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Posts in October 2019
Take Part in Open Innovation Challenges
Oct-30-19 By IdeaConnectionStretch your creative muscles and earn big money prizes by taking part in open innovation competitions and challenges. IdeaConnection's Contests and Challenges page is the world's biggest and most popular list of live challenges. Currently, there are 68 challenges with more than $67 million in prize money available. Here are a few highlights of some of the listed challenges.
Launch of the World’s First Artificial Intelligence University
Oct-25-19 By IdeaConnectionThe world's first graduate-level university for the study of artificial intelligence is set to open in September 2020. The news comes amid projections that the global business value derived from AI will reach almost $4 trillion by 2022.
Using Crowdsourcing to Locate Mining Drill Sites
Oct-23-19 By IdeaConnectionDuring this quarter Australian based mining company OZ Minerals will start drilling at a new site, based on a three-month crowdsourcing campaign. Earlier this year the miner offered up project data and an Australian $1 million (US $688,000) prize pool.
MIT Gives Robots a Faster Grip
Oct-21-19 By IdeaConnectionFor humans picking up stuff is pretty easy. Not so for robots, despite all their electronic wizardry. However, scientists at MIT have developed a new way that helps robots get a grip much faster.
Pete the Fern Takes the World’s First Plant Selfie
Oct-18-19 By IdeaConnectionA plant in the United Kingdom has taken the world's first botanical selfie.
The honour goes to a maidenhair fern, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
AI Trained to Predict Future Medical Discoveries
Oct-11-19 By IdeaConnectionAn artificial intelligence (AI) program has been trained to read scientific papers and predict which ones are likely to translate into medical treatments. Its purpose is to decrease the sometimes decades-long intervals between discovery and clinical application.
Could This Inchworm Robot Revolutionize Industries?
Oct-09-19 By IdeaConnectionA team of researchers from the University of Toronto has created a small robot that moves in the same way as an inchworm. According to the scientists, the technology underlying their feat could transform multiple industries such as aviation and smart wearables.
Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton
Oct-04-19 By IdeaConnectionA paralyzed man has been able to walk again thanks to a mind-controlled four-limb robotic suit, or exoskeleton. The patient trained for months using brain signals to control a computer-simulated avatar before using the robotic device.
How to Weigh a Living Whale
Oct-02-19 By IdeaConnectionHow do you accurately weigh a living whale? It's probably not a question that's troubled you at all, but it has left scientists scratching their heads in puzzlement over the years. Well now, they are mystified no more because researchers from Denmark have solved the conundrum thanks to aerial photographs taken by drones.