Technology
AI reduces ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people by as much as half
15 Jun 2020Researchers have used artificial intelligence to reduce the ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people with motor disabilities who rely on computers to...
Improved MRI scans could aid in development of arthritis treatments
09 Jun 2020An algorithm that analyses MRI images and automatically detects small changes in knee joints over time could be used in the development of new...
A good egg: robot chef trained to make omelettes
01 Jun 2020A team of engineers have trained a robot to prepare an omelette, all the way from cracking the eggs to plating the finished dish, and refined the ‘...
AI techniques in medical imaging may lead to incorrect diagnoses
12 May 2020Machine learning and AI are highly unstable in medical image reconstruction, and may lead to false positives and false negatives, a new study...
Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries
20 Apr 2020In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local...
3D printed corals could improve bioenergy and help coral reefs
09 Apr 2020Researchers have designed bionic 3D-printed corals that could help energy production and coral reef research.
Interactive tool shows the science behind COVID-19 control measures
08 Apr 2020An online tool to illustrate the effects of different COVID-19 control measures has been developed by a team of University of Cambridge researchers...
New app collects the sounds of COVID-19
06 Apr 2020A new app, which will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms that could automatically detect whether a person is suffering...
AI techniques used to improve battery health and safety
06 Apr 2020Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict battery health with 10x higher accuracy than current industry standard, which...
Progress using COVID-19 patient data to train machine learning models for healthcare
03 Apr 2020Following from last week's call for governments to use machine learning and AI techniques to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic...
Identification of viruses and bacteria could be sped up through computational methods
30 Mar 2020A new multinational study has shown how the process of distinguishing viruses and bacteria could be accelerated through the use of computational...
Women in STEM: Krittika D'Silva
05 Mar 2020Krittika D'Silva is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, a Gates Cambridge Scholar and a member of Jesus College...