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Peritus.ai Launches New AI-Powered Assistant to Improve Support on Cloud-Native Forums

Peritus.ai, the AI recommendation engine for support automation, today announced the general availability of the Peritus Assistant for Cloud-Native technology forums to significantly improve support for technologies including Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies.

24 Mar 2021

New Warning System for Events that Pose a Risk to Aviation Safety

The goal of ALARM, a European R&D&I project managed by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is to design a system that is capable of tracking and providing early warnings regarding natural events that pose a threat to aviation safety.

24 Mar 2021

Robotic Arms May Lead to Recyclable, Rollable Road Pavements

Empa researchers are exploring new ways to reinforce roads through simple techniques and to recycle them easily after use. The researchers’ tools include a few meters of string and a robot.

24 Mar 2021

New Algorithm Could Aid the Rise of Soft Robots for Tricky Tasks

Soft robot development could benefit from an algorithm that optimizes sensor placement allowing such machines to better ‘understand’ their environments.

By Robert Lea 23 Mar 2021

AI-Based Image Analysis Helps Identify Hematological Malignancies that Elude the Human Eye

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a disease of the stem cells in the bone marrow, which disturbs the maturing and differentiation of blood cells. Annually, some 200 Finns are diagnosed with MDS, which can develop into acute leukaemia. Globally, the incidence of MDS is 4 cases per 100,000 person years.

23 Mar 2021

Teaching Artificial Intelligence Algorithms How to be More Fair

"What is fair?" feels like a rhetorical question. But for Michigan State University's Pang-Ning Tan, it's a question that demands an answer as artificial intelligence systems play a growing role in deciding who gets proper health care, a bank loan or a job.

23 Mar 2021

Virtual Lab Finds AI Tools Best Suited for Addressing Chemical Synthesis Challenges

Having the right tool for the job makes the job a lot easier, less expensive and faster. Chemical engineering researchers have now developed a virtual laboratory that can be used to determine the artificial intelligence (AI) tools best suited for addressing various chemical synthesis challenges in flow chemistry systems.

23 Mar 2021

MIT Researchers Develop Algorithm to Aid the Design of Soft Robots

There are some tasks that traditional robots -- the rigid and metallic kind -- simply aren't cut out for. Soft-bodied robots, on the other hand, may be able to interact with people more safely or slip into tight spaces with ease.

23 Mar 2021

People with Nerve Injuries can Benefit from Virtual Reality

Individuals can feel physical pain in several different ways, but those suffering from nerve injuries usually have a dysfunctional pain suppression system, which renders them specifically prone to discomfort.

22 Mar 2021

Intelligent Insect Counter Could Significantly Boost Nature Monitoring

3,938 moths are part of a major insect study based on artificial intelligence, and researchers from Aarhus University have just published their results in the scientific journal Sensors.

22 Mar 2021

New Project Aims to Establish Automated System for SARS-CoV-2 Analysis in Wastewater

Hokkaido University, Robotic Biology Institute Inc., iLAC Co., Ltd., and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) toward the establishment of an automated system for the analysis of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in wastewater.

22 Mar 2021

AI-Based Method can Automate and Streamline Seed Quality Analysis

In Brazil, researchers affiliated with the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) and the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), both part of the University of São Paulo (USP), have developed a methodology based on artificial intelligence to automate and streamline seed quality analysis, a process required by law and currently done manually by analysts accredited with the Ministry of Agriculture.

22 Mar 2021