Health
Need to show proof of vaccination? How to store a COVID-19 vaccine card on your smartphone
As new variants of the COVID-19 virus emerge throughout the U.S., a renewed push is being made to get more Americans vaccinated.
Aug 5, 2022
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News tagged with android
Autism spectrum disorders
App for children with severe, non-verbal autism available on Android
SPEAKall!, a tablet application developed at Purdue University that facilitates communication and language development for children and families affected by severe, non-verbal autism, is now available on android tablets.
Feb 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
Your brain on androids
Ever get the heebie-jeebies at a wax museum? Feel uneasy with an anthropomorphic robot? What about playing a video game or watching an animated movie, where the human characters are pretty realistic but just not quite right ...
Jul 14, 2011
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Neuroscience
It takes less than a second to tell humans from androids
It can be hard to tell the difference between humans and androids in such sci-fi TV shows as "Westworld." But in real life, beyond our screens, the human brain takes less than a second to tell between reality and fantasy, ...
Nov 28, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What your choice of smartphone says about you
Choice of smartphone provides valuable information about its owner.
Sep 1, 2016
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Ophthalmology
New app will open eyes to vision issues in babies
An app that helps student midwives detect rare eye conditions in newborns has been developed by a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
Dec 19, 2019
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Other
New mobile app gives a voice to those with communications challenges
For those living with aphasia, autism, and other conditions that affect speech ability, communicating with friends and loved ones can be a challenge. MyVoice, a mobile app and server system that operates on iPhone and Android ...
Apr 6, 2011
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Mobile apps could hold key to Parkinson's research, care
A new study out today in the journal JAMA Neurology shows that smartphone software and technology can accurately track the severity of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. The findings could provide researchers and clinicians ...
Mar 27, 2018
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Diabetes
FDA clears first smartphone app to deliver insulin doses
Add one feature to the technological Swiss army knife that is your smartphone: the ability to deliver doses of insulin.
Feb 21, 2022
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Pediatrics
App helps hearing-impaired parents know when and why their baby is crying
For parents Delbert and Sanaz Whetter a crying baby is a particularly difficult challenge. The Whetters are deaf, so when they're in another room they rely on cameras and remote noise-monitors to help keep an eye on their ...
May 23, 2018
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Android
An android is a robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human. The word derives from ανδρός, the genitive of the Greek ανήρ anēr, meaning "man", and the suffix -eides, used to mean "of the species; alike" (from eidos, "species"). Though the word derives from a gender-specific root, its usage in English is usually gender neutral. The term was first mentioned by St. Albertus Magnus in 1270 and was popularized by the French writer Villiers in his 1886 novel L'Ève future, although the term "android" appears in US patents as early as 1863 in reference to miniature humanlike toy automations.
Thus far, androids have largely remained within the domain of science fiction, frequently seen in film and television. However, some humanoid robots now exist.
The term "droid" - invented by George Lucas in Star Wars (1977) but now used widely within science fiction - although originally an abbreviation of "android", has been used (by Lucas and others) to mean any robot, including distinctly non-humaniform machines like R2-D2.
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