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Vultures and artificial intelligence(s) as death detectors: High-tech approach for wildlife research and conservation

In order to use remote locations to record and assess the behaviour of wildlife and environmental conditions, the GAIA Initiative developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that reliably and automatically classifies behaviours of white-backed vultures using animal tag data. As scavengers, vultures always look for the next carcass. With the help of tagged animals and […]

Punjab successfully tests artificial rain to combat smog

Children play on a street during heavy rain in Pakistan. — Reuters/File The Punjab government successfully tested a local technology for artificial rain on Friday, aiming to combat smog across the province.  Jhelum and Gujar Khan received rainfall just a few hours after ‘cloud seeding’ was conducted in Jhelum, Gujar Khan, Chakwal, and Talagang. The […]

Delhi: Geeta Colony’s resident protest as artificial ghats for Chhath Puja remain dry

Devotees in Delhi’s Geeta Colony staged a protest as the artificial ghats constructed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for Chhath Puja rituals remained dry on Thursday. The devotees took to the streets, chanted slogans, and expressed their discontent, frustrated at being unable to perform Sandhya Puja, which involves offering ‘Arghya’ to Lord Surya. […]

All You Need For Artificial Intelligence Is A Commodore 64

Artificial intelligence has always been around us, with [Timothy J. O’Malley]’s 1985 book on AI projects for the Commodore 64 being one example of this. With AI defined as being the theory and development of systems that can perform tasks that normally requiring human intelligence (e.g. visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making), this book is a […]