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3D Printing With Graphene: Wonder Material or Flashy Gimmick?

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Graphene, the sheet-form carbon allotrope, long heralded as a wonder material since its unambiguous discovery in 2004, is characterized by its high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance, excellent conductivity, and scratch-resistant qualities. As such, the material is perfect for applications in various electronic devices, including energy storage cells and sensors. This begs the question: …

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3D Printing in Ophthalmology – From Optical Coherence Tomography to Bioprinting a Human Cornea

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3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has penetrated virtually every industry in existence today. Despite its very mechanical and industrial roots, the technology is also rampant in almost all aspects of the medical sector. Ophthalmology, which relates to the treatment of eye disorders, is no exception to this. We’ve seen everything from 3D printed corrective lenses …

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Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology – From Non-Invasive Detection to Predictive Dialysis

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Kidney disease is a severe health condition that results in high morbidity and economic burden. According to a report by Lancet, since 1990, chronic kidney diseases have increased by 29.3%, and in 2017, the global burden reached around 9.1%, which is about 700 million cases. Kidney disease varies from person to person in terms of …

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Use of Artificial Intelligence in Additive Manufacturing

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It’s always fascinating to see the clashing of two industry 4.0 technologies. In the additive manufacturing industry, the use of artificial intelligence has been rife, with software developers and research institutions alike seeking to leverage the predictive power of machine learning across two primary applications. The first is process control. While industrial 3D printing has …

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Application of Security Robots – Current State and Future Potential

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Security is a major concern for almost everyone from the everyday Joe to the CEO of the largest company. Although automated solutions for the problem have existed for a long time, it was not until 2015 that we started seeing the industry take off. What are Security Robots? In the simplest terms, security robots are …

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Silver Tsunami – How Longevity Medicine benefits from AI

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being applied to almost every aspect of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. Its application in geriatrics, biogerontology, geroscience, and precision medicine is opening up numerous opportunities. Consequently, the longevity industry is on its path of development and will be rapidly evolving in the coming years. Longevity medicine is the application of …

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Blockchain Applications in Cross-Border Money Transfer

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Remittances and other cross-border financial payments are a large and technically challenging aspect of global finance. Because of the need for permissions and rules for use in cross-border payments, private blockchains are receiving increased attention in this space. Current Challenges In conventional cross-border payments, the transaction is handled jointly by the Society for Worldwide Interbank …

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Transforming Surgery Using Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic and an integral part of daily work in the healthcare industry. This employs a series of logical learning algorithms and allows the computer machines to execute the task like that of the human brain. In this way, machines mimic the human intelligence in decision making through these …

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