Google’s rub-on smart tattoos could turn body into touchpad

Google is experimenting with rub-on SMART TATTOOS that turn your body into a touchpad and holographic glasses that can be paired with a phone Google has been experimenting with a range of new wearables Technology includes rub-on smart tattoos that act as touchpads They can be applied to one’s skin and read swiping and pinching … Read more

Winston Churchill’s picture mysteriously vanishes from Google’s list of British Prime Ministers

Winston Churchill’s picture has disappeared from Google‘s list of British prime ministers as protesters call for his statue to be torn down. The wartime leader is the only prime minister to be left without a photo.  Clement Attlee, Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, who all served before Churchill, are still displayed with their images. It … Read more

Google’s drone delivery service Wing brings books to children in areas where libraries are closed

Now that’s a bookmobile! Google’s drone delivery service Wing will now bring books to children in Virginia to make up for school library closures due to COVID-19 Christiansburg, Virginia students can now order library books for drone delivery Google’s Wing drone delivery service has partnered with the local school library Students submit requests for the … Read more

Google’s parent company funds start-up to ‘edit genes to protect against heart disease’

Google‘s parent company, Alphabet, is now pouring funds into a start-up wants to gene-edit heart disease out of existence using a one-time injection.  Verve Therapeutics hopes to leverage its CEO’s discovery of a gene he believes is linked to lower heart disease risks to ‘fix’ the DNA of people at high risk of heart disease.  … Read more

Google’s medical AI far less accurate at identifying illness in clinics than in the laboratory 

A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics and hospitals. In laboratory settings, the AI designed by Google Health performed at the equivalent level of a medical ‘specialist,’ but in testing at … Read more