BCI technology – Brain–Computer Interface

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

BCI technology allows a human brain and an external device to talk to one another—to exchange signals. It gives humans the ability to directly control machines, without the physical constraints of the body. A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a neural control interface (NCI), mind–machine interface (MMI), direct neural interface (DNI), or brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication pathway between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device. BCIs are oft...

Stanford researchers have developed, print dense transistor arrays on skin-like materials to create stretchable circuits that flex with the body

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Stanford researchers have developed, print dense transistor arrays on skin-like materials to create stretchable circuits that flex with the body Chemical engineer Zhenan Bao and her team of researchers at Stanford have spent nearly two decades trying to develop skin-like integrated circuits that can be stretched, folded, bent and twisted – working all the while – and then snap back without fail, every time. Such circuits presage a day of wearable and implantable products, but one hurdle has ...

‘Openrg’ – Open Research Group -experts leverage their experience from open-science, open-data, and open-source projects to provide support packages and modeling services to businesses and government.

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

OpenRG experts provide support packages and modeling services to business and government. As a public benefit corporation, our mission is to promote the growth of open modeling and to benefit the open-source, open data, and open science ecosystem. It publishes various reports example - Revenue and Distributional Impacts of the American Rescue Plan Act The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provides over half a trillion dollars in tax benefits to Americans. We illustrate how the A...

‘Lambdalabs.com’ – Custom workstations built for deep learning.

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Custom workstations built for deep learning. Pre-installed with Tensorflow, Keras, PyTorch, easily upgrade with Lambda Stack. Built by A.I. Researchers. Every computer comes with Lambda Stack, which includes frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch. Lambda Stack makes upgrading these frameworks easy. https://youtu.be/fI3gvaX1crY Lambda GPU Cloudfor Deep Learning Train the most demanding AI, ML, and Deep Learning models. Scale from a single machine to an entire fleet of VMs with a f...

‘ONNX’ – open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem of technology companies and research organizations

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

The Open Neural Network Exchange is an open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem of technology companies and research organizations that establish open standards for representing machine learning algorithms and software tools to promote innovation and collaboration in the AI sector. https://youtu.be/Ij5MoUnLQ0E Many people are working on great tools, but developers are often locked in to one framework or ecosystem. ONNX is the first step in enabling more of these tools to work ...

China’s Tianjin University’s ‘Brain Talker’ makes “Mind Reading” Possible

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Brain-Computer Codec Chip (BC3) - Brain Talker. This BC3 chip was specially designed to improve the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology, which aims at decoding a user’s mental intent solely through neural electrical signals, without the use of the human body’s natural neuromuscular pathways. “The signals transmitted and processed by the brain are submerged in the background noise. This BC3 chip has the ability to discriminate minor neural electrical signals and decode thei...

‘Anthrotronix’ -Biomedical Assistive Devices like CosmoBot (robot for children), Stroke-Rehab Glove, DANA™ Neurocognitive Assessment Tool …

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

AnthroTronix is a research and development (R&D) firm specializing in the development of advanced interface technology; product development for wearable computing and robotic control systems; and design, development, and testing of simulation tools for training applications. The company supplies its R&D services and advanced product development to commercial and governmental customers. Product Highlights -- CosmoBot CosmoBot is a prototype interactive robot for children wit...

‘Radiative‐Transfer Modelling’ – Machine Learning (ML) model to help long term weather forecasting.

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Atmospheric radiative transfer models simulate the radiative transfer interactions of light scattering and absorption through the atmosphere. These models are typically used for the atmospheric correction of airborne/satellite data and allow retrieving atmospheric composition. Numerical weather prediction (NWP) are poised to take advantage of recent years’ rapid advances in ML. To adapt ML to weather-related applications, it is critical to meet all of these needs at multiple spatial and t...

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Posted on April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Artificial general intelligence is the hypothetical ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task that a human being can. It is a primary goal of some artificial intelligence research and a common topic in science fiction and futures studies. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is an emerging field aiming at the building of “thinking machines”; that is, general-purpose systems with intelligence comparable to that of the human mind (and perhaps ultimately well...

Nanopore DNA and RNA sequencing platform

Posted on April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Nanopore sequencing is a third generation approach used in the sequencing of biopolymers- specifically, polynucleotides in the form of DNA or RNA. Using nanopore sequencing, a single molecule of DNA or RNA can be sequenced without the need for PCR amplification or chemical labeling of the sample. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited is a UK-based company which is developing and selling nanopore sequencing products for the direct, electronic analysis of single molecules. https://youtu.be/...

The Aga Khan University – Innovation Centre.

