17- year- old student, Brittany Wenger, has built an artificial 'brain' to make a more effective way to detect early breast cancer. The 'brain', a cloud- based neural network, can accurately test tissue samples for any signs of breast cancer. It is said to be tested 7.6 million times and is found to be 99.1% sensitive to malignacy, which is 4.97% better than commercial networks. Wenger's "brain" carried her all the way to first place in Google's Science Fair this year, winning her an internship with a fair sponsor, $50,000 dollars in scholarship money, 10- day trip to the Galápagos Islands in South America.
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| Brittany Wegner, 17. |
Basically, it's a computer program that is similiar to our brain structure. The difference is the network can handle more complex patterns than the human brain. "Artificial neural networks are essentially computer programs coded to think like the brain, she explained. Only they can detect patterns that are too complex for mere humans." This is useful because the least invasive form of biopsy is least effective, so most doctors don't use it.
Brittany's invention itself can not only be helpful, but the whole idea itself. This invention can help other scientists tweak it, and make it so much broader and helpful than the original. Breast cancer affects one in every eight women worldwide, and with the 'brain' women can detect breast cancer faster, helping them get treatment quicker. This shows just how much of an impact, we, as young people, can have on the world.
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/17-year-old-girl-builds-artificial-brain-detect-breast-cancer-908308
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