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·Apr 25

Visionary Female CEOs Create Unique Solutions for Communication

Their Signal Processing Innovations Push the Edges of Tech No one disputes that women are underrepresented in STEM fields. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, reported that only 28% of the world’s researchers are women, current female student enrollment is low in areas such as information and communications technology at 3%, and only 5% of current…

Engineering

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Visionary Female CEOs Create Unique Solutions for Communication

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·Mar 1

Machine Learning Helps Fix Broken Hearts

Startup Brings Arrhythmia Treatment into the 21st Century When someone has a heart problem, doctors turn to a tool developed over 120 years ago, the electrocardiogram (ECG). ECGs allow doctors to see what’s occurring inside the heart without surgery or expensive imaging tools. They record the heart’s electrical signals through the skin via sticky electrodes adhered to a…

Machine Learning

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·Feb 22

What is A\A?

by Cleve Moler The answer: A\A is always I, except when it isn’t. Why A\A ? I have been explaining our backslash operator for almost 50 years, but I have to admit that the title of today’s blog post looks a bit strange. You never see 3\3 for numbers. So, what is A\A…

Mathematics

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$What is A\A?$

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·Feb 21

Building a Microscope That Sees with Helium

Shooting Small Atoms at Samples Doesn’t Damage Delicate Specimens — Sometimes, the “light” we need to look at something can damage it. That’s the inspiration for a new class of microscope being developed at the University of Cambridge and the University of Newcastle, in Australia. Scientists already have a plethora of imaging methods. Optical microscopes, which focus light through lenses…

Engineering

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Building a Microscope That Sees with Helium

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·Feb 16

Detection of ships on satellite images using YOLO v2 model

by Laura Martinez Molera This post is from Primož Potočnik, Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory of Synergetics. …

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Detection of ships on satellite images using YOLO v2 model

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·Feb 14

Self-Driving Trucks Could Alleviate Supply Chain Problems

Computer Modeling Helps Build the Future of Autonomous Semi Trucks — Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of workers rise from their beds in the middle of the night to climb into the tight quarters of the cabin of a big rig. This workforce hauls billions of tons of cargo every year to warehouses, groceries stores, and ports. The shipping industry…

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Self-Driving Trucks Could Alleviate Supply Chain Problems

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·Feb 7

Community Q&A — Yair Altman

by John Kelly Yair Altman is a top participant on MATLAB Central, especially within File Exchange. He is best known for being the current author of export_fig. When did you first get exposed to MATLAB and Simulink? My first exposure was during my national service back in the early…

Programming

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·Feb 7

Combining Artificial Intelligence and Footwear Improves Diabetes Treatment

Smart Shoe for Diabetic Neuropathy Gets a Tech Upgrade In 2012, Siddharth Nair’s mother started developing symptoms of diabetic neuropathy. The condition rapidly spread through her legs, leaving her nearly paralyzed. She tried supplements to help treat neuropathy but noticed no improvements. The physiotherapy treatment option was prohibitively expensive. …

Diabetes

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·Feb 7

Where Are They Now? — Joe Martin, ZF Friedrichshafen AG

by Tanya Kuruvilla Today we’re talking to Joe Martin from ZF Friedrichshafen AG. As a student at the University of Michigan — Ann Arbor between 2010–2015, Joe participated in Formula SAE and Formula Student Germany. What Did You Learn in the Competition? Why did you choose to get involved in the competition? I’ve always loved cars. From when I was a little kid, playing with Hotwheels and…

Students

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Where Are They Now? — Joe Martin, ZF Friedrichshafen AG

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·Jan 24

Voice Interface: The Touchscreen of the Next Century

How AI and Signal Processing Came Together to Track the DNA of Sound With its compelling tagline, “Signal processing that thinks,” Boston, Mass.-based startup Yobe Inc. …

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Voice Interface: The Touchscreen of the Next Century