(0:45) - Modeling How Climate Change Impacts Forest Fires:
Wildfires have been wreaking havoc on the nation’s forests and it is now more important than ever to understand how our changing climate is impacting our most treasured ecosystems. Computer simulations can provide great insight but when considering the number of variables that contribute to forest fires it becomes clear that traditional approaches would be too computationally intensive to be feasible. That’s where the researchers at the Technical University of Munich come in: they’ve built a neural network capable of recognizing patterns between the key parameters that result in forest fires which uses only a fraction of the computational power required via the traditional approach.
(6:35) - Getting Dressed With Help From Robots:
Do you find yourself thinking “I wish a robot could do this” when dressing yourself in the morning? Well, soon you might be able to get one of those exact robots in your own home! MIT researchers have been developing a robot to assist people when getting dressed and although they’ve made some impressive progress, there are some bumps they’ve hit on their path all centered around one object: people. People’s varying preferences regarding getting clothed and safety in general has caused their algorithm to become overwhelmed. Regardless, the team is making great progress in the human-robot-interaction front and paving the way for similar future projects.
(15:15) - Drone To Evacuate Nursing Homes In Case Of Emergency:
A student group - named the ‘Blue Jays’ - from Technical University of Eindhoven have developed a drone to calmly guide the elderly out of nursing homes during emergencies. The drone is powered by a neural network to analyze the facial features of people and determine their emotions which it can respond to. Their hope is that this aerial companion can help provide a sense of comfort to those who are distressed while the first responders operating the drone can instruct those in the building on how to safely exit.
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(3:48) - This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
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(6:11) - Engineering the Fields: Dyson's Leap from Gadgets to Agriculture
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(0:40) - Teaching AI CAD Is Hard
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(3:30) - AI Discovers That Not Every Fingerprint Is Unique
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(3:12) - Measuring Stress
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(3:13) - Aided by AI, New Catheter Design Prevents Bacterial Infections
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(3:55) - Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson's disease
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