Mr. AI-doctor will see you now
Chinese researchers developed an AI system to diagnose cancerous prostate samples with the same level of accuracy as a human pathologist. The system helps overcoming shortages of trained pathologist. In addition, it speeds up diagnoses and also supports the rise of automated/partially-automated (prostate cancer) diagnosis. Furthermore, the AI-doctor reduces the variability which can creep into human diagnoses. Read More
VC’s and Millennials share love for pets
While delaying marriage and childbearing, Millennials elevate the status of their pets to the one of family members and hence, driving the numbers spent in pet related industries and acquisitions as the recent $300m investment by Softband Capital into mobile app-based dog walking service Wag. Read More
The perfect handstand of Amazon’s Bezos
Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos considers the company’s customers as “divinely discontent”. Therefore, his employees should be constantly striving to improve Amazon’s services- i.a. by translating new ideas into the company’s famous “six page memos”. However, it seems that Bezos’ employees struggle with understanding how much time and effort it takes to deliver one of those – exactly like it is massively underestimated to master the perfect handstand: You think you can learn it in only a few days, when in reality, it takes you a few months. Read More
