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UK cancer surgery to be live-streamed via virtual reality technology
Shafi Ahmed tries out the virtual reality technology, which will allow trainee surgeons to closely follow complex surgeries from early in their careers. Photograph: Medical Realities/PA Shafi Ahmed tries out the virtual reality technology, which will allow trainee surgeons to closely follow complex surgeries from early in their careers. Photograph: Medical Realities/PA
Can virtual reality cure phobias?
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It was one of the most extraordinary experiences I have ever had. Once you had the headset on, you were transported into a fantastical 3D world, in which – your brain told you – you were an active participant. You were not merely watching the computer-generated world, you were within it. By moving sensors attached to your hands, you could move around this world, in three dimensions. Incredible tho
CES 2016: cars, virtual reality and a lot of hype
Twenty years almost to the day, on 6 January 1995, Nintendo revealed its new Virtual Boy virtual reality headset at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Technologists had been experimenting with virtual reality since the 1960s, but the headset was a significant milestone by the then thriving Japanese games company. The press were unwilling to write off anything by Nintendo, but VR aficionad
US testing an 'air traffic control system' for drones
The Guardian has gained access to the first tests of an experimental air traffic control system for drones that could open the skies to millions of low-flying unmanned aircraft. On an isolated cattle ranch in rural North Carolina – and under the watchful eye of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – drone startup PrecisionHawk is putting experimental drones in the air alongside paragliders. T
Anti-drone 'death ray' can blast vehicles out of the sky from a mile away
Interest in drone-killers has grown as unmanned aerial vehicles have taken off. Their uses might be readily apparent to people who’ve seen hobbyist drone fliers buzzing too close to their property lines, but there are law enforcement and governmental applications too. In July, a drone dropped heroin, marijuana and tobacco into a prison recreation yard. The following month another contraband delive
Google is testing drones in US airspace by piggybacking on Nasa exemption
The US currently has a blanket ban on the commercial operation of unmanned aircraft. When Google revealed its experimental delivery drones, code-named Project Wing, a year ago, a promotional video showed a farmer in rural Australia receiving a packet of dog treats by air. Companies wanting to take to America’s spacious skies need special permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), i
Skateboards, drones and your brain: everything got hacked
Every year in Las Vegas, thousands of security researchers, penetration testers, and infosec experts congregate at the hacker conference Defcon to share security tips, show off newly-discovered vulnerabilities, and just generally deliver really bad news to the rest of the world. Because if you’re a researcher who’s managed to hack something that you really shouldn’t be able to hack, Defcon is the
Is artificial intelligence the next step in advertising?
M&C Saatchi’s artificial intelligence ad on Oxford Street. Photograph: M&C Saatchi/PR
Switzerland begins postal delivery by drone
Swiss Post stressed the drones would be thoroughly tested before being put to wide-scale use. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA
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