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Microsoft’s Seeing AI app, which is designed to help blind and low-vision folks understand more of the world around them. is finally available on Android.
Source: Microsoft’s Seeing AI app for low-vision and blind users comes to Android
Another great use for AI and assistive technologies.
A program at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine uses donated pacemakers for pets with heart problems.
Source: Donated Pacemakers Help Dogs Live Longer
I know there are larger problems in the world, but I find this fascinating.
A 6-year-old Mississippi girl was honored helping to save her mother, who had a seizure and stroke.
Source: 6-year-old honored for saving mom who had a stroke and seizure
Well done!
Troop 8542 is the only Girl Scout troop of its kind: The girls and their families are part of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
Source: California Girl Scout Troop Is Centered on Deaf Community
Very cool.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facility in Palmdale,
Source: NASA’s X-59 Goes from Green to Red, White, and Blue
Exciting.
There are many creatures on our planet with more advanced senses than humans. Turtles can sense Earth’s magnetic field. Mantis shrimp can detect polarized light. Elephants can hear much lower frequencies than humans can. Butterflies can perceive a broader range of colors, including ultraviolet (UV) light.
Source: Seeing the unseen: How butterflies can help scientists detect cancer
Love this.
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.
Source: Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Very cool.
TEXFAD, a company based in Uganda, is using banana leaves and stems to make sustainable fabric, which can then be used to make various everyday goods.
Source: Uganda-Based Company Is Transforming Banana Stems From Waste Into Sustainable Fabric
Neat idea!
Canadian millionaire Marcel LeBrun started 12Neighbours in 2021. The tiny-home community houses 77 people who once struggled to find secure housing.
It’s a complex problem, but I love this as a model of one solution.
Bazella had another hunch: “I’d been switched at birth with another baby at the hospital.”
Source: Woman Switched at Birth Celebrates Birthday with Biological Mom After Decades-Long Search
Twists and turns lead to a very happy ending.