Posts by Marcellino Nehme
Have States With Lockdown Protests Been Hit Harder By Unemployment?
About 26.5 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past five weeks, the same number you would get if you added up the initial-claims numbers from March 14 going back to Nov. 25 … of 2017.Just to put all of this further in perspective: If the total U.S. labor force is 163 million strong,…
Read MoreResearchers say deep learning will power 5G and 6G cognitive radios
For decades, amateur two-way radio operators have communicated across entire continents by choosing the right radio frequency at the right time of day, a luxury made possible by having relatively few users and devices sharing the airwaves. But as cellular radios multiply in both phones and Internet of Things devices, finding interference-free frequencies is becoming more…
Read MoreApple unveils a new, cheaper iPhone into a market vastly changed by coronavirus
Apple just announced a cheaper iPhone model called the iPhone SE. It’s the successor that carries the same name as the original iPhone SE that launched in 2016. The iPhone SE has many of the internal components found in the more expensive iPhone 11, but the design is similar to 2017′s iPhone 8. It costs…
Read MoreAny Good News on Coronavirus This Week? Actually, Yes
A positive trial for an antiviral drug:STATnews reported that the antiviral drug Remdesivir appeared to have some fighting force against Covid-19. The trial included 125 people, 113 of them classified as having a severe case of the virus.All got the drug; there was no placebo group. Most were released from the hospital less than a…
Read MoreWhat Neuroimaging Can Tell Us about Our Unconscious Biases
Neuroimaging research is beginning to give us more insight into the formation of our unconscious biases. Recent fMRI neuroscience studies demonstrate that people use different areas of the brain when reasoning about familiar and unfamiliar situations. The amygdala is likely to activate as we walk down an unfamiliar dark alleyway and hear unexpected sounds or…
Read More‘Smart toilet’ recognizes users and checks for signs of disease
A team at Stanford Medicine has developed gadgets that can be fitted in an ordinary toilet to screen urine and feces and upload the encrypted health data. The technology may be particularly useful for monitoring individuals at high risk of developing particular illnesses. Technologies that continually monitor a person’s health play a growing role in…
Read MoreThe Health & Fitness app to watch in 2020
January marks the annual “new year, new me” craze on mobile, driving downloads for popular Health & Fitness apps like Calm, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit and more. This year, though, I noticed an app on the top charts that I hadn’t before: Muscle Booster Workout, a subscription fitness app designed for men. As of writing this, it’s…
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