Liwaiwai Liwaiwai
  • /
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
  • Engineering
    • Architecture
    • Design
    • Software
    • Hybrid Cloud
    • Data
  • Learning
  • About
  • /
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
  • Engineering
    • Architecture
    • Design
    • Software
    • Hybrid Cloud
    • Data
  • Learning
  • About
Liwaiwai Liwaiwai
  • /
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
  • Engineering
    • Architecture
    • Design
    • Software
    • Hybrid Cloud
    • Data
  • Learning
  • About
  • Artificial Intelligence

How AI And Weather Data Can Help You Plan For Allergy Season

  • April 28, 2020
  • liwaiwai.com

Allergy sufferers care a lot about what goes on outside with allergens, pollen, air quality, and more. In fact, 68% of allergy sufferers surveyed use weather forecasts and information to help manage their seasonal allergies (Source: AdSales AI Health & Weather Impact Study, Sept 2019).

As spring continues and summer nears, The Weather Channel data science team has been working to create a resource to help seasonal allergy sufferers. Now available for no charge on The Weather Channel app and weather.com, Allergy Insights with Watson is a new feature that uses AI to help predict the seasonal allergy risk in your area of the United States. With IBM Watson, The Weather Channel offers actionable insights and alerts with a 15-day forecast to help people make more informed decisions and prepare during allergy season.


Partner with liwaiwai.com
for your next big idea.
Let us know here.



From our partners:

CITI.IO :: Business. Institutions. Society. Global Political Economy.
CYBERPOGO.COM :: For the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.
DADAHACKS.COM :: Parenting For The Rest Of Us.
ZEDISTA.COM :: Entertainment. Sports. Culture. Escape.
TAKUMAKU.COM :: For The Hearth And Home.
ASTER.CLOUD :: From The Cloud And Beyond.
LIWAIWAI.COM :: Intelligence, Inside and Outside.
GLOBALCLOUDPLATFORMS.COM :: For The World's Computing Needs.
FIREGULAMAN.COM :: For The Fire In The Belly Of The Coder.
ASTERCASTER.COM :: Supra Astra. Beyond The Stars.
BARTDAY.COM :: Prosperity For Everyone.

In researching the issue, the team found that about 60% of people surveyed are self-diagnosing allergy risk based mainly on three pollen metrics – tree, grass and ragweed levels – which is what most trackers (including the previous one by The Weather Channel) use to assess allergy risk. Our scientists actually found that pollen sources are unreliable, spotty and only cover a small subset of species, but also that pollen is not a good predictor of seasonal allergy risk or of how you’ll truly feel.

To repeat: Pollen alone is not a good predictor of allergy symptom risk.

In fact, the team found that using AI and weather data instead of just pollen data resulted in a 25-50% increase in making better decisions based on allergy risk levels, such as taking medication preemptively. Pollen levels are still shown for those who know which allergens affect them, but this is one of the first – if not the first – allergy prediction models that does not focus largely on pollen.

Read More  Addressing Climate Risks In Africa With AI And Hybrid Cloud

The team used IBM Watson machine learning for local model training of the data in order to help deliver a forecast that’s able to assess the underlying conditions that cause allergens or symptoms and predict your seasonal allergy symptom risk in a given U.S. location. It combines the world’s most accurate weather data from The Weather Company – conditions that affect allergy triggers such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind and dew point – with anonymized health data and location data (used to understand the environment and local flora).

These data inputs combine with AI technology to meet the scale of The Weather Channel digital properties, which see more than 300 million users monthly and live on the IBM Cloud. Pollen data and air quality data were excluded from the predictive model, since they proved unreliable indicators of seasonal allergy risk, but will continue to be reviewed. References to time of year were also removed, since the start of allergy season has changed over time due to climate change.

Allergy Insights with Watson offers:

  • A 15-day forecast to predict seasonal allergy risk level (high, moderate, low), as well as a 3-day forecast for specific seasonal allergens.
  • Notifications when seasonal allergy risk is changing to high or dropping to low in the next three days, as well as when you’ll see an elevated level over the next three days.
  • Explanations of the correlation with weather and how different weather conditions can potentially affect seasonal allergy risk.
  • Pollen levels by allergen (tree, grass and ragweed), as well as push alerts when the level is high, for those seasonal allergy sufferers who know which affect them most.
  • Tips to help you reduce seasonal allergen exposure, as well as news articles and editorial content related to allergies
Read More  New AI & Data Foundation Combines Industry’s Fastest-Growing Open Source Developments In Artificial Intelligence And Open Data

While no two allergy sufferers are the same, knowing in advance when symptom risk might worsen, improve or remain the same can help anyone plan ahead and take action before symptoms may flare up.

Now available for no charge on weather.com and The Weather Channel app for iOS and Android, check your local allergy risk using Allergy Insights with Watson to stay informed this season.


For enquiries, product placements, sponsorships, and collaborations, connect with us at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you!

Our humans need coffee too! Your support is highly appreciated, thank you!

liwaiwai.com

Related Topics
  • Allergies
  • Allergy Insights
  • IBM
  • The Weather Company
  • Watson
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Technology

NASA’s Mars Rovers Could Inspire A More Ethical Future For AI

  • September 26, 2023
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Platforms

Oracle CloudWorld 2023: 6 Key Takeaways From The Big Annual Event

  • September 25, 2023
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence

3 Ways AI Can Help Communities Adapt To Climate Change In Africa

  • September 25, 2023
Robotic Hand | Lights
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Technology

Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs Come To Oracle Cloud

  • September 24, 2023
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Engineering
  • Technology

AI-Driven Tool Makes It Easy To Personalize 3D-Printable Models

  • September 22, 2023
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data

Applying Generative AI To Product Design With BigQuery DataFrames

  • September 21, 2023
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Platforms

Combining AI With A Trusted Data Approach On IBM Power To Fuel Business Outcomes

  • September 21, 2023
Microsoft and Adobe
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Platforms

Microsoft And Adobe Partner To Deliver Cost Savings And Business Benefits

  • September 21, 2023
A Field Guide To A.I.
Navigate the complexities of Artificial Intelligence and unlock new perspectives in this must-have guide.
Now available in print and ebook.

charity-water



Stay Connected!
LATEST
  • 1
    NASA’s Mars Rovers Could Inspire A More Ethical Future For AI
    • September 26, 2023
  • 2
    Oracle CloudWorld 2023: 6 Key Takeaways From The Big Annual Event
    • September 25, 2023
  • 3
    3 Ways AI Can Help Communities Adapt To Climate Change In Africa
    • September 25, 2023
  • Robotic Hand | Lights 4
    Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs Come To Oracle Cloud
    • September 24, 2023
  • 5
    AI-Driven Tool Makes It Easy To Personalize 3D-Printable Models
    • September 22, 2023
  • 6
    Applying Generative AI To Product Design With BigQuery DataFrames
    • September 21, 2023
  • 7
    Combining AI With A Trusted Data Approach On IBM Power To Fuel Business Outcomes
    • September 21, 2023
  • Microsoft and Adobe 8
    Microsoft And Adobe Partner To Deliver Cost Savings And Business Benefits
    • September 21, 2023
  • Coffee | Laptop | Notebook | Work 9
    First HP Work Relationship Index Shows Majority of People Worldwide Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Work
    • September 20, 2023
  • 10
    Huawei Connect 2023: Accelerating Intelligence For Shared Success
    • September 20, 2023

about
About
Hello World!

We are liwaiwai.com. Created by programmers for programmers.

Our site aims to provide materials, guides, programming how-tos, and resources relating to artificial intelligence, machine learning and the likes.

We would like to hear from you.

If you have any questions, enquiries or would like to sponsor content, kindly reach out to us at:

[email protected]

Live long & prosper!
Most Popular
  • Intel Innovation 1
    Intel Innovation 2023
    • September 15, 2023
  • 2
    Microsoft And Oracle Expand Partnership To Deliver Oracle Database Services On Oracle Cloud Infrastructure In Microsoft Azure
    • September 14, 2023
  • 3
    Real-Time Ubuntu Is Now Available In AWS Marketplace
    • September 12, 2023
  • 4
    IBM Brings Watsonx To ESPN Fantasy Football With New Waiver Grades And Trade Grades
    • September 13, 2023
  • 5
    Document AI Workbench Is Now Powered By Generative AI To Structure Document Data Faster
    • September 15, 2023
  • /
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Explore
  • About
  • Contact Us

Input your search keywords and press Enter.