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UrduResearchers have used machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to develop a prediction model for the early diagnosis of opioid use disorder. The advance is described in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives . The model was generated from information in…
Tag: ROBOTRY/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
NTU scientists create apps for special needs persons
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), global video game developer YOOZOO Games and Singapore’s Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) have jointly developed three mobile applications to help persons with special needs learn about social and emotional intelligence. Following…
Childhood lead exposure leads to structural changes in middle-aged brains
Study participants had higher lead exposures typical for the 1970s
Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers
Machine learning guarantees robots’ performance in unknown territory
A small drone takes a test flight through a space filled with randomly placed cardboard cylinders acting as stand-ins for trees, people or structures. The algorithm controlling the drone has been trained on a thousand simulated obstacle-laden courses, but it’s…
Palladium, meet copper: Skoltech researchers use machine learning to improve catalysts
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Germany and the US have studied the properties and behavior of a palladium-copper alloy under changing temperatures and hydrogen concentrations, with highly relevant implications of this research for catalyst design. The paper was…
SwRI receives $7.2 million contract to test AI in air taxi design project
SwRI to create components that will evaluate design capabilities of artificial intelligence-based system
Upgraded radar can enable self-driving cars to see clearly no matter the weather
A new kind of radar could make it possible for self-driving cars to navigate safely in bad weather. Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a clever way to improve the imaging capability of existing radar sensors…
AI tool may predict movies’ future ratings
Researchers use AI to identify violent, substance-abuse, sexual content in movie scripts before a single scene is shot
Aarhus University links brain research and artificial intelligence in new centre
A new cross-disciplinary centre will develop brain-machine interface technologies. One of the goals is to develop next-gen technology to monitor, diagnose, and treat brain diseases while at the same time developing brand new brain-inspired AI hardware.
Who is the world’s best super-recogniser? This test could help us find them
While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and thought nothing of it. Ten years later she was having breakfast in Australia’s Byron Bay…
System brings deep learning to ‘internet of things’ devices
Advance could enable artificial intelligence on household appliances while enhancing data security and energy efficiency
Tangent and Altada Technology Solutions team up with Alsessor, a new AI accelerator programme
Tangent, Trinity College Dublin’s ‘Ideas Workspace’ has partnered with Altada Technology Solutions to create Alsessor, a new AI accelerator programme supporting early stage startups and entrepreneurs in the growth and commercialisation of their businesses. This partnership aims to embed the…
Drawing the line to answer art’s big questions
KAIST scientists show how statistical physics can reveal art trends across time and culture
Computer vision app allows easier monitoring of diabetes
A computer vision technology developed by University of Cambridge engineers has now been developed into a free mobile phone app for regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes. The app uses computer vision techniques to read and record…
Physics can assist with key challenges in artificial intelligence
Current research and applications in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) include several key challenges.
Massachusetts is the best state for technology and science, says Milken Institute
New index uses 105 metrics to determine state knowledge economies
Physics can assist with key challenges in artificial intelligence
A physical mechanism a priori reveals how many examples in deep learning are required to achieve a desired test accuracy. It surprisingly indicates that learning each example once is almost equivalent to learning examples repeatedly.
