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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

Cars That Think

Such apps can’t legally claim to treat or diagnose disease, at least in the United States. There’s tremendous, immediate clinical value in helping people feel better today by integrating these signals into mental-health care,” says John Torous , director of digital psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston.

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

Green Car Congress

These levels are descriptive rather than normative and technical rather than legal. SAIPS: Ford has acquired the Israel-based computer vision and machine learning company to further strengthen its expertise in artificial intelligence and enhance computer vision. They imply no particular order of market introduction.

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Electric cars back on track?

Plugs and Cars

Every single element of our environment is negative," said Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who also heads the automaker's French partner Renault. This year Renault announced a partnership with Project Better Place to manufacture electric cars for Shai Agassi’s ambitious plan to create discreet markets, beginning in Israel and Denmark.