Google is making surgical robots with Johnson & Johnson

It looks like your medical surgeon might one day be, or at least be assisted by, a Google robot.

Google has partnered with a lot of companies in recent years on various different projects, but it's latest partnership is a bit of surprise. Medical and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has just announced it is advancing surgical robotics in collaboration with Google.

Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon medical device arm is sharing intellectual property and expertise with Google's Life Sciences team in order to develop a robotic-assisted surgical platform that will benefit surgeons, patients, and health care systems. The platform will not only integrate advanced technologies with the goal of improving health care, but it will also allow surgeons to have more control and accuracy during procedures.

"Robotic-assisted surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery that uses technology to give surgeons greater control, access and accuracy during the surgical procedure while benefitting patients by minimising trauma and scarring, enabling accelerated post-surgical healing," explained Johnson & Johnson, while highlighting that it wants to develop new robotic tools and capabilities for surgeons and operating room professionals.

The idea is that these new robotic tools will feature cutting-edge medical device technology, robotic systems, imaging and data analytics, and when these aspects are combined, they'll be able to advance surgical care around the world.

This isn't the first time Google has experimented with medical-themed projects. It has a Google Fit health data service, for instance, and it backs the Calico life science company.

Google is making surgical robots with Johnson & Johnson

• Source: Johnson & Johnson

HTC One E9+ boasts a 20-megapixel rear camera, 5.5-inch QuadHD display

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HTC One E9+ boasts a 20-megapixel rear camera, 5.5-inch QuadHD display

Well, that didn’t take long. Just a couple of days after the HTC One E9+ was revealed in all its glory in a set of leaked images, the device has been made officially official.

HTC’s Chinese branch revealed the One E9+ today in a pretty quiet way: it just threw the phone up on its website. Perhaps the most notable feature of the One E9+ is its screen, which measures 5.5 inches in size and has a resolution of 2560×1440, making it the first HTC smartphone to have a QuadHD resolution. As for the rest of its spec list, here’s what HTC’s newest One has to offer:

• 20-megapixel rear, UltraPixel front cameras
• 64-bit, octa-core MediaTek MT6795M processor
• 16GB of storage, microSD card slot
• 3GB of RAM
• Dual SIM support
• 4G LTE
• BoomSound front speakers
• Android 5.0 and HTC Sense 7
• 2800mAh battery

It’s exciting to see HTC finally release a smartphone with a 2560×1440 for all of the spec hounds out there, though I’m sure a few will take issue with the use of glossy polycarbonate on the E9+’s body. Still, the E9+ looks like a solid addition to HTC’s One lineup. There’s no word on how much the E9+ will cost at launch or when it’ll hit shelves in China or anywhere else, so stay tuned for more.

HTC One E9+ boasts a 20-megapixel rear camera, 5.5-inch QuadHD display

Video Recording iOS Camera App Tweak

The stock iOS Camera app doesn’t let you pause or resume video recording, which can come in handy at times. Thankfully, there’s a new jailbreak tweak called RecordPause that brings Pause and Resume feature in video recording to the stock iOS Camera app.


With RecordPause, you can pause video recording at any time and resume at your wish. Install the tweak, respring and you’re all set. The tweak is very simple to use.

All you have to do, is tap at the timer shown during the video recording to pause or resume. When you pause, the red recording button and the timer turn yellow, when resumed, it goes back to being red.

The tweak has a few configurable options in the Settings app. You can enable/disable the tweak and you can dim the the viewfinder when paused. You can also chose to have your viewfinder freeze or show live preview when recording is paused.

Other options include the ability to toggle the yellow UI and a larger tappable area if the timer is too small for your fingers.

All in all, a very useful tweak. If you like making Vine videos, you’re going to love this tweak. The developer does mention that when recording at 60 fps, your screen might stutter when recording is resumed.

You can download RecordPause for free from the BigBoss repo. The tweak only supports iOS 8 or later. Try it out and let us know what you think of it.

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TinyUmbrella iOS Downgrades

A new version of TinyUmbrella has been released by Semaphore, but you can’t really do much with it right now. TinyUmbrella used to be the go-to tool whenever you had to downgrade an iOS device or to preserve jailbreak. However, Apple made sure that this wouldn’t happen and made TinyUmbrella useless.

Things have changed, apparently. According to Semaphore, the new beta version of TinyUmbrella is a complete rewrite and can be used to save SHSH blogs from latest jailbroken iOS 8 versions. You can’t, unfortunately, downgrade yet. But, that will be possible in the near future, says the developer.
For now, this new beta version of TinyUmbrella will let you save your current OTA SHSH blobs with a click of a button. The new tool is super easy to use and saves all non-OTA SHSH blobs automatically.

The new version will work with any iOS device, whether it’s in DFU mode or not.

I intend on releasing an update within the week to address any bugs that are found in this initial BETA. Further, I will be updating this tool to work with much more admirable features that many of you want. :) Until then, Save your SHSHs!

Looks like Semaphore is very confident that we will be able to downgrade iOS devices in the future. So yeah, until then, better keep all your SHSH saved.
TinyUmbrella v8.2.0.13 can be downloaded from the Jailbreak Downloads section. Since this is a beta, there will be bugs.

New Beta Of TinyUmbrella Released, iOS Downgrades Will Be Possible Once Again