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US Air Force to detect IEDs, other threats using AI and X-ray machines
A collaboration between the United States Air Force and an artificial intelligence (AI) defense company is examining whether the detection of threats at U.S. military base entry-control points (ECPs) might be improved with AI, according to reports.
Engineer improves traffic stop safety with robot cop
A police robot that can approach drivers and issue tickets without human police officers leaving their patrol cars.
India to patrol borders with robots
Scientists in India have been developing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots to patrol that country’s borders, according to reports.
Watch a breakthrough in bioprinting replacement organs
A new open-source bioprinting method enables production of the complex vasculature needed to supply nutrients to densely populated tissues.
Microrobots may someday perform dental cleanings
Using one robotic system designed for surfaces and a second designed for confined spaces, the team comprised of dental clinicians and engineers was able to show that microrobots could destroy biofilms with catalytic activity.
Researchers suggest that facial recognition tech works with half of the face
Using artificial intelligence (AI), the team demonstrated that it was possible to accurately identify people when only half or three-quarters of their faces were visible, achieving 100% recognition rates. The study is reportedly the first of its kind to apply machine learning to gauge recognition rates for just parts of a face.
An AI approach to improve IVF success
The method can identify with a great degree of accuracy whether a 5-day-old, in vitro fertilized human embryo has a high potential to progress to a successful pregnancy.
Chemical toxicity testing without animal models
Evaluation of chemical toxicity has traditionally relied on the use of laboratory animal models or in vitro bioassays, protocols that may soon be eliminated in favor of a low-cost, high-speed algorithm.
Video: Donor organ delivered by drone in Maryland
The demonstration of rapid delivery by drone is expected to broaden access to donated organs and improve the outcomes for more people in need of organ transplants.
Eighth-grade girls outperform male peers on engineering, technology assessments
Eighth-grade girls outperformed their male peers, scoring on average five points higher on the Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment, which was administered by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Report: High school girls have lower grades, less higher learning if overly exposed to high-achieving boys
The authors suggest that the reason for the effect is likely a lack of confidence.
Researchers using AI and voice analysis to diagnose PTSD
Researchers from the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine are using an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans by analyzing their voices.
Revealing the brain’s mysteries, one neuron at a time
To truly understand how the brain works, scientists must study it at the small-scale level of individual cells as well as at the large scale, simulating all of the brain’s billions of neurons and trillions of synapses.
First heart is 3D printed with patient's own cells
Cardiac structures have been previously 3D printed, and now scientists have 3D printed a heart containing blood vessels, cells and chambers, using patients’ own biological material.
Researchers make predictions about future fatal stabbing events based on data analytics
Criminologists from the University of Cambridge are using 12 months’ worth of knife crime data to help make predictions about future fatal stabbing events in London neighborhoods.
Vector flow imaging aids diagnostics for pediatric heart patients
The technology was used for the first time to analyze the hemodynamics in children with congenital heart defects.
Report: University will be the first in Japan to take roll call with facial recognition technology
A university in Japan is poised to become the first in the country to check student attendance using facial recognition technology, according to reports.
Academic publisher publishes first machine-generated book
Academic publisher Springer Nature has published what is reportedly the first machine-generated book.
Video: Malware can counterfeit cancer on medical images
Malware can be designed to tamper with medical scans for a variety of nefarious reasons.
Watch how space pants soothe PAD patients
A piece of astronaut apparatus is being tested as a means of providing in-home therapy and relief for patients suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD).