Month: May 2019

What if your surgeon told you that they’ve stood inside of your heart?

Your first intuition would probably be to tell them that they’re crazy. It isn’t possible physically but technically yes. That’s who far the technology has gone.  And people are applying it in some really fascinating ways these days.

Next thing you know they’re bringing in a headset. They put it over your eyes and suddenly you’re staring at a human heart. The surgeon then shows you the issue, what they’ll be doing to fix it, and why. You’ll be able to walk through, first hand, what is and what will be happening to you or a loved one thanks to the Stanford Virtual Heart.

How would that make you feel?

It’s not only one of our most crucial organs, but also one of the most complicated. Aside from keeping that beat for years, even the process the heart goes through to form in utero leaves a lot of space for abnormality, and it happens a lot — every year about 40,000 people are born with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in the United States alone. 

 But it’s a pretty difficult organ to study in action, considering the person needs to be on the table with their chest splayed open… which isn’t really a readily available learning tool for students, since open chest surgery isn’t on the top of most individuals’ favorite activities.

And how do you go about explaining what’s happening to the family members? How do the parents of the children born with heart defects even begin to try to understand an organ that doctors have spent years studying? Well, what about an interactive visual? It seems like the perfect home for our friend, virtual reality (VR).

Here’s where theStanford Virtual Heart comes in…

Pediatric cardiologists are utilizing VR at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to make it easier to communicate and understand what’s happening with these complicated CHDs. Spend a moment with this video from seeker to see how the program works, how it’s being applied, and the true benefits of bringing this technology into healthcare!

India’s 5G telecom network is the most awaited project for Nokia Software. Deploying 5G networks commercially in the United States, South Korea, and Japan has made a case for cooperating in the pilot runs citing its expertise.

“India is both a very important talent base and large, the local market for us,” said Bhaskar Gorti, President of Nokia Software, adding that the business was a hidden jewel of the telecom infrastructure and networking major.

“5G is actually an end-to-end scenario. You not only have to upgrade the radio, but you also have to upgrade the backhaul, you have to upgrade the edge and core networking and access networking, then you have to upgrade that fiber in the last mile,” Gorti said. “We have a unique advantage that we have homegrown native technologies in every part of that value chain.”

5G, unlike technologies before it, isn’t reliant only on hardware. In fact, experts believe that improvements in networking speeds and capabilities will come from software embedded within the hardware. Theevolving technology will shift the power of development to countries such as India which have excelled in building a base of networking software specialists.

Nokia is also looking to build cloud-based solutions that leverage the advantages of 5G such as low-latency and high throughput, broadening its services base beyond being a mere network solutions provider. A large chunk of this work is being handled by Nokia’s India unit.