Health

Virtual reality for addiction treatment: The importance of social plausibility in simulated situations.

Addictologists consider that virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) offers patients a hybrid environment, where they can simultaneously be within the secure walls of the hospital (a bubble in which ordinary life is almost put on hold) and outside the hospital, in situations that could lead to relapse. They see it as a means to minimise the stark opposition between inside and outside that characterises hospitalisation and to give patients the power to take action for themselves by allowing them to train virtually.
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Are we all “addicted” to our screens? A socio-historical look at how digital technology has been pathologised through the prism of addiction.

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WeWaLK, .lumen: AI simplifies mobility for the blind and partially sighted

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Young woman wearing gloves conducts environmental research by a lake. She uses equipment including a laptop and test kits. Trees and water in the background.

Biodiversity in lakes: multimodal AI crunches eADN data to monitor pollution

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A gloved hand uses a pipette to add red liquid into culture plates in a laboratory setting.

Pioneering pharmaceutical and food industry innovation with organs-on-chips

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“I lost track of time”: how we get caught up in digital applications?

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An individual in a lab coat and protective glasses holds a microprocessor in their gloved hand. The setting is bright and modern, suggesting a research or technology development laboratory.

Algorithmic biases: neural networks are also influenced by hardware

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