Boston Dynamics says it still needs to figure out how to remotely collect vital sign information, like body temperature, respiratory rate, pulse rate and oxygen saturation. It’s considering the use of thermal camera technology, and it is testing ways to measure changes in blood vessel contraction via RGB cameras. In the near future, Boston Dynamics…
Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston.com Staff April 23, 2020 | 9:08 AM Boston Dynamics has experimented with a multitude of uses for their four-legged robots, from inspecting oil rigs to assisting police in potentially dangerous environments. And now they’re helping health care workers in the midst of another hazardous situation: the coronavirus pandemic. Early last month, Boston…
The White House Coronavirus Task Force remains focused on the outbreak in Boston and Massachusetts — with a key member of the president’s team saying all eyes are on this region. “Our hearts go out to all these cities and the hospital workers on those front lines,” Dr. Deborah Birx said after announcing at Monday’s…
Experts warn more coronavirus testing needed The print edition of the Boston Globe reflected the somber, unprecedented time we are living in. The paper published 16 pages worth of death notices on Sunday, as the number of coronavirus cases surged in Massachusetts and many other places around the world. On April 5, there were nine…
Sunday's print edition of the Boston Globe contained 16 pages of death notices, a somber reflection of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases and deaths. That's more than double the number of pages with death notices as ran on the same Sunday in 2019, according to CBS News. The previous Sunday, the Globe ran 11 pages of the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…