How Coaching Apps Can Improve Your Game

A newapp called Upliftallows coaches and athletes to interact live. The app uses artificial intelligence to tap into kinematics and biomechanical data to help improve performance. Its one of a growing number of apps thats using software developed for professional athletes to help weekend warriors. Uplift.ai The Uplift software tries to make it seem like you are being coached in-person. Uplift uses artificial intelligence to let coaches and trainers visualize how you move, Kabayama said....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Jessica Evans

How Companies Can Keep Women in Tech

The loss of women is complicating efforts to diversify an industry that’s alreadyprimarily white and male. “Is this a place to balance my life? Is this a place where I can bring my whole self to work?” Laurence Dutton / Getty Images For women, that percentage is 21, and it drops to 8 percent for women of color. Having a mentor can make all the difference in womens success in tech....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Gabriel Thomas

How Computer Networks Revolutionized Social Networking and Community Building

Nowadays, though, most everyone associates social networking withthe internet. What Makes a online grid Social? Different kinds of social networks exist, however. Data center server racks.quantic69 / Getty Images For example, corporate intranets function much like public social networks, except there’s a smaller private community. Sharing photos and videos, in particular, consumes significantnetwork bandwidth. This environment tends to expose personal information. Moment Editorial / Getty Images It also attracts criminals and hackers looking to steal a person’s money and other valuable data....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · John Palmer

How Copying the Human Brain Could Make AI Smarter

Nara Logics’new AI engine uses recent discoveries in neuroscience to replicate brain structure and function. Simulating brain function is one promising approach. Wong, a computer science professor at Houston Methodist Research Institute, said in an email interview. Andriy Onufiyenko / Getty Images Nature Beats Software Nara Logics claims its new AI platform beats traditional neural online grid-based systems. Unlike other AI models, the Nara software also can provide the reasons behind every recommendation it makes....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Heather Cook

How Could AI Help Combat Climate Change? Let's Count the Ways

Google is introducingnew extreme heat alertsin Search to help people stay safe during heat waves. It’s part of a growing number of AI applications to monitor global warming. Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer,Kate Brandt, wrote on the company blog. Surasak Suwanmake / Getty Images “One strategy to help lower temperatures is increasing tree coverage in these areas. darekm101 / Getty Images Her team is using AI in weather prediction for real-life applications....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Dustin Peters

How Dean Haynesworth Helps Improve Diversity

Black Progress Matters Both BPM and UnBiasIT launched a year ago with Haynesworth at the helm. “Since my childhood, I have seen the best of our shared experience,” Haynesworth said. Haynesworth first got his start in entrepreneurship working in medical sales. Dean Haynesworth.Black Progress Matters Working in the healthcare sector showed Haynesworth the importance of advanced technologies. Haynesworