DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

AI TOOL PREDICTS HEART ATTACK RISK 10 YRS. AHEAD

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This new AI tool from researchers at Oxford University is heart attack prevention on the cutting edge. They've found that AI can predict the risk of heart attack in an individual 10 years into the future. Wouldn't you like to know what your heart attack risk is up to ten years into the future in order to take immediate measures to prevent it? Here's what we know about this just announced AI usage:
Oxford researchers used AI to improve the accuracy of cardiac CT scans to look for blockages and narrowing in arteries
AI was able to pinpoint in the scans people at most risk of future heart attacks up to ten years in the future
More than 40,000 patient CT scans were involved in this research
Oxford says this technology could save thousands of lives
It can also greatly improve preventive care for patients
It's a fascinating and valuable use of AI to help save lives
These findings have just been reported and Oxford researchers hope this AI tool will become widespread in use to save lives.

CHINA HAS WORLD'S FASTEST INTERNET

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2 years ahead of schedule, China has launched the world's quickest and most advanced internet. Here's what we know:
Can transmit data at 1.2 terabits per second
That's 3x's faster than the top internet service in the US
Can transmit the equivalent of 150 films per second
Launched 2 years ahead of schedule
Now being rolled out
Initial rollout is providing very fast internet but not the full, blistering speeds at the outset
Runs on 1800 miles of fiber optic cable between Beijing and the south and will be expanded
Considered a very significant tech breakthrough
Provides competitive advantages to Chinese consumers, businesses and stock exchanges
Also national security advantages to the Chinese government
This is a collaborative project of China Mobile, Huawei, Beijing's Tsinghai University and Cernet.

COULD CLIMATE ENGINEERING SLOW ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS?

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Researchers from Indiana University, in collaboration with Cornell University and NOAA, suggest that dispersing particles into the atmosphere could lessen rapid ice melting in places like the Antarctic. Here's what we know:
The particles reflect sunlight into space
Importantly, the particles reflect sunlight back into space before it is absorbed into our climate system
Goal is to avoid climate tipping point such as the collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet, which is expected to occur in the coming century
Technique: Stratospheric aerosol injections of tiny sulfur droplets
Method: Mirrors the impact of volcanic eruption, releasing particles in upper atmosphere, resulting in prolonged cooling effect
The research study, utilizing advanced computers and global climate models, found that releasing stratospheric aerosols at multiple latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere tropics/sub-tropics is the best strategy for preserving land ice in the Antarctic
Risk: the technique and method pose risks of altering regional precipitation patterns, and if abruptly halted, the possibility of a fast return to pre-injection levels of melting.

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