I wonder how many people have one of these lurking in the bottom of a drawer somewhere?

Anyhow, because of my ditching a phone completely in the near future to go full cyberdeck I need to switch my banking back to online web portal. Guessing this little fella will come in useful after all. #cardreader #usefultech

#NUS team launches #AI #headset to help #visually #impaired commute, shop
"AiSee can detect te #bus stop users are at thru GPS.. The device draws bus arrival timings from LTA’s database, providing users w an est'd arrival time for the bus of their choice.. users can speak to #AiSee to book a private-hire ride & receive verbal alerts when te car arrives.. AiSee’s #opensource code allows developers to build their own hands-free, screen-free applications"🏆
#UsefulTech #SG60
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/i-wont-have-to-trouble-anyone-nus-team-launches-ai-headset-to-help-visually-impaired-commute-shop
‘I won’t have to trouble anyone’: NUS team launches AI headset to help visually impaired commute, shop

Priced at $380, the headset helps users to "see" their surroundings. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

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Gimme #CLOiD or #Niko or another helper #robot anytime, instead of those disgusting militarist killer robots. Three cheers to the helper robot #developers to reach sustainable commercial-scale robots. #LG #Korea #UsefulTech 🏆👇

#SkinCancer screenings & diagnoses are taking longer in #Canada, as rates of #melanoma keep rising, due to what experts say is a shortage of #dermatologists. CBC’s Yvette Brend reports on #MelanomaCanada’s new #mobile #CancerScreening unit, #MoleMobile, which is heading to #Kamloops #BritishColumbia.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4231964

#Cancer #Health #Medical #Canadian #UsefulTech #MedicalTech

Mole mobiles aim to speed up skin cancer screenings as Canada struggles with dermatologist shortage

Skin cancer screenings and diagnoses are taking longer in Canada, as rates of melanoma keep rising, due to what experts say is a shortage of dermatologists. CBC’s Yvette Brend reports on Melanoma Canada’s new mobile cancer screening unit, mole mobile, which is heading to Kamloops, B.C.

CBC

World #AnimalProtection #Canada has officially launched its #interactive #transparency #TrackingTool to monitor #CaptiveWildlife incidents in Canada.

The tool adds a layer of transparency to Canada's opaque #captive #wildlife problem. Documenting instances of #zoonotic #disease outbreaks, escapes, attacks and more, the tool is the most comprehensive #database to date by any organization or government in Canada.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/mapping-canada-s-captive-wildlife-problem-world-animal-protection-launches-interactive-transparency-tool-as-exotic-animal-escapes-continue-from-coast-to-coast-828660174.html

#UsefulTech #Accountability #AnimalWelfare #Canadian

MAPPING CANADA'S CAPTIVE WILDLIFE PROBLEM: WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE TRANSPARENCY TOOL AS EXOTIC ANIMAL ESCAPES CONTINUE FROM COAST TO COAST

/CNW/ - World Animal Protection Canada has officially launched its interactive transparency tracking tool to monitor captive wildlife incidents in Canada. The...

'They can start walking': Robotics company helping children with mobility issues take steps forward

A Canadian tech company is helping kids with mobility issues put their best foot forward with the help of a pair of revolutionary robotic legs.

Winnipeg
As a driver of old Ford Ranger pickup trucks I thought cameras on a car were frivolous but they are super helpful when parking. The overhead view is quite neat and nice to have when parallel parking. #BoltEV #UsefulTech