Another Miracle of AI: Eye Surgery by robot

First time ever in the history of Medical Science, robots were employed to conduct an eye surgery.

The trial, that was revealed in the "Nature medical specialty Engineering" magazine, happened at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital and was supported by the National Institute for Health Research Oxford biomedical research Centre.

The surgery highlighted immense robotic potential in drugs and delicate operations and it is considered to be a boon for Artificial Intelligence.

The surgery was successful

Of the twelve patients concerned, 6 were operated on manually by surgeons, whereas the opposite 6 were operated on with the assistance of surgeons once they gave permission to Preceyes.

The operation, that concerned removing a membrane from the rear of the attention, was conducted with the help of surgical devices designed by Dutch medical AI firm Preceyes.

The doctors were mighty affected

In 3 patients, the second part of the surgery conjointly concerned the robot inserting a fine needle below their tissue layer to dissolve blood.

Even though the median time for the robot-assisted surgery was longer (4 minutes and fifty-five seconds) than the standard methodology (eighty seconds), with the previous, surgeons were "able to perform the procedure with equal or higher efficaciousness."

Robotic eye surgery will treat styles of vision defect in future
Robert MacLaren, prof of medicine, said, "Our next step is to use the robotic surgical device for precise and minimally traumatic delivery of a sequence medical aid to the tissue layer, which can be another first-in-man action and is ready to start in early 2019." 

5 smartphones that reduced their prices recently

Smartphone technology is evolving day by day, however, devices, particularly the premium ones, have gotten pretty costly and now the "price drops" return to the rescue of patrons.

From entry-level phones to flagships from Samsung, Xiaomi, Nokia a dozens of smartphones are currently available at cheaper costs.

Here are five common smartphones that have recently lowered their prices within the last 2 months.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Last month, Sony proclaimed that it had been dynamic the worth of its 2017 Xperia XZ Premium, launched for Rs. 59,000, by Rs. 10,000 in India. once the worth cut, it currently sells for Rs. 49,000.

The high-end device comes with a five.5-inch Triluminos HDR show. It's powered by flower 835 SoC, paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB integral storage (expandable up to 256GB).

Moto G5S

Moto G5S, the mid-range phone from Motorola that launched in India with a tag of Rs. 13,999, It currently sells for just Rs. 9,999 (4GB RAM variant).

The device sports a five.2-inch Full-HD show with a 5MP front camera and a 16MP rear shooter.

It is powered by Snapdragon 430 SoC paired with 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, and a 3,000 mAh battery.

BlackBerry KEYone 

BlackBerry KEYone's worth slashed by Rs. 6,000

Meanwhile, last year's Blackberry KEYone, launched at Rs. 39,999, additionally saw a drop of Rs. 6,024 in its worth. it's currently available for Rs. 33,975.

The device has a 4.5-inch Full-HD show in conjunction with a conventional typewriter keyboard with a fingerprint device on the spacebar key.

It has Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2

Mi Mix 2 receives 2 price-cuts this year to this point

Xiaomi's bezel-less Mi combines a pair of launched at Rs. 35,999 last year. In January, it's worth bearing to Rs. 32,999 last month, it received another price-cut of Rs. 3,000. It is now available for Rs. 29,999.

The premium smartphone encompasses a 5.99-inch Full-HD+ display. it's powered by Snapdragon 835 processor including 6GB RAM and 128GB storage.

It has a 5MP front camera and 12MP rear camera.

Galaxy S8, S8+

Up to Rs. 13,000 price-cuts on Samsung Galaxy S8 phones

Samsung's 2017 flagship Galaxy S8 (64GB) was launched for Rs. 57,900 whereas its larger variant Galaxy S8+ (64GB) was available for Rs. 64,900 rupees in India.

However, the devices have received huge worth cuts; S8 currently retails for Rs. 45,990 whereas S8+ sells for Rs. 51,990.

S8 options beautiful 5.8-inch Quad HD+ Super-AMOLED eternity show whereas the larger S8+ encompasses a half-dozen.2-inch show.

All about Facebook's New AI Engine

Despite being many computer codes that manipulate photos to create somebody look prettier, the blink has been a tenacious mortal to an honest image.
So far, computer code solutions weren't adept at commutation closed eyes in an exceedingly photograph with open ones.

However, Facebook, with its huge repository of photos with individuals blinking, has return up with Associate in Nursing AI engine that is Associate in Nursing eye-opener (couldn't facilitate the pun).

An earlier computer code was rather kookie, once it came to eyes

Earlier, image manipulating computer code solutions would paste open eyes on someone's face with none thought
for consistency with the remainder of the image. This happened as machines did not (still don't) have Associate in Nursing intuitive understanding of eyes, color, or something for that matter.
For instance, you may realize a collection of weird eyes on yourself, or might realize a unique color around the glued eyes.

How new AI engine works?

Facebook's new AI engine are a few things known as a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) and is essentially a machine learning system that fools itself into thinking that its creations area unit real.
In the GAN, one half of the network learns to acknowledge faces whereas the opposite part unceasingly produces pictures that, supported continual feedback from the primary half, continue to grow in realism.

Testers could not differentiate between real and glued eyes 

Facebook took a unique approach, feeding the GAN with "exemplary" knowledge showing the target person with their eyes open.
Based on this, the GAN learns not simply, however, someone ought to look with their eyes open, however conjointly learns their eye form, color, etc.
The results were thus convincing that over the time, testers could not tell glued eyes excluding real ones.

References:
1)Facebook's AI Engine

2)Google