‘Eye In The Sky’ Sensors Reduce Stress Of In-Home Dementia Care
People caring around the clock for a parent, spouse or other loved one with dementia are at a high risk for clinical anxiety, depression, social isolation and even suicidal ideation, according to longitudinal research from UC Berkeley. But thanks to a blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioral science, relief may be on the horizon. …
Slender Robotic Finger Senses Buried Items
MIT researchers developed a “Digger Finger” robot that digs through granular material, like sand and gravel, and senses the shapes of buried objects.Image courtesy of the researchers Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects — as long as they’re out in the open. Discerning buried items in granular material like sand …
Lockheed Martin, General Motors Team-up To Develop Next-Generation Lunar Rover For NASA Artemis Astronauts To Explore The Moon
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and General Motors Co. [NYSE: GM] are teaming up to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles to transport astronauts on the surface of the Moon, fundamentally evolving and expanding humanity’s deep-space exploration footprint. NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans back to the Moon where they will explore and conduct scientific experiments …
Cloud AI In The Developer Community
Editor’s note: This post features third party projects built with AI Platform. At Google I/O on May 18, 2021 Google Cloud announced Vertex AI, a unified UI for the entire ML workflow, which includes equivalent functionality from the AI Platform and new MLOps services. Most of the sample code and materials introduced in this post …
Satellites May Have Underestimated Warming In The Lower Atmosphere
New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) climate scientists and collaborators shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere (the lowest region of the atmosphere) may have underestimated global warming over the last 40 years. The research appears in the Journal of Climate The team studied four different properties of tropical climate …
Conversational AI Powers Drive-Thru
What’s New: Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Restaurant is using a new conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solution to increase the speed of service and shorten wait times in their drive-thrus. The solution, created by Hi Auto, greets each drive-thru guest and answers questions about the menu before taking and confirming their order. “The automated AI drive-thru has impacted …
11 Ways We’re Innovating With AI
AI is integral to so much of the work we do at Google. Fundamental advances in computing are helping us confront some of the greatest challenges of this century, like climate change. Meanwhile, AI is also powering updates across our products, including Search, Maps and Photos — demonstrating how machine learning can improve your life in …
How AI Is Learning To See The Bigger Picture
The speed at which AI has evolved over the last decade means it’s easy to overlook the significance of individual developments along the way. Things have changed so fast that what seemed like a milestone just a couple of years ago is already outdated. But to understand the progress, it’s important to note those milestones. …
The Data-Driven Future Of Extreme Physics
By applying modern machine learning and data science methods to “extreme” plasma physics, researchers can gain insight into our universe and find clues about creating a limitless amount of energy. In a recent perspective published in Nature, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and international collaborators outline key challenges and future directions in using machine …
ABB Robots Increase Automation In Solar Industry
Producing a solar collector every six minutes, ABB robots make Absolicon’s solar technology a cost competitive alternative to conventional heating. To enable the transformation to a sustainable society and preserve resources, production of solar collector panels must be precise, highly efficient and cost effective. To achieve this, Absolicon and ABB have developed the world’s only …