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Reports say Sigourney Weaver's powerful robotic arm in the cult science-fiction film Aliens has become a reality thanks to Japanese engineers.

A team of six engineers, led by Go ... Read more

The use of electronic tools and technology applications can significantly help improve people's health care processes, reveal a new study.

The researchers from the Johns Hopkins ... Read more

A new robot that sweats, moans, and exhibits symptoms of the H1N1 swine flu virus has been created by Japanese scientists, in order to help train health care workers.

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A computer program developed by Japanese researchers is powered to predict if an emergency caller is going to die just be analysing his or her voice.

The study published in the ... Read more

A robot that can help diagnose swine flu has been unveiled at the Security & Safety Trade Expo (RISCON) in Tokyo. The human-like machine can display swine flu symptoms and sweats, moans, cri... Read more

Researchers have developed a remote-controlled robot called 'CYCLOPS'- implanted with an artificial retina - which simulates 'visual' experience of a blind person.

The novel stud... Read more

You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that contro... Read more

A surgical robot has been used to perform minimally invasive reconstructive surgery on five children whose bladder was dysfunctional because they were born with a condition called spina bifi... Read more

Reports say that French health watchdogs, in a precautionary move, recommended reducing exposure to mobile phones and other portable wireless devices.

The guidelines are an inter... Read more

Hong Kong city government is embarking on a big push for computerising all health records. The first phase was launched Thursday.

   Hong Kong's Secretary for Food and Health York Ch... Read more