts, inter-State coordination, and advance preparation helped officials battle the floods better this time around. One result is the reduced number of deaths. In the 2009 floods, the toll was 294 and now it’s close to 90. Two factors accentuated the floods: north Karnataka received the highest rainfall in 118 …
5G: What is it and Hows Does it Work?
There are questions about this network, and while a few understand this new breaking technology for mobile devices, some still need proper orientation. In several ways, 5G technology can change our lives and the way we perceive things; it is indeed the future we all have been waiting for. What is 5G? The 5g service …
2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee brings fresh interior, technology
The fifth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee expected for the 2021 model year will be thoroughly redesigned from the outside, and as new leaked photos show, the inside, too. Instagram user “thejeep_guy” posted what looks like a torn-up page from a presentation on the WL Grand Cherokee’s new comfort and luxury features. There’s a lot of information …
United Airlines technology missed connections
The takeoff of a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Vancouver was delayed for a few minutes at the end of July not because of a mechanical problem or a staffing mishap but to ensure that passengers arriving late from another flight didn’t miss the connection to Vancouver. Michael Jacobson, an executive for a hotel …
Psychosensory electronic skin technology for future AI and humanoid development — ScienceDaily
DGIST has announced that Professor Jae Eun Jang’s team in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed electronic skin technology that can detect “prick” and “hot” pain sensations like humans. This research result is expected to be applied on the development of humanoid robots and patients wearing prosthetic hands in the future. The attempt …