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

AKU - Innovation Centre (Nairobi, Kenya) Launched in 2019, The Innovation Centre, based in Nairobi was established under the Futures Project as a result of partnership between DW Akademie (DWA) and Graduate School of Media and Communication, Aga Khan University (GSMC, AKU). The Innovation center will be an innovation hub for media innovators who would like a space to develop their ideas into reality. The center was set up to offer a hub for media practitioner, students and acade...

SRILAB – Experts in machine learning and formal reasoning with applications to safe artificial intelligence, probabilistic and quantum programming, AI-driven coding, security and others

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

The Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab (SRI) is a research group in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich and part of the ETH ICE center. We work at the broad intersection of machine learning and formal reasoning with applications to safe artificial intelligence, probabilistic and quantum programming, AI-driven coding, security and others. Our work led to three ETH spin-offs: DeepCode.ai, ChainSecurity, and LatticeFlow. Research List Safe and Interpretable Artificial...

DetectED-X Launches Free Image-based COVID-19 Diagnosis Improvement Tool

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

The Sydney start-up DetectED-X has directed its breast cancer diagnosis tool at the coronavirus, drawing on pandemic cases globally with support from healthcare and industry leaders to ramp up COVID-19 detection. The only online image-based COVID-19 diagnosis improvement tool for healthcare workers is launched by University of Sydney spinoff DetectED-X, drawing on its global experience and outcomes in breast cancer detection and patient cases from the coronavirus pandemic. De...

Neurophotometrics – makes fiber photometry systems for academic & industrial use.

Posted on March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

NEUROPHOTOMETRICS IS A SCIENTIST-RUN FIBER PHOTOMETRY COMPANY DEDICATED TO MAKING HIGH-QUALITY OPTICAL EQUIPMENT FOR OUR SCIENTIFIC COLLEAGUES IN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. Fiber photometry is an imaging method used to monitor fluorescent signals via an implanted fiber optic cannula. Although it is still invasive, the diameter of the cannula is thinner than an endoscope. Therefore, fiber photometry is well-suited to monitor neural population activity in deep tissue, such as the brainstem. ...

‘Neurochip’ -Naweed Syed -Pakistani Canadian – First neuroscientists to prove the feasibility of connecting neurons to a chip. (over 30 years ago)

Posted on March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

A neurochip is an integrated circuit chip (such as a microprocessor) that is designed for interaction with neuronal cells. Neurochip that can sense the electrical activity of the neurons (action potentials) in the above-standing physiological electrolyte solution. It also contains capacitors for the electrical stimulation of the neurons. The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists led by Pakistani-born Canadian scientist Naweed Syed who proved it is possible to cultivate a netw...

InTechOpen – global publisher of Journals and Books within the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. Built by scientists, for scientists.

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

IntechOpen, the world's leading publisher of Open Access books - Built by scientists, for scientists provides a collaborative environment for peer-reviewed scientific content and book publishing of academic research, giving scientific thinking its home. It offers to Read, share and download more than 5,200 peer-reviewed Open Access books It's community, consisting of more than 118,000 like-minded IntechOpen Authors and Academic Editors, was founded for scientists, by scientists. It's Auth...

‘Flavonoids’ provide good health benefits

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Flavonoids are a group of plant metabolites thought to provide health benefits through cell signalling pathways and antioxidant effects. These molecules are found in a variety of fruits and vegetables. Flavonoids are polyphenolic molecules containing 15 carbon atoms and are soluble in water. These natural products are well known for their beneficial effects on health and efforts are being made to isolate the ingredients so called flavonoids. Flavonoids are now considered as an indispensa...

Neural Processing Unit (NPU)

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

A neural processor or a neural processing unit (NPU) is a specialized circuit that implements all the necessary control and arithmetic logic necessary to execute machine learning algorithms, typically by operating on predictive models such as artificial neural networks (ANNs) or random forests (RFs) In Brain - Neural processes is the one that drive coordinated movement, attention, perception, reasoning, and intelligent behavior result from learning and memory. So the computational mechan...

Rocket Lab – private aerospace manufacturer and small satellite launch service provider

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Rocket Lab is a private American aerospace manufacturer and small satellite launch service provider with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. It developed a sub-orbital sounding rocket named Ātea and currently operates a lightweight orbital rocket known as Electron, which provides dedicated launches for smallsats and CubeSats. Rocket labs is enabling companies, students, scientists, researchers, governments and entrepreneurs alike to get their ideas to orbit, right now. A solar syst...

‘Embryonics’ uses AI to identify healthy embryos and increase IVF success

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Embryonics is developing and applying data-driven solutions to improve the journey and the success rates of fertility treatments. https://youtu.be/pN5R4EbkbKU The process of fertilizing a human egg outside the body in order to help those suffering from infertility to conceive is known as in vitro fertilization (IVF). Despite being the most effective method of assisted reproductive technology (ART), the average success rate of IVF is a mere 20-40%. One step that is critical to the succes...

‘Photopheresis’ medical treatment

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Photopheresis is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is treated with a photosensitizing agent and subsequently irradiated with specified wavelengths of light to achieve an effect. Photopheresis, also known as extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), is a medical treatment that removes blood via a machine and isolates white blood cells. Then, these white cells are exposed to a medication called 8-methoxypsoralen followed by UVA irradiation before returning the blood to the...

University Of Pennsylvania’s researcher Mohsen Azadi and his team levitate object using light.

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

At University of Pennsylvania in the mechanical engineer Igor Bargatin’s lab, Mohsen Azadi and his team were able to successfully demonstrate levitation of an object using light. Team built a "nanocardboard,” a material that’s as thin as a few strands of DNA and weighs less than a thousandth of a gram, but stiff enough to resist flopping for levitation. Crookes radiometer - also known as a light mill, the instrument is essentially a glass bulb under partial vacuum with paper vanes that are b...

‘3D Bioprinting’ – use bioink to print living structures.

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

3D Bioprinting is a form of additive manufacturing that uses cells and other biocompatible materials as “inks”, also known as bioinks, to print living structures layer-by-layer which mimic the behavior of natural living systems. Three dimensional bioprinting is the utilization of 3D printing–like techniques to combine cells, growth factors, and biomaterials to fabricate biomedical parts that maximally imitate natural tissue characteristics. 3D bioprinting can be used to reconstruct tissue...

‘Bio-inks’ – materials used to produce engineered / artificial live tissue using 3D printing.

Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Bio-inks are materials used to produce engineered/artificial live tissue using 3D printing. These inks are mostly composed of the cells that are being used, but are often used in tandem with additional materials that envelope the cells. The combination of cells and usually biopolymer gels are defined as a bio-ink. Bioinks may be made from natural or synthetic biomaterials alone, or a combination of the two as hybrid materials. In certain cases, cell aggregates without any additional biomate...

Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy systems – allowing us to gain new insights about many-body quantum kinetics

Posted on January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Terahertz spectroscopy detects and controls properties of matter with electromagnetic fields that are in the frequency range between a few hundred gigahertz and several terahertz (abbreviated as THz). Terahertz (THz) represents the portion of the electromagnetic radiation between the microwave and the infrared region. Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy systems are widely employed to retrieve the chemical and material composition of a sample. This is single-handedly the most important driving mo...

‘Genomelink’ – personal discovery tool to help you understand who you are genetically.

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Genomelink is raw DNA data upload site that provides reports of potential of genomics and the role it will play in our lives over the coming years. Genomelink uses your existing raw DNA data from services like AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, and 23andMe to give you additional insights into your DNA. The list of genetic traits that Genomelink examines is constantly expanding and is based on the latest scientific research. Genomelink analyzes your genetic traits by connecting your raw DNA data...

Hair Science

Posted on January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Initially, hair is white. It gets its natural color from a type of pigment called melanin. The formation of melanin begins before birth. The natural color of our hair depends upon the distribution, type and amount of melanin in the middle layer of the hair shaft or cortex. Hair has only two types of pigments: dark (eumelanin) and light (phaeomelanin). They blend together to make up the wide range of hair colors. Melanin is made up of specialized pigment cells called melanocytes. They posi...

Innovation Engineering THINK TANK & Academics

Posted on January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Eureka! Ranch - Innovation Think Tank & Training Company It helps organizations innovate by filling their pipeline with exciting ideas improving their process to go faster and ship more training their people to think innovatively. It helps organization ideate and execute new ideas for growth in less than 30 days. It process is complete with customer feedback, prototyping, ROI and feasibility scoping. It accelerates development of a new concept into test market using our in-house R&...

NASA intern opportunity

Posted on December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

NASA internships and fellowships leverage NASA’s unique missions and programs to enhance and increase the capability, diversity and size of the nation’s future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Internships are available from high school to graduate level. Internships provide students with the opportunity to participate in either research or other experiential learning, under the guidance of a mentor at NASA. https://youtu.be/WeA7edXsU40 OFFICE OF STEM EN...

Fudan University in Shanghai, China – COVID-19 diagnosis using machine-learning model based on ocular surface features

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

The standard practices for screening patients with COVID-19 are the CT imaging or RT-PCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) for testing viral nucleic acid, which is expensive and in need of professional equipment and waiting time. Fudan University in Shanghai, China has suggested a method that have shown that the COVID-19 patients are usually accompanied by ocular manifestations and constructed a machine-learning model based on ocular surface features and proposed a new screening method ...