AI-powered Exoskeleton To Predict And Eliminate Hand Tremors
Scientists from the New York University and University of Western Ontario have created an AI algorithm for enhancing robotic solutions like exoskeletons to stop pathological hand tremors, associated with neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson’s disease. In the article “PHTNet: Characterization and Deep Mining of Involuntary Pathological…
Intel Applies AI For Gender Equality
Israeli office has employed AI for International Women’s Day to advise women on their career paths, reported The Times of Israel on March 9. The project “AI for Women” was initiated by Bella Abrahams at Intel with a goal to promote gender equality at the…
Zoo In UEA Pilots AI For Wildlife Conservation
Al Ain Zoo in UAE is piloting the AI project with animal identification software with a goal to safe rare wildlife species, reported news outlet The National on March 9. For now the AI system has been trained to recognize “three flagship species as they…
AI Maps Out Real-Time Coronavirus Data
HealthMap is now updating its coronavirus spread map in real time, using artificial intelligence, reported Wall Street Journal on March 5. Co-founder of HealthMap John Brownstein shared that since other coronavirus maps update their data once a day, the team felt that there is a…
AI To Increase Efficiency Of Sleep Medicine
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shared research results, stating that AI-powered data analysis has a potential to increase efficiency and precision of sleep medicine, shared the organization in the press release on March 2: “Combined with other sources of health data, AI is expected…
AI Helps Track Tour de France Cyclists
Official technology partner of Tour de France has won the B2B annual marketing award on Marketing Week with outstanding results, derived from using such technologies like AI, during the global cycling promo campaign. Unlike tennis tournaments and football matches, cycling events historically have not enjoyed…
China Uses AI To Predict Earthquakes Damage
Chinese AI algorithm developed by University of Science and Technology of China and China Earthquake Administration has successfully undergone the trial period and will be used in monitoring earthquakes in China, reported local outlet Xinhua on March 4. AI-powered earthquake monitoring system will be implemented…
Alibaba Develops AI System To Detect Coronavirus
Chinese tech giant Alibaba research arm has developed AI-powered diagnostic system that can detect coronavirus by reading computerized tomography scans with 96% accuracy rate, reported Nikkei Asia. The researchers from Alibaba’s research institute Damo Academy has reportedly trained the AI model on data sets containing…
IKEA Implements AI To Manage Returns
IKEA has started to use AI-enhanced platform developed by Optoro Inc. to manage returns in 50 of its US locations, reported WSJ on March 2. New AI-powered system integrates other retail management software in order to identify the optimum destination for the returned items. Based…
MasterCard Uses AI To Prevent Fraud In Healthcare
The vice president of the Healthcare, Cyber & Intelligence at MasterCard Beth Griffin has revealed, during the PYMNTS Masterclass interview, that company’s AI-empowered Fraud Detection System is already helping to reduce the numbers of fraud cases in healthcare claims. According to Beth Griffin, in the…
