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Next Innovation Scholars tune in to ‘CREATE’ social innovation challenge
With a background in architecture, Newman guided students to think about how the environment helps shape behavior and activities. Each team presented their poster-board concepts for the space, accentuating the profound positive impacts of integrating an adaptable music program with state-of-the-art technology to not only enhance well-being, learning and cognitive function but also contribute to…
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NWI high schoolers take part in innovation workshop meant to boost entrepreneurial spirit
Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz HAMMOND — Around 100 students from five Lake County high schools took part in a workshop to help them network with their peers and business leaders across the Region, as well as refine their business ideas. Students from Lowell, Hammond Central, Hobart, Merrillville and Munster high schools took part in the first…
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Innovation Corps meet and greet Nov. 7
The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) program will be hosting an in-person opportunity on Nov. 7 to meet regional and national NSF instructors, learn from past participants and discover more about this program dedicated to bringing research-based deep technology venture products and services to market. Register for the NSF Meet and Greet in the…
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Biden threatens to stifle US tech innovation with a too hasty AI…
Make no mistake: The greatest threat from emerging advances in artificial intelligence like ChatGPT isn’t that AI will take all our jobs or kill us (or both). The former is ahistorical, the latter science fiction. Rather, the big danger around AI is that overeager Washington policymakers will rush to regulate a fast-evolving technology. Without a…
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Soy Innovation Challenge
Post Soy Innovation Challenge October 30, 2023 By Parker Schulte Filed Under: Spotlight on Soybeans Missouri Soybeans is hosting the Soy Innovation Challenge. Outreach and Education Director Baylee Asbury says the challenge theme, Rolling into the Future, involves FFA chapters submitting ideas for a school bus being acquired by Missouri Soybeans. Competing chapters will submit…
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AI Startups Fear That Biden’s AI Executive Order Could Stifle Innovation
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Artificial intelligence startups welcomed President Joe Biden’s new executive order which placed regulations on the technology, though some CEOs expressed concerns over whether it could impede smaller companies and stifle innovation. The White House’s order puts guardrails on the development and use of AI, most notably…
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4 Innovative Startup Opportunities In Media
In the information age, media has already gone through a fundamental transformation. User-generated content, smart content recommendation algorithms, and nowadays – AI are making the traditional media landscape almost unrecognizable both on the supply and demand sides. Most of these changes have been driven by innovative startups. The changes, however, are likely not over. Let’s…
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White House AI exec order raises questions on future of DoD innovation
Artificial intelligence concept. Brain over a circuit board. HUD future technology digital background (Getty images) WASHINGTON — A new artificial intelligence executive order signed by President Joe Biden today is being hailed by the administration as one of the “most significant actions ever taken by any government to advance the field of AI safety” in…
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MIT’s copilot system can set the stage for a new wave of AI innovation
VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More MIT scientists have developed a deep learning system, Air-Guardian, designed to work in tandem with airplane pilots to enhance flight safety. This artificial intelligence (AI) copilot can detect when a human pilot overlooks a…
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4 Ways Wellstar Health Is Funding Collaborative Innovation
At Wellstar Health System in Marietta, Georgia, palliative care practitioners have been using a virtual reality (VR) platform to simulate the most difficult conversations any clinician may have to deliver — communicating a life-altering diagnosis. Immersed in a virtual setting, clinicians speak with a woman named Alice about the serious progression of her cancer and…