Smarter Cancer Predictions

Can AI tell if you have cancer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. If only cancer came with warning labels! Even for doctors, tumors can be misleading, like with Merkel cell carcinoma – a skin cancer. What about letting A-I take a look? Enter DeepMerkel,

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AI in ASL

Look out! It’s the A-Team: A-I and A-S-L! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sign language combines hand and body movements with facial expressions to communicate. Translator apps and software have to work very differently for this visual language. PLUS, sign language is not universal;

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Shake shake shake!

“Shake shake shake, shake your”— boxes?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever shake a box and try to guess what’s inside it? Of course. But how are we able to make reasonable guesses about these complete unknowns? When we mess around with our environment

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Horse-Power

Beep, boop, does not compute.   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   From food delivery to companionship, robots are now part of our daily lives. But they’re far from perfect. So how can we make them better partners?   University of Florida robotics expert

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ChatMD

Chat GPT? More like Chat MD!   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.   Seeing patients, analyzing test results, writing reports – doctors are busy! Could artificial intelligence websites like Chat GPT help lighten the load?   Enter John Ayers from the University of San

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Clouded Checkmate

Is a good chess move all in the … lungs?!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Air pollution is hard on our bodies, particularly our lungs and heart. But can indoor air quality also CLOUD our thinking? Steffen Künn and an international team of researchers

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Smart Cough

Hand holding an smartphone

Ring ring! It’s your health care calling! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Thanks to telehealth, you can now get a diagnosis in your PJs — IF your phone is nearby! But what about a COVID test? Could you screen for infections from the comfort

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Self-Driving Safety

With great autonomous vehicles, comes great autonomous responsibility! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, our reaction time slows and driving gets trickier. The solution? Self-driving cars! However, most autonomous cars require alert drivers ready to take control in an emergency. What if

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I Spy AI!

I spy with my little eye….A-I? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Human intelligence can easily tell elbows from oboes. But ARTIFICIAL intelligence networks are TAUGHT using thousands of pictures. This deep learning technique has achieved extraordinary success at teaching A-I to see and identify

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