‘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 ...

‘Sion electric car’ – that charges itself through the power of the sun.

Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Sion electric car has a range of up to 255 kilometers that charges itself through the power of the sun. It has 248 solar cells seamlessly integrated into the body of solar car. The Sion can add 112 km on average (up to 245 km) of driving range per week through solar energy to the car’s battery. Full self-sufficiency on short distances. https://youtu.be/nBtClb8v_bQ Sion has developed a unique process that allows it to integrate the solar cells into the injection mold, thus integrating...

‘Creaform’ – 3D Hand Scanner

Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

3D scanning has an important place at the beginning and end of 3D fabrication workflows. Engineers, product designers, and researchers use 3D scanners as a faster and more efficient way to start constructing digital models, whether by incorporating existing designs via reverse engineering, digitizing hand-sculpted designs e HandySCAN 3D | SILVER Series delivers accurate and reliable 3D measurements regardless of the measurement setup quality and the user’s experience level. Featuring dynamic...

Innovative Apps

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

DIGISET LLC - Take picture of a document and save it as pdfImages to PDF in 3 easy steps + Open AppSelect images or take picturesPress Convert to PDFhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/photos-pdf-scanner-converter/id1210034113 CamCard -Business Card Scanner Business card scanner & readerhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/camcard-business-card-scanner/id349447615 CodeRED mobile alertCodeRED LauncherONSOLVE, LLChttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecnetwork.coderednext&hl=...

‘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...

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...

Tianjic chip – a novel brain-inspired computing chip

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

Professor Luping Shi in the Center for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, in the Department of Precision Instrument, published an important research result --- Tianjic, a novel brain-inspired computing chip. This chip is the world’s first hybrid-paradigm chip for brain-inspired computing to facilitate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). the development of AGI mainly has two approaches: computer-science-oriented and neuroscience-oriented. Both have their own...

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/...

Kobi – self-driving lawn mower

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

Mean Green Mowers has partnered with Kobi Company to develop an autonomous commercial electric mower. Dubbed the ATOM, it is a 74-inch autonomous commercial mower that uses artificial intelligence to find its way around. The self-driving technology of The Kobi Company installed on a device of Mean Green Mowers. Highly accurate, efficient and robust to solve the labor issue in the industry. Mean Green Mowers unveiled its new product, in partnership with the robotics company Kobi to ...

China’s new Beijing Daxing International Airport -World’s largest airport terminal, spanning 7.5 million square feet

Posted on March 28, 2021March 29, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Beijing's new Daxing International Airport (PKX) is now the world's largest airport terminal, spanning 7.5 million square feet—the equivalent of 98 soccer fields. With the runways and annexes, its whole surface covers 18 square miles. Beijing Daxing International Airport, is a large international airport located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei Province. The airport is Beijing's second international airport, after Beijing Capital International Airport.It has been nicknamed "the s...

‘Whoop’ – physiological data 24/7 to provide the most accurate and granular understanding of your body

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

WHOOP Strap 3.0 collects physiological data 24/7 to provide the most accurate and granular understanding of your body. DAILY ANALYTICS help optimize the way you recover, train, and sleep with daily reporting on mobile and desktop apps. Know how hard to work with the all new Strain Coach. Discover how much sleep you actually need and how you can align it to your circadian rhythm using the Sleep Coach. Know where your strengths lie and where you can improve. WHOOP provides the latest te...

Cyberdyne’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton

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

The Hybrid Assistive Limb is a powered exoskeleton suit developed by Japan's Tsukuba University and the robotics company Cyberdyne. It is designed to support and expand the physical capabilities of its users, particularly people with physical disabilities. Cyberdyne’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton, which uses sensors placed on the skin to detect small electrical signals in the patient’s body and respond with movement at the joint, are designed to assist patients rehabilitate from c...

‘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...

ComCrop -Singapore’s commercial urban rooftop farming unit

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

ComCrop is Singapore’s urban farming pioneer, and we grow food on rooftops near where communities live by reinvigorating marginalized spaces and embracing marginalized workforces to grow and harvest the highest quality pesticide-free produce in Singapore. Building Sustainability in Singapore ComCrop currently produces over 150kg of leafy greens every month and they are scaling up. ComCorp uses advanced hydroponic technology that uses 90% less water than traditional farming, which makes...

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...

‘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...

‘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...

‘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...

Robots helping during Covid 19

Posted on January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Robots have been deployed to help during Covid 19 for various purposes duing Covid 19. ABB SCARA robots are being used to deliver high-precision performance as part of a new automated laboratory system being deployed in Singapore to help in the fight against COVID-19. The system, known as the Rapid Automated Volume Enhancer (RAVE) uses the robots to automate several of the laborious tasks involved in sample processing, enabling up to 2,000 samples to be prepared in a single day, around ...

‘reMarkable’ – Tablet that replaces a paper notepad

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

A digital notebook that can replace paper and notepad. reMarkable2 - The world's thinnest tablet. Organize your thoughts with the only tablet that feels like paper. True paper feel. Weeks of battery. Paper-like sketching. No distractions. Annotate directly. No lag whatsoever. Readable in sunlight. reMarkable 2 is0.19 in / 4.7 mm reMarkable 2 is 30% thinner than reMarkable 1. reMarkable 2 features the second-generation CANVAS display, which reduces the writing latency to just 21 ms. ...

Shimao Wonderland InterContinental- China’s underwater hotel

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

Shimao Wonderland InterContinental hotel Built into the side of a quarry in the Sheshan Mountain Range, the hotel has 336 rooms on 18 floors. Built into8 an abandoned quarry about 20 miles from Shanghai, the hotel includes two underwater floors and a green rooftop that blends into the surrounding countryside. The unique design takes advantage of the location and natural elements such as the rocky cliffs, waterfalls, and surrounding hills. A glass waterfall atrium pour...

PERI – 3D-printed residential building in Germany

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 by IE Article Contributor

3D construction printer can be used to create concrete structures in a quick and cost-effective manner, and with a significant degree of design flexibility - without the need for formwork. This makes the procedure an ideal alternative to brick construction. PERI builds the first 3D-printed apartment building in Germany Building consisting of 5 apartments across 3 floors with approx. 380 square metres of living space constructed using a 3D construction printerThe largest printed apartment...

Plant consciousness & Biocommunication

Posted on December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

Research is being conducted to understand Plant consciousness & Biocommunication. Research still is in progress, but some suggest - Plants may not have feelings but they are indeed alive and have been described as sentient life forms that have “tropic” and “nastic” responses to stimuli. Plants can sense water, light, and gravity — they can even defend themselves and send signals to other plants to warn that danger is here, or near. ...

Precision medicine

Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

Precision medicine is an approach to patient care that allows doctors to select treatments that are most likely to help patients based on a genetic understanding of their disease. This may also be called personalized medicine. PrecisionMed, Inc PrecisionMed, Inc. offers vital products and services facilitating breakthroughs in genetics, drug discovery, biomarker research, and molecular diagnostics. They offer high quality, accurately annotated human biological material and are the largest...

Diagnosing Disease by Voice – using digital Bio-Markers to tell If You have a chronic disease

Posted on December 19, 2020December 20, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

Speech is a complex process that requires coordination with our brain, muscles, and respiratory system. Diagnosing Disease by Voice - using digital Bio-Markers to tell If You Have a Chronic Disease Biomarkers are patterns in your voice like pitch, tone, volume, rhythm and rate that can reveal a variety of health conditions. Many companies have started research to develop Biomarkers for early diagnosing. Research on - Automated assessment of psychiatric disorders usi...

Serum Institute of India – world’s largest maker of vaccines

Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

Serum Institute of India is a manufacturer of immunobiological drugs including vaccines in the city of Pune, India. Serum Institute of India is ranked as India's No. 1 biotechnology company, manufacturing highly specialized life saving biologicals like vaccines using cutting edge genetic and cell based technologies, antisera and other medical specialties. Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. is now the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally (m...

Supercomputers – Powering the next generation of Industrial revolution

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions per second (MIPS) https://youtu.be/oegYLRXcw3o Innovative Computing Lab with the University of Tennessee Fugaku – exascale supercomputer, at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It's one of the top in performance in c...

Nano Dimension – Additively Manufactured Electronics. (3D printing technology for electronics components)

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) - 3D printing technology for electronics components Additive manufacturing machines can produce conductor, resistor, dielectric and semiconductor inks which can be processed to create both active and inert components. Shielding, antennas and sensors are just some of the types of electronic components which can be created. https://youtu.be/MDfSrb7FQ7w AME system adds more polymer and more conductive material layer-by-layer to create a 3D objec...

Microsoft underwater datacenter

Posted on October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 by IE Article Contributor

The underwater datacenter concept splashed onto the scene at Microsoft in 2014 during ThinkWeek, an event that gathers employees to share out-of-the-box ideas. The concept was considered a potential way to provide lightning-quick cloud services to coastal populations and save energy. More than half the world’s population lives within 120 miles of the coast. By putting datacenters underwater near coastal cities, data would have a short distance to travel, leading to fast and smooth web surfin...