Focus On Technology: Recent Episodes
Ann Thompson
Ann Thompson reports on the latest trends in technology and their effects on medicine, safety, the environment or entertainment.
A German church even enabled an avatar to deliver the message. Other churches have utilized ChatGPT to write sermons.
Hybrid electric and sustainable fuel are just a few programs the partnership has taken on.
As the skies become more crowded, a device developed by a Cincinnati-based company could eventually keep the people flying in them safer.
Solvita, formerly the Community Blood Center, harvested donated skull and hip bones and made it flexible to cover the boys heads.
The Foundation Pain Index, developed by Ethos Labs, uncovers the biochemical origins of pain.
The Georgian government has sanctioned a cybersecurity master's degree program between St. Andrews Georgian University and Northern Kentucky University
Their fast and accurate decisions, like deciding which flowers to visit for nectar, could aid robots and self-driving vehicles.
The state is already testing self-driving vans in Southeast Ohio and partnering with East Logistics to deliver goods with automated trucks on interstates.
The chef-scientists are among the first to graduate with Cincinnati State's new Bachelor of Applied Science in Culinary and Food Science.
Beginning Tuesday, 3,000 entrepreneurs and investors will be in Cincinnati with hopes of increasing the number of African Americans in the tech sector.
AI can sort through information quickly, translate and personalize data, but it can also cause news stories to be rife with errors.
Tide Infinity has already been tested in bottle form and as a stain removal pen on the International Space Station.
Concertgoers have gone from passive to active as the performers they've come to see engage them with all kinds of technology.
A trial with traumatic brain injury patients will more closely monitor blood pressure, blood sugar and body temperature and if necessary, administer ketamine to prevent "brain tsunamis."
The University of Cincinnati will test derivatives of the psilocybin Miami University's Dr. Andrew Jones is developing in his lab. These don't have the "trip."
GE is investing another $20 million at the EPISCenter in Dayton to build its seventh test cell for hybrid electric aircraft engine testing
Countries around the world are watching Ukraine's innovation and assessing their own innovation power, or "ability to invent, adopt and adapt new technologies."
Wood Hudson President Julia Carter, Ph.D., has partnered with the EPA and five pharmaceutical companies as students do research in her lab.
The autonomous cleaning robot for salt or freshwater weighs 400 pounds and can fit into the back of a pickup truck.
Ball State Professor of Anthropology Mark Hill thinks it comes down to social networks, not trade.
The University of Dayton is holding a seminar May 24-25 for farmers, chemical manufacturers, drone applicators, and government officials to determine the best nozzle and its placement to cut down on spray drift.
UC Political Science Professor and Chair of the Center for Cyber Strategy Richard Harknett played a key role in the new more aggressive US strategy
The question is not, "Do companies like Amazon and DHL use robots?" it's how many robots do they use?
Observations include: elephants putting little pine trees on their heads, hippos honking and the Komodo dragon waking up to dig for his newly hidden food.
Once employees and corporate executives understand the risks, there are advantages to using ChatGPT and other programs.
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers are entering anonymous data from thousands of former patients to see if they can predict who might be predisposed to anxiety.
Dayton's Millennium Reign Energy designs, manufactures and distributes hydrogen generators to fuel hydrogen fuel cell cars, forklifts, home and more.
80 Acres' new Boone County farm is more advanced than its flagship site in Hamilton, which Communications Manager Jed Portman says "is (now) the least sophisticated and least ambitious farm we'll ever build again."
Cincinnati's Mayfield Brain & Spine is collaborating with Lebanon, Ohio, technology company Palarum to determine if a person's gait can be a predictor of whether spinal cord stimulation will help relieve back pain
Fashion designers are doing some pretty cool things with clothes, including an Italian startup which has designed knitted garments to shield facial recognition technology.
The chip is only accurate to six inches so ball measurement decisions are left up to the chain gang. There are a lot of other analytics coaches can get from the chipped ball and players who wear RFID tags.
The green comet may be a bit of a bust, but planet pairings, shooting stars, a super Blue Moon and partial eclipse are all on the calendar for this year and next.
A recent report from Pew Research Center, The Metaverse in 2040, finds there is both enthusiasm and concern.
The Council on Aging is better equipping caregivers for things like medication management, incontinence, hallucinations, and end of life conversations.
The 179th Airlift wing in Mansfield will now be part of the emerging cyberspace national defense mission.
"Engineering Systems for the Common Good" is a new class taught by Professor Rául Ordóñez. He was inspired to help people while growing up in Ecuador where poverty was all around him.
University of Cincinnati researchers are incorporating such technology as recording equipment and QR codes as they study the social behavior and preservation of bobwhite quails.
Not all school superintendents and school boards understand the risk and don't take the precautions they should, one expert says.
Students flew drones and created digital landscape models from GPS data, allowing them to zero in on new fossils.
Astrophysicist Scott Nutter is part of NASA's TIGERISS experiment, which hopes to answer where atoms essential for life come from.
It may be more expensive but it is more environmentally friendly. And the Motz Group, based in Newtown, has invented a way for the shells to be treated so people who are normally allergic to them don't react.
The organoids, grown from human stem cells, can be customized to reflect specific disease conditions. The most recent involves the liver.
This is the second engine its tested with fuel made up entirely of fats, oils and greases.
When the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art curator Hou-mei Sung questioned the authenticity of a decorative tassel on an ancient horse sculpture, she turned to the University of Cincinnati chemistry department for answers.
Iron overload disorder is killing black and Sumatran rhinos. Scientists at the Cincinnati Zoo wonder if too much iron in the horns may be an early indicator of the condition.
Cincinnati is beginning to see the pollution-reducing effects of a common mineral that has long been used in Europe, Asia and Central America.
Cincinnati is beginning to see the pollution-reducing effects of a common mineral that has long been used in Europe, Asia and Central America.
Cincinnati is beginning to see the pollution-reducing effects of a common mineral that has long been used in Europe, Asia and Central America.
University of Dayton researchers have developed software to not only train highway workers to respond to accidents but to track their physical and eye movement and pupil dilation so safety managers can analyze how they would behave in dangerous situations.
University of Dayton researchers have developed software to not only train highway workers to respond to accidents but to track their physical and eye movement and pupil dilation so safety managers can analyze how they would behave in dangerous situations.
University of Dayton researchers have developed software to not only train highway workers to respond to accidents but to track their physical and eye movement and pupil dilation so safety managers can analyze how they would behave in dangerous situations.
UC Assistant Professor Yeongin Kim describes his sensor as a second skin. It's flexible and has more applications than the Fitbit and the Apple Watch, he says
UC Assistant Professor Yeongin Kim describes his sensor as a second skin. It's flexible and has more applications than the Fitbit and the Apple Watch, he says
UC Assistant Professor Yeongin Kim describes his sensor as a second skin. It's flexible and has more applications than the Fitbit and the Apple Watch, he says
Jobs Ohio is creating corridors where the vehicles can transport blood, organs and different supplies between hospitals
Erlanger's Aquisense Technologies uses LEDs as the UV light source instead of older-style UV tubes.
CincyTech Director of Life Sciences Christin Godale, Ph.d., is now in a better place to either discover a cure herself or recommend investing in groundbreaking research others are doing.
A task force formed by The Council on Foreign Relations has recommendations on what steps the U.S. should take.
Cryo-EM is groundbreaking in the field of structural biology, allowing researchers to get a better look at complex proteins. This is valuable for studying any kind of proteins that are related to any kind of human disease.Now, UC has the technology to do it.
NASA researchers are working with the Department of Energy to create a nuclear fission power station. In June, the space agency chose three companies to draw up preliminary designs.
It's no surprise the person running Ohio prisons — Annette Chambers-Smith, a former tech executive — would upgrade technology for security, health and education in her role as director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Experts predict much of the internet will be metaverse-based by 2030. Not wanting to be left behind, leading brands are dabbling in virtual environments now and finding there is a potential to make a lot of money.
Twenty-one-year-old Stephen Schmidt has career earnings totaling more than $10,000. He has a busy summer and fall planned with at least eight Super Smash Brothers tournaments.
VIZ-AI and other artificial intelligence programs allow doctors to quickly see how severe a stroke is and minimize any brain damage
UD, UC and Cincinnati Children's are working to develop and test a computer model that will learn from unknown variables like human behavior.
A total of $8 billion is up for grabs to states chosen to start one of four hydrogen hubs. The money is part of the infrastructure law, which in this project, hopes to assess the viability of a hydrogen economy from production to processing, delivery, storage and end use.
One idea has pod vehicles protecting you from the next pandemic. The pod could also transport you to a concert, while others communicate with you from their own pods, keeping everyone safe.
The English Lab is the Hamilton County Sheriff Office's newest hire and a gift from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
"Mechanical chemistry" doesn't use liquid to mix up compounds so there is no liquid to hurt the environment. This emerging field of chemistry is called mechanochemistry.
At least one Cincinnati-based company sees it as a solution to prevent birds from flocking on its Downtown building.
Some people don't sound like they want to, and others want to adjust their voice in certain situations. UC researcher Vesna Novak is collaborating with the trans community to find out what a voice training app should include.
Your fingerprint could appear even more unique if a University of Dayton professor and his Penn State colleague are successful in creating a 3D image.
Self-healing reroutes electricity around a problem kind of like a traffic app reroutes you around a car wreck.
Some of the most innovative people in the world are coming to Cincinnati this summer for the newly relocated Black Tech Week. While here, startups will have a chance to connect with other founders and investors.
Layer by layer, Cincinnati International Airport is adding pieces to its predictive passenger persona, the most recent of which is the University of Cincinnati’s artificial intelligence. The two have signed an agreement to work together on crowd prediction.
Some say a lack of funding and interest in African culture over the years points to a scientific racial bias. Historians know a lot more about ancient societies in Europe and Asia than they do about Africa, where human origin is traced.
Juandez “Dez” Scruggs, adaptive sports coordinator for Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, has limited sight. He planned to sit a couple inches away from his 70” TV and watch the big game. Some companies are working on a better way.
A recent analysis of the accuracy of Punxsutawney Phil got WVXU wondering about other animals, realizing some — like the recent Fiona prediction — are set-ups.
Some people with disabilities have faced barriers in their fight against COVID, from getting information about vaccines to booking their appointments online.
Casey's and UDF call it unleaded 88. Thorntons labels it U88. And Tom's Marathon in Harrison calls it E15. No matter what you call it, it's less expensive than traditional fuel.
The Consumer Electronics Show was in person January 5-7 in Las Vegas, shortened a day because of COVID.
"AI will alter our experience as reasoning beings and permanently change our relationship with reality. The result will be a new effort," they write in their book, The Age of AI: And Our Human Future.
CEO of Sonic Signatures Jon Brennan says people don't watch TV ads anymore, so increasingly companies are developing a special sound to stand out.
Fifteen billion dollars in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill has been earmarked for replacing lead water service lines. The problem is there are so many that it might take $60 billion dollars to do the job. And most utilities say they are not ready to comply.
The Smart Mobility Corridor between Dublin and East Liberty through Marysville is open and operating.
Iceland just opened the world's largest carbon capture facility where CO2 is buried in the ground where it turns to rock.
The MX908 mass spectrometer can identify up to 200 substances and the manufacturer says more are being added all the time.
Psilocybin shows promise for treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury and possibly Alzheimer's disease.
Think how much rocket fuel it would take to go 34 million miles and then double it to come back!
Tallgrass prairies, a complex ecosystem that sustains important birds and wildlife, are disappearing at an alarming rate.
One Ohio judge wants to take the technology the courts used during the pandemic to make them more efficient.
UC Health surgeons performed the first endoscopic triple valve procedure in the U.S. on a 63-year-old patient. Less than a week after surgery, the patient was cleared to drive to Chicago with family and have pizza.
Stroke patients and others with limited hand usage could benefit from Adam Zust's device.