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Tom Kiefer
@thogek.bsky.social
/thō'-jek/ n. Computer/web geek, reader, husband, father, Myers-Briggs INTJ/ISTJ, etc. Not necessarily in that order. Speaks for no one but himself.
Also at x.com/Thogek, threads.net/@thogek00, substack.com/@thogek, linkedin.com/in/thogek
Or early-detection of #wildfires via continuous analysis of landscape video scans by smoke-and-ember recognition deep-learning #AI models. www.causeartist.com/pano-ai-secu... 🤖📹🔥
Pano AI Secures $44M to Expand AI Wildfire Detection
Pano AI has closed a $44 million Series B round led by Giant Ventures, bringing its total funding to $89 million as it scales its AI-driven wildfire detection infrastructure.
www.causeartist.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Or early-screening for #Parkinsons disease (PD) via an #AI model trained to analyze short videos of smiles. www.newsweek.com/this-new-tes..., ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🤖📹🙂
This new test could diagnose Parkinson's with AI
Researchers reported that the AI model could accurately distinguish between individuals with and without Parkinson's based on the analysis of their smiles.
www.newsweek.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Or restoring interpersonal communication capability to a person with severely impaired speech due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (#ALS) via an #AI / ML-trained brain-computer interface that translates brain signals into speech with up to 97% accuracy: health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin... 🧠🖥️
New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again
A brain-computer interface developed by UC Davis Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind.
health.ucdavis.edu
June 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM