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[view in web browser]( Kurzweil | e-newsletter Dear readers, Welcome to the Kurzweil e-newsletter --- tracking the press + activities of Ray Kurzweil: best-selling author, inventor, and futurist. Plus breakthroughs in science, tech, and progress --- illustrating Ray's ideas + predictions outlined in his acclaimed books. Our web library features Ray's key writings, resources, and a digest of stories about the world of tomorrow. to visit our home page | [click here]( what's new: making headlines | Using AI to combat the corona-virus pandemic The top stories from around the world. --- summary --- Here’s a collection of the key stories on the web + in broadcast media — on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) software being used in several ways to take-on the world-wide corona-virus pandemic. The ways AI is being applied: - using computer modeling to discover Rx drugs for treatments + vaccine - analyzing medical lung scans for signs of pneumonia - mining big data to see trends in the pandemic’s spread from person-to-person - tracking mobile devices to trace people spreading the virus - detecting fevers using thermal body scans of people in public places, indicating possible infection [read the full story]( digest | A smart-home device for health check-ups Bringing tele-medicine to life. --- summary --- TytoCare's smart-home styled device named TytoHome is an award-winning, hand-held, medical tool kit. It can conduct basic, all-in-one health check-ups from the comfort of your own dwelling or office --- and connect with your doctor remotely. TytoHome is an electronic, portable, at-home exam kit plus smart-phone app --- that lets you perform guided medical tests with a health-care provider. You can conduct exams on the heart, lungs, abdomen, ears, throat, skin, and body temperature. You can see and hear your physician using the device. Results appear instantly on your physician's screen. note: This post includes videos. [read the full story]( resource | All state hotline phone numbers for corona-virus for: United States --- summary --- Below is a directory we've assembled for all listed corona-virus telephone hotline numbers for each state. Plus that state or territory's designated website for info on the pandemic. In most cases the phone number connects you with a special desk — set-up by the state’s department of public health services. Helpful in case of crisis, to find out what steps to take during the outbreak. [read the full story]( a & e | Motion design with exotic surface models: computer graphics spotlight on: Foam Studio • by Zeitguised --- summary --- Take a look at Foam Studio’s computer graphics demos featuring their work for IBM’s campaign. They add a new dimension to abstract and organic visuals — with extreme, exotic, high-texture surfaces that move with unexpected fluidity. The future of game-play, interactive, and virtual + augmented reality will probably is trending toward these kinds of richer, denser surfaces that add depth + mystery. One value of artificial reality is its ability to let us experience physicality that doesn’t actually exist — and to see state-changes that are invisible to the naked eye. Like extreme slow or fast motion, impossible materials that twist, grow, crystallize, and decay. And other-worldy sounds that naturally emerge from surreal objects. What’s special about Foam Studio’s technique is the “almost-but-not-quite” realism. note: This post includes videos. [read the full story]( the Kurzweil Library | accelerating intelligence by Kurzweil Technologies co. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Kurzweil Network | accelerating intelligence · 935 Great Plain Ave. | no. 111 · Needham, MA 02492 · USA