Artificial Intelligence

  • Tweets, Coupled with AI, Make for a Better Flood Early-Warning System

    Tweets, Coupled with AI, Make for a Better Flood Early-Warning System

    Researchers at the University of Dundee, UK, are bringing Twitter, citizen science and AI techniques together to develop an early-warning system for flood-prone communities. The study was led by Dr. Roger Wang, lecturer of fluid mechanics in civil engineering at the University of Dundee. The research is published in the journal Computers & Geosciences. Rising… Read More

  • New Brain Mapping Technique Can Reveal Your IQ

    New Brain Mapping Technique Can Reveal Your IQ

    A team of international researchers led by the University of Cambridge and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has used a new technique to map the connectivity of human brains by using brain scans from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and found a correlation between the level of brain connectivity and IQ. The study… Read More

  • Metal Printing Opens Door to Flexible, Self-Healing Electronics

    Metal Printing Opens Door to Flexible, Self-Healing Electronics

    A team of researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) has developed a method to create flexible, stretchable electronics capable of self-healing by directly printing metal circuits. The technique is applicable with existing manufacturing systems that require direct printing technologies, and can be used with multiple metals and substrates. The paper, “Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Printing… Read More

  • Duke Researchers Create ‘Superman’ Vision Technology

    Duke Researchers Create ‘Superman’ Vision Technology

    Researchers at Duke University have invented a device to see through walls constructed from practical building materials by using a narrow band of microwave frequencies. This method could be used for security purposes and for the development of inexpensive devices to help construction workers find conduits, pipes, wires, and other building materials inside of walls.… Read More

  • Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device

    Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device

    A research team from the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan has developed an ultrastretchable and deformable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. Kirigami, like Origami, is a Japanese form of paper art, but differs from Origami in that it involves cutting of the paper in addition to folding. Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology With this, lead… Read More

  • Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time

    Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time

    A team of researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has successfully connected a human brain to the internet in real time for the first time in history. The “brainternet” is the creation of Adam Pantanowitz, a lecturer in the university’s School of Electrical & Information Engineering. “I wanted to become the… Read More

  • Binghamton University Researchers Develop Stretchable Battery From Fabric

    Binghamton University Researchers Develop Stretchable Battery From Fabric

    A team of researchers from Binghamton University — State University of New York has created a new battery that is both flexible and stretchable. Made entirely from fabric, this new battery is powered by bacteria and so is environmentally friendly. This new biobattery could potentially be used in wearable electronics one day. The research is… Read More

  • University of Waterloo: Artificial Intelligence Without Internet Now Possible

    University of Waterloo: Artificial Intelligence Without Internet Now Possible

    Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI). New machine learning algorithms, along with compact computer chips small enough to fit on a mobile phone, have allowed for an AI to run independent of the internet. Typical neural networks (known as “tethered” neural networks) require an internet… Read More

  • Rice University’s ‘Compressed Sensing’ Technology Could Reduce MRI Scan Time

    Rice University’s ‘Compressed Sensing’ Technology Could Reduce MRI Scan Time

    Two Rice University researchers have developed a new ‘compressed sensing’ technology that will benefit patients who are required to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosis of their medical conditions. MRI is a noninvasive test that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulses and a computer to produce detailed pictures of the internal body,… Read More

  • No More Need to Turn Off Hearing Aid to Tune Out Background Noise with MSU’s New Technology

    No More Need to Turn Off Hearing Aid to Tune Out Background Noise with MSU’s New Technology

    A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) is developing a revolutionary hearing aid technology that would eliminate background noise heard through devices currently used by people who have need of a hearing aid. While hearable technologies have improved many people’s ability to hear, there are some situations where the devices have been proven… Read More

  • Bringing ‘Transformers’ to Life: MIT’s New Multitasking Robot Changes Outfits to Suit Tasks

    Bringing ‘Transformers’ to Life: MIT’s New Multitasking Robot Changes Outfits to Suit Tasks

    Image – Courtesy of the MIT Researchers Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created a robot capable of altering its appearance and abilities by changing exoskeletons. This design is a departure from traditional thinking in robotics, in which robots are built to perform one task or suit one particular purpose.… Read More

  • UCLA Researchers Create ‘Personalized Cooling System’ for Mobile Electronics

    UCLA Researchers Create ‘Personalized Cooling System’ for Mobile Electronics

    A team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI International, an independent, nonprofit research center, have created a thin flexible device that functions as a cooling mechanism to prevent overheating in mobile electronics. This is the first demonstration of a physical object that can change a material’s… Read More

  • University of Texas at Austin Researchers Invent Pen That Accurately Detects Cancer in 10 Seconds

    University of Texas at Austin Researchers Invent Pen That Accurately Detects Cancer in 10 Seconds

    A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has invented a pen device capable of accurately identifying cancerous tissue in just 10 seconds. The MasSpec Pen will help surgeons pinpoint cancerous tissue during surgery, so they know where to cut or preserve.   “One of the real problems in… Read More

  • Tired of Traffic? Carnegie Mellon’s AI Traffic Tech Cuts Travel Times and Emissions

    Tired of Traffic? Carnegie Mellon’s AI Traffic Tech Cuts Travel Times and Emissions

    Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have installed smart traffic signals to monitor and conduct traffic lights at select intersections in a pilot area in Pittsburgh. The technology uses existing cameras and radar systems to track traffic in real time. Then, an artificial intelligence (AI) uses algorithms to determine the best way to move the… Read More

  • University at Buffalo Researchers Develop New Optical Device That Could Detect Drugs or Explosives

    University at Buffalo Researchers Develop New Optical Device That Could Detect Drugs or Explosives

    A team of researchers led by engineers from University at Buffalo in New York (UB) has developed an optical device that has the potential to vastly increase the sensitivity and effectiveness of current drug and explosive detection techniques. The University Network (TUN) spoke with Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering in the School of… Read More

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