Officials say the future of wildfire detection is cameras. But in northwest Montana, solitary humans on mountaintops still do more than machines alone can offer.
Tag: Sensors
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NASA’s New Air Pollution Satellite Will Give Hourly Updates
A new mission will provide hourly updates of air quality in the United States.
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A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines and waste that have made construction increasingly costly.
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Dozens of Children Die in Hot Cars Each Year. Back-Seat Sensors Could Save Them.
A moment of forgetfulness by a distracted or sleep-deprived parent can be devastating. Experts and child-safety advocates have called for interior motion sensors in all vehicles.
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Avi Loeb’s Deep Dive for Alien Life Is Making Other Scientists Gasp
The Harvard astrophysicist says that material recovered from the seafloor could be from an extraterrestrial spacecraft. His peers aren’t shy about their skepticism.