Many cars already include plenty of sensors—cameras for spotting objects in your blind spot, for instance—but they’re usually keeping an eye on the outside world, not on what’s going on behind the wheel.

El centro tecnológico IK4-Ideko ha entrado a formar parte del Clúster Europeo de Óptica y Fotónica. Es un foro donde empresas, centros tecnológicos y grupos de investigación buscan establecer fructíferas colaboraciones que generen beneficios y sinergias en el ámbito de la óptica y la fotónica.

NeuroDerm Ltd's shares more than doubled in value on Tuesday, after the company said data from a mid-stage study suggested that a higher dose of its Parkinson's drug could provide an alternative to treatments that require surgery.

The trial evaluated two liquid formulations of the drug, levodopa/carbidopa (LD/CD), in 16 patients with an advanced form of the disease to assess its capacity to reduce Parkinson's-related motor complications, the Israel-based company said.

Delivered through a belt-worn pump, the two versions of the drug, ND0612H and ND0612L, were compared with oral forms of LD/CD, the standard of care for Parkinson's.

A new form of computer memory might help machines match the capabilities of the human brain when it comes to tasks such as interpreting images or video footage.

Researchers at IBM used what’s known as phase-change memory to build a device that processes data in a way inspired by the workings of a biological brain. Using a prototype phase-change memory chip, the researchers configured the system to act like a network of 913 neurons with 165,000 connections, or synapses, between them. The strength of those connections change as the chip processes incoming data, altering how the virtual neurons influence one another. By exploiting that property, the researchers got the system to learn to recognize handwritten numbers.