Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory have developed Crop Artificial Intelligence Quotient (Crop AIQ) to provide a vital function: agricultural performance assessments that allow land managers to make more informed decisions about how they grow plants for food, feed, fiber and fuel. The tool gives farmers the ability to generate an accurate yield map without having…
AI gets a boost via LLNL, Sambanova collaboration
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has installed a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator from SambaNova Systems, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Monday, allowing researchers to more effectively combine AI and machine learning (ML) with complex scientific workloads. LLNL has begun integrating the new AI hardware, SambaNova Systems DataScale, into the NNSA’s Corona supercomputing…
Beyond Limits and The Carnrite Group partner to promote AI awareness in energy and industrial sectors
Beyond Limits, an industrial and enterprise-grade AI technology company built for the most demanding sectors, and The Carnrite Group, a management consulting firm focused on the energy and industrials sectors, today announced a strategic alliance. Under the new multimillion-dollar revenue driving agreement, The Carnrite Group and Beyond Limits will provide strategic consulting services on the…
Machine-learning technique from Sandia Labs could improve fusion energy outputs
Machine-learning techniques, best known for teaching self-driving cars to stop at red lights, may soon help researchers around the world improve their control over the most complicated reaction known to science: nuclear fusion. Fusion reactions are typically hydrogen atoms heated to form a gaseous cloud called a plasma that releases energy as the particles bang…
What are neural networks?
Neural networks are a way of processing information that is used in both biological nervous systems and in artificial intelligence, or machine learning. Digital computers follow a von Neumann model, moving data from memory, performing clearly defined calculations on it, and then storing the resulting transformed data back in the memory. Neural networks on the…
AI-powered photo-editing tool enhances image resolution
Pixelmator Team, the Lithuanian company behind the photo editor Pixelmator Photo, has released a powerful tool that uses machine learning to enhance the quality of low-res photos. Designed specifically for the upcoming Apple iPad Air and presented during this year’s “Time Flies” Apple event, ML Super Resolution will become the first AI-powered image enlargement tool…
Mastermind Analytics to deliver AI-powered on-demand finance benchmarking
AppZen, an AI solution for modern finance teams, is launching Mastermind Analytics, a first of its kind analytics AI software that identifies spend risks and provides on-demand benchmarks. This gives finance teams visibility of behavior patterns and a valuable assessment of success or areas of improvement. AppZen is experiencing increased demand as CFOs lead digital…
FLIR Systems and VSI Labs fuse thermal, radar, visible sensors and AI to improve AEB systems
FLIR Systems (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the results from recent automatic emergency braking (AEB) tests that examined how adding a thermal sensor and fusing the data with a radar, a visible sensor and a trained neural network can improve pedestrian detection from current AEB systems. Following positive proof-of-concept test results announced earlier this year, FLIR…
Microscopic robots ‘walk’ thanks to laser tech
by Cornell University A Cornell University-led collaboration has created the first microscopic robots that incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled – and made to walk – with standard electronic signals. These robots, roughly the size of paramecium, provide a template for building even more complex versions that utilize silicon-based intelligence, can be mass…
Brain-inspired electronic system could vastly reduce AI’s carbon footprint
by University College London Extremely energy-efficient artificial intelligence is now closer to reality after a study by University College London researchers found a way to improve the accuracy of a brain-inspired computing system. The system, which uses memristors to create artificial neural networks, is at least 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional transistor-based AI…
Three awards will support accelerator R&D for medical treatment, miniaturization and machine learning
By Glenn Roberts Jr. U.S. Department of Energy awards announced in July will advance Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) R&D to develop a more effective and compact particle-beam system for cancer treatment, improve particle-beam performance using artificial intelligence, and develop a high-power, rapid-fire laser system for both tabletop and large-scale applications. In total, the…
Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts
AI software enables real-time 3D printing quality assessment
By Stephanie G Seay Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed artificial intelligence software for powder bed 3D printers that assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment. The software, named Peregrine, supports the advanced manufacturing “digital thread” being developed at ORNL that collects and analyzes data through…
Argonne and Sentient Science develop game-changing computer modeling program to improve discovery and design of new materials
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in conjunction with industry partner Sentient Science, are making the discovery and design of new materials — a notoriously time-consuming and costly process — significantly easier through the development of an artificial intelligence-based computer modeling framework. The research was awarded $150,000 through the DOE’s…
Ironhand wins NASA Commercial Invention of the Year award
Establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon, preparing for crewed missions to Mars, exploring the cosmos, and innovating how society travels by air requires new technologies and software. Each year, through its Inventions and Contributions Board, NASA recognizes the efforts of its engineers, software developers and collaborative partners by awarding Invention of the Year and…
“Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me a snack”
By Jennifer Chu Wouldn’t we all appreciate a little help around the house, especially if that help came in the form of a smart, adaptable, uncomplaining robot? Sure, there are the one-trick Roombas of the appliance world. But MIT engineers are envisioning robots more like home helpers, able to follow high-level, Alexa-type commands, such as…
Quantum technology startup Q-CTRL announces global R&D partnership with Advanced Navigation
Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, today announced a global research and technology development partnership with Advanced Navigation, a leader in AI-based navigational hardware. Q-CTRL and Advanced Navigation entered the partnership in early 2020 in support of their collaborative research and development in quantum-enabled sensing. The two…
Rice shares grant for AI-driven COVID-19 research
By Heather Ferreyra Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering computer scientist Todd Treangen has received a C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Award for computational biology research applying artificial intelligence (AI) models to COVID-19 mitigation. Treangen is developing novel bioinformatics algorithms and driving comparative genomic analyses to determine how SARS-CoV-2 is changing over time. C3.ai is a…
Engineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain. The researchers borrowed from principles of metallurgy to fabricate each…
Smart farms of the future: Making bioenergy crops more environmentally friendly
By Julie Chao Farmers have enough worries – between bad weather, rising costs, and shifting market demands – without having to stress about the carbon footprint of their operations. But now a new set of projects by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could make agriculture both more sustainable and more profitable.…
Biorelate offers free access to AI-based drug discovery tool: Galactic
Biorelate, a UK-based AI start up, is offering all researchers free use of Galactic, its cloud-based web tool, to support biomedical research while lab access is restricted around the world. Systematically analyzing the data available on targets, drugs and disease mechanisms from data repositories and academic papers takes researchers over a year on average. The…
Enabling highways and bridges to prevent their own damage
By Kayla Wiles Roads always seem to need repairs. Luna Lu is giving concrete the ability to “talk” and even heal itself. Her lab at Purdue University is developing technology that would allow concrete-paved bridges and highways to reveal more accurately when they need repairs and to come equipped with materials that respond to potential…
Reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence
Written by Rob Matheson, MIT News Office Artificial intelligence has become a focus of certain ethical concerns, but it also has some major sustainability issues. Last June, researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst released a startling report estimating that the amount of power required for training and searching a certain neural network architecture…
Digital Science partners with Zhipu.AI to conduct data challenges and build COVID-19 information portal
Digital Science, a technology company serving emergent needs across the research sector, is pleased to announce a partnership with Beijing-based technology company Zhipu.AI to conduct data challenges and collaborate in building a COVID-19 information portal. Zhipu.AI, a spin-out from Tsinghua University, aims to build an advanced artificial intelligence engine that can support and empower the…
Why and how researchers can benefit from eye tracking in virtual reality
By Ville Leppälä Virtual reality and eye tracking have been used in research for decades but until recently, the research community hasn’t been able to fully benefit from merging the two technologies. As a result of continued improvements in VR hardware and the underlying technologies that deliver a positive user experience, researchers are now able…