| First virtual surgery with Google Glass Nov 8th 2013, 19:04 A surgical team has performed the first surgery using a virtual augmented reality technology called VIPAAR in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The combination of the two technologies could be an important step toward the development of useful, practical telemedicine. |  | DNA software identifies people by testing relatives' DNA Nov 7th 2013, 17:29 New software is able to identify people from their relatives' DNA. The software has already been used to identify the victims – the majority of whom were Dutch – of the 2010 Tripoli airplane crash, and in 2012 to find out who had murdered a young Dutch woman, Marianne Vaatstra, in 1999. | | Holograms set for greatness Nov 6th 2013, 13:44 A new technique that combines optical plates to manipulate laser light improves the quality of holograms. | | Bringing out the best in X-ray crystallography data Nov 5th 2013, 22:15 Combining components of Rosetta and PHENIX, two successful software programs for creating 3-D structural models of proteins and other biomolecules, researchers have created a new method for refining those models and making the best of available experimental data. | | Interactive computer program helps patients talk with physician about depression Nov 5th 2013, 21:22 Patients who used an interactive computer program about depression while waiting to see their primary-care doctor were nearly twice as likely to ask about the condition and significantly more likely to receive a recommendation for antidepressant drugs or a mental-health referral from their physician, according to a new study. | |