Teaching the internet of things to learn
EU-project VEDLIoT aims to develop next-generation IoT platform
Stretchable ‘skin’ sensor gives robots human sensation
ITHACA, N.Y. – It’s not a stretch to say that stretchable sensors could change the way soft robots function and feel. In fact, they will be able to feel quite a lot. Cornell University researchers have created a fiber-optic sensor…
Exoskeleton-assisted walking improves mobility in individuals with spinal cord injury
Multi-center U.S. trial shows exoskeleton training is safe, feasible, and effective across wide spectrum of individuals with mobility deficits caused by traumatic spinal cord injury
Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers
Slinky-like sensor is ultra-sensitive and resilient
Building soft robots to lend a helping hand (or four)
Researchers net grant to develop next-generation machines to help humans in orchards and operating rooms
AI speeds up development of new high-entropy alloys
Developing new materials takes a lot of time, money and effort. Recently, a POSTECH research team has taken a step closer to creating new materials by applying AI to develop high-entropy alloys (HEAs) which are coined as “alloy of alloys.”…
New Cambridge Center to connect AI, medicine and life sciences sector
A new centre at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with AstraZeneca and GSK, aims to use AI to make medical discoveries, accelerate the development of precision medicine and develop new treatments On 10 November the University of Cambridge announced…
Robotic AI learns to be spontaneous
Researchers use dynamical systems and machine learning to add spontaneity to AI
Scientists develop AI-powered ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out meat freshness
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has invented an artificial olfactory system that mimics the mammalian nose to assess the freshness of meat accurately. The ‘electronic nose’ (e-nose) comprises a ‘barcode’ that changes colour…
Methods of unconventional machining
In the modern era of manufacturing, unconventional machining methods are quite popular due to various advantages such as high accuracy, excellent surface finish, less tool wear, much quieter operations, among others. Moreover, new age and novel materials are sometimes hard…
NSF-funded cybersecurity project will disrupt illicit virtual supply chains
Georgia State University’s evidence-based cybersecurity research group will examine the supply chain supporting underground markets in a new project designed to disrupt such operations
Skills development in Physical AI could give birth to lifelike intelligent robots
The research suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline could help students develop the skills they need to create lifelike artificially intelligent (AI) robots as researchers. Known as Physical AI, these…
Young at heart with assistance robots
KIT develops new generation of versatile and customizable humanoid robots for the elderly — Carl Zeiss Foundation funds the project with EUR 4.5 million
Plant inspired: Printing self-folding paper structures for future mechatronics
Scientists develop a simple method that mimics plant motion to get paper to ‘fold itself’ after printing
Georgia State researchers developing platform to protect privacy in brain imaging analyses
The project is funded by a five-year, $3 million federal grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that praise delivered by robots and virtual agents improves offline learning
How neural networks can help us gain a deeper understanding of financial markets
A new research project will use Bayesian Neural Networks to model, analyse and understand trading behaviour in the world of finance. The researchers behind the project expect the technology to revolutionise our understanding of financial data.
European funding worth millions for Bielefeld computer scientist
Professor Barbara Hammer and three European colleagues receive ERC Synergy Grant
Water striders learn from experience how to jump up safely from water surface
You probably do not find it surprising that humans, dogs or cats, can adjust their behavior based on the experience. For instance, we all move more slowly after we slide and fall on the ice when we learn ice-skating. A…
Artificial Intelligence has learned to estimate oil viscosity
A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come in handy for the petroleum industry and other…
Biologists create “atlas” of gene expression in neurons, documenting diversity of brain cells
Using gene sequencing and machine learning, NYU researchers discover new types of neurons, find that gene expression is more diverse during development
AI tool improves breast cancer detection on mammography
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the performance of radiologists in reading breast cancer screening mammograms, according to a study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence . Breast cancer screening with mammography has been shown to improve prognosis…
Data science pathway prepares radiology residents for machine learning
OAK BROOK, Ill. – A recently developed data science pathway for fourth-year radiology residents will help prepare the next generation of radiologists to lead the way into the era of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI-ML), according to a special…
New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world
Using artificial intelligence, UCPH researchers have solved a problem that until now has been the stumbling block for important protein research into the dynamics behind diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as in the development of sustainable…
New AI tool speeds up biology and removes potential human bias
New deep learning software for analysing the choreography of protein movement removes the need for expert human intervention and opens up the field to more labs worldwide
Drones that patrol forests could monitor environmental and ecological changes
Sensors for forest monitoring are already used to track changes in temperature, humidity and light, as well as the movements of animals and insects through their habitat. They also help to detect and monitor forest fires and can provide valuable…
AI helps detect brain aneurysms on CT angiography
OAK BROOK, Ill. – A powerful type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning can help physicians detect potentially life-threatening cerebral aneurysms on CT angiography, according to a study published in the journal Radiology . Cerebral aneurysms are weakened areas…
Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms
On a daily basis, and perhaps without realizing it, most of us are in close contact with advanced AI methods known as deep learning. Deep learning algorithms churn whenever we use Siri or Alexa, when Netflix suggests movies and tv…
Birdwatching from afar: amazing new AI-enabled camera system to target specific behaviors
A research team from Osaka University has developed an innovative new animal-borne data-collection system that, guided by artificial intelligence (AI), has led to the witnessing of previously unreported foraging behaviors in seabirds.
Vitamin D levels during pregnancy linked with child IQ
Study shows disparities among black women
A.I. tool provides more accurate flu forecasts
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology uses location data to provide robust longer-term insights on flu outbreaks
An underwater navigation system powered by sound
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.