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Pros Easy to use Packed with features No subscription Regular app and firmware updates Cons Small and easy to forget! Not cheap compared with some other OBD donglesCar troubles are never fun. But information is power and can mean the difference between your car being off the road for several days while you wait for repairs or potentially being able to do a quick fix yourself and get back on the road fast. Modern cars are good at knowing when something is wrong and will usually switch on the dreaded check engine…

US scientists have developed a contact lens that can help in the early detection of cancer using tears and help in the treatment.The novel lens, developed by the team at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) in California, is able to capture and detect exosomes, the nanometer-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions that have the potential for being diagnostic cancer biomarkers.The lens was designed with microchambers bound to antibodies that can capture exosomes found in tears. This antibody-conjugated…

A team led by researchers at the University at Buffalo has used Bluetooth earbuds and a deep learning AI system to diagnose three common ear conditions with a simple, non-invasive audio test that uses a sonar-like audio chirp to map out the ear structure. The EarHealth system uses a set of Bluetooth earbuds, augmented with inward-facing microphones, connected to a smartphone app. It sends a chirping audio signal into the ear, then the microphones record how that signal reverberates through the ear canals, enabling the…

A study finds that artificial intelligence for dementia diagnosis is as accurate as medical professionals with expertise in treating neurologic illnesses.The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.More individuals are surviving into old age globally thanks to improvements in public health over the last several decades. Dementia, notably <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

Men who suspect they may have a sexually transmitted disease (STD), but are coy about visiting a clinic for a diagnose can now  do so via a mobile app. A Singapore healthcare platform lets users send in digital images to be analysed and receive their results anonymously. The HeHealth app was launched Wednesday, offering a "penis-checking" tool powered by a customised convolutional neural network (CNN) artificial intelligence (AI) model. Touted to detect an STD "almost instantly" via a digital image, HeHealth said its…

A new machine learning algorithm can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from a single MRI brain scan, using a standard MRI machine available in most hospitals.New research breakthrough uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including in regions not previously associated with <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Alzheimer’s</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Alzheimer's disease is a…

Using machine learning, researchers have developed an algorithm that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from a single MRI brain scan. The system is more accurate than any pre-existing diagnostic tool available to doctors and can also distinguish early-stage disease from more advanced stages.Currently doctors have few tools available to easily diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Alongside cognitive tests, spinal fluid can be tested for levels of certain toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and some trained experts…