British medical company CMR Surgical has launched a robotic arm designed to be remotely controlled and to perform minimally invasive operations. The Versius robot mimics the movements of the human arm and is controlled remotely by combining immersive, 3D high-definition vision with an ergonomic control console. CMR Surgical claims the new system will “reduce stress and…
“Unmortgage enables everyone to live in the home they want to, that’s our mission,” Unmortgage co-founder and CEO Ray Rafiq-Omar tells me. “We do that by allowing people to buy as little as five percent of a home and rent the rest. So there’s no mortgage involved, hence the name Unmortgage”. The burgeoning London startup,…
For all of the excitement centered around fintech over the past half-decade, most venture-backed fintech companies struggle to acclimate to public markets. LendingClub and OnDeck have plummeted since their late 2014 IPOs after several years of darling status in the private markets. GreenSky, which went public in May of this year, has been unable to…
Token structuring and tokeneconomics are among of the most important considerations when designing a blockchain. When thinking about how best to distribute these tokens, founders often think about how the tokens will impact external stakeholders such as their investors, the community, and stakers (people that can mine or validate block transactions according to how many coins…
Priscilla Chan is so much more than Mark Zuckerberg’s wife. A teacher, doctor, and now one of the world’s top philanthropists, she’s a dexterous empath determined to help. We’ve all heard Facebook’s dorm-room origin story, but Chan’s epiphany of impact came on a playground. In this touching interview this week at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Chan…
Creating graphics for websites, apps, and even social media can take a lot more time than you think. Every decision about an image or a font or a stylistic flourish has to be considered — and if you’re already someone not gifted with an artistic eye, the whole process can turn into a big headache…
The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world.”
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Internet of Business says The UK government has announced a new code of conduct covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the NHS and healthcare sector. The 10-point Code of Conduct for Data-driven Health and Care Technology is designed, says the government, to ensure that NHS patients benefit from digital technology. However, the separate…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a think tank for the Pentagon, hosted a three day symposium in celebration of its 60th anniversary this week. Highlights from the event included discussion of some of the most astounding projects the agency is currently working on. And of those, one in particular caught our eye: The…
The main source of infection on industrial control systems was the internet, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found in a new report.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
