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Ann Thompson reports on the latest trends in technology and their effects on medicine, safety, the environment or entertainment.
Focus On Technology
English, Technology, 1 season, 25 episodes, 1 hour, 54 minutes
Focus On Technology
English, Technology, 1 season, 25 episodes, 1 hour, 54 minutes
Does AI have a place in church?
A German church even enabled an avatar to deliver the message. Other churches have utilized ChatGPT to write sermons.
10/9/2023 • 4 minutes, 56 seconds
Sustainability is taking off with NASA and GE Aerospace partnership
Hybrid electric and sustainable fuel are just a few programs the partnership has taken on.
10/2/2023 • 4 minutes, 53 seconds
A device the size of a cell phone could help make a sky full of flying cars, drones and planes safer
As the skies become more crowded, a device developed by a Cincinnati-based company could eventually keep the people flying in them safer.
9/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 9 seconds
Suburban Dayton police are using a network of public and private cameras to solve crimes
The ACLU of Ohio has concerns about how the program works.
9/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 14 seconds
Dayton doctors successfully separated conjoined twins. A local tissue bank played a key role
Solvita, formerly the Community Blood Center, harvested donated skull and hip bones and made it flexible to cover the boys heads.
9/11/2023 • 5 minutes, 1 second
'This will be among the coolest summers for anyone born this year,' climate expert says
Could places like Cincinnati be refuge?
8/28/2023 • 4 minutes, 59 seconds
A Newport lab can determine which vitamins and minerals can help chronic pain sufferers
The Foundation Pain Index, developed by Ethos Labs, uncovers the biochemical origins of pain.
8/21/2023 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
The Republic of Georgia wants to fight cybercrime. It's partnered with NKU to do it
The Georgian government has sanctioned a cybersecurity master's degree program between St. Andrews Georgian University and Northern Kentucky University
8/14/2023 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
Bees make some very smart decisions. Their brains are now a model for AI
Their fast and accurate decisions, like deciding which flowers to visit for nectar, could aid robots and self-driving vehicles.
8/7/2023 • 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Ohio looks to increase the number of self-driving trucks on the roads. Next up: I-70
The state is already testing self-driving vans in Southeast Ohio and partnering with East Logistics to deliver goods with automated trucks on interstates.
7/31/2023 • 4 minutes, 35 seconds
These Cincinnati State graduates may soon develop the next food craze
The chef-scientists are among the first to graduate with Cincinnati State's new Bachelor of Applied Science in Culinary and Food Science.
7/24/2023 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
Issa Rae is the keynote for this year's Black Tech Week. Here's what else to expect
Beginning Tuesday, 3,000 entrepreneurs and investors will be in Cincinnati with hopes of increasing the number of African Americans in the tech sector.
7/17/2023 • 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Journalism in the age of AI: How media companies are putting computers to use
AI can sort through information quickly, translate and personalize data, but it can also cause news stories to be rife with errors.
7/10/2023 • 4 minutes, 56 seconds
NASA Mars Habitat latest to use P&G's special space detergent
Tide Infinity has already been tested in bottle form and as a stain removal pen on the International Space Station.
7/3/2023 • 4 minutes, 7 seconds
The wristbands on Taylor Swift's Eras tour is just the start of how tech is changing the concert-going experience
Concertgoers have gone from passive to active as the performers they've come to see engage them with all kinds of technology.
6/26/2023 • 3 minutes, 57 seconds
A sweater that fools facial recognition cameras, and more ways designers are getting creative with tech
Fashion designers are doing some pretty cool things with clothes, including an Italian startup which has designed knitted garments to shield facial recognition technology.
6/19/2023 • 4 minutes, 45 seconds
After head trauma, heart attack or stroke, brain cells can continue dying for weeks. UC researchers have a possible prevention plan
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."
6/12/2023 • 4 minutes, 15 seconds
Researchers look to variations of psychedelic drugs as the future of mental health treatment
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."
6/5/2023 • 4 minutes, 14 seconds
'The future of flight is more electric.' GE Aerospace, NASA and Boeing announce next steps in developing a hybrid electric engine
GE is investing another $20 million at the EPISCenter in Dayton to build its seventh test cell for hybrid electric aircraft engine testing
5/17/2023 • 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Ukraine's use of technology on the battlefield might be setting the stage for the rest of the world
Countries around the world are watching Ukraine's innovation and assessing their own innovation power, or "ability to invent, adopt and adapt new technologies."
5/15/2023 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
In the midst of mass shootings, touchless security screening systems gain traction
You may have already walked through this technology without even knowing it was there.
5/8/2023 • 4 minutes, 22 seconds
Scientists are in demand. This woman is helping to train them in her Newport lab
Wood Hudson President Julia Carter, Ph.D., has partnered with the EPA and five pharmaceutical companies as students do research in her lab.
5/1/2023 • 4 minutes, 18 seconds
A Cincinnati company has created a 'Roomba for coastal waterways'
The autonomous cleaning robot for salt or freshwater weighs 400 pounds and can fit into the back of a pickup truck.
4/24/2023 • 4 minutes, 13 seconds
Scientists are tracing how materials from other places ended up in Hopewell Culture artifacts
Ball State Professor of Anthropology Mark Hill thinks it comes down to social networks, not trade.
4/17/2023 • 4 minutes, 41 seconds
Agriculture drones are getting more popular. Are they accurate enough to spray crops?
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.
4/10/2023 • 4 minutes, 15 seconds