How IoT Will Transform Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
The pharmaceutical industry heavily involves research and development, manufacturing, testing, and quality control. Unfortunately, although these operations sound like they should be using cutting-edge technology, they’re simply not. Many pharmaceutical companies are using manufacturing processes that are decades old and out of date. These processes are a perfect fit for the Internet of Things (IoT), […]
Smartphones: The New Way to Train Neural Networks?
We know artificial intelligence (AI) to be a workhorse technology that can take nearly any information and make sense of it. But AI is still running into growing pains as hardware hasn’t caught up to the rapid and accelerated growth that AI software and research are experiencing. The tools behind many AI applications, often neural […]
How Natural Language Processing AI Is Detecting COVID-19 Variants
Natural language processing (NLP) is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is used to analyze words, tone, underlying meaning, and phrases. But that’s not all NLP is being used for. Recently, biology researchers from Boston-based MIT started applying NLP algorithms to predict virus mutations and generate protein sequences, allowing them to detect new COVID-19 variants […]
Healthcare: When AI Biases Become Dangerous
Algorithms have done really well when they’re looking at a greyscale radiologic image that’s not connected to skin color. But more and more evidence points to the inherent biases that algorithms operate on. These biases are magnified when the algorithm is used in healthcare, where a patient’s life and livelihood could be at stake based […]
5 Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed IoT Data Storage
During the pandemic, a host of new Internet of Things (IoT) use cases has popped up, requiring robust security protocols, strong connectivity, and real-time data storage. These include remote work, remote learning, and increased streaming video and video games. Online shopping is an additional use case that has required companies, their warehouses, logistical organizations (like […]
Thanks to AI, Cars May Soon Be Able to Sense Your Emotions
Pretend you’re on your daily work commute. Stuck in the stop-and-go traffic on your local highway, you start getting a little nervous — you have a big presentation today at your job, and it could be the difference between a promotion and staying in the same role for yet another year. As you ponder this […]
Can This Company Rewrite the Future of Genetic Engineering?
Crispr is well-known globally for its ability to manipulate genes by finding the appropriate genomic sequence and editing through cut-and-paste methods. Although the potential for Crispr is endless, it hasn’t been used in many human experiments. Victoria Gray received a successful infusion of Crispr cells a year ago for her sickle cell disease, but researchers […]
How AI Is Helping Us Understand More About the Ocean
The sea is one of man’s final frontiers. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, so there’s quite a lot to explore! But what do you do if you need to find something specific in this vast expanse of water? You call Google! Ann Allen, an ecologist and researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
How the Internet of Things Is Helping Us Deal With COVID-19
If you ever imagined what a world-threatening crisis would look like, you probably thought it would involve nuclear bombs, global warming, or maybe even aliens. But it turns out that a virus strain never before encountered can turn the world upside down, halting business operations and the global economy for months. This year is going […]
Want Better Sleep? There May Soon Be an App for That
It can be difficult to get a good night’s rest; sometimes, counting sheep just doesn’t cut it. And without a sleep tracking device like the Apple Watch or Fitbit, it’s even harder to accurately gauge whether you had restful Zzzz or a restless night. CVS Health recently launched a medical application, called Sleepio, to help […]