Healthcare AI Isn’t Just About Robots - Weekly Mash-Up 155

Why healthcare artificial intelligence isn’t about creepy-looking robots
CIO

The stigma around implementing technology in healthcare needs to be eradicated. Some people are still scared of AI in healthcare, they imagine that AI-infused hospitals will mimic a factory tended by technical specialists and a multitude of robots. However, there is actually massive potential for big data and AI in medicine. AI is capable of making us more precise, making tasks like brain scans quicker and more efficient. It also has major implications for rare diseases. Read more

Play this killer self-driving car ethics game
TechCrunch

Should a self-driving car full of old folks crash to avoid puppies in the cross-walk? Is it OK to run over two criminals if you save one doctor? MIT researchers have created the game “Moral Machine”, which draws on the famous “trolley problem”, to allow you to analyse your ethics. The game raises the question of whether artificial intelligence in the self-driving cars should intervene if it will save lives, or whether it should remain passive. Read more

The elder and the bomb: An Indigenous story of atomic bomb testing in VR
Mashable

Collisions, a landmark virtual reality film, is sharing the tale of Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, a revered elder of the Martu people from the remote Pilbara desert of Western Australia. It allows viewers the chance to witness the atomic tests that were being performed in outback Australia in the ‘50s. Collisions also has the goal to raise awareness of the influence the building of a uranium mine on their sacred land. Read more

Will Google's 'soft and cozy' approach to VR headsets make the space more mainstream?
AdWeek

Google has recently introduced, View & Pixel - an affordable virtual reality headset and its accompanying smartphone. The VR goggles are made with a soft fabric to offer users a more “soft and cozy” feel. This is the first VR headset to differ from the existing expensive, clunkier ones that currently dominate the market. Will this transition be the right step towards making VR more mainstream? Read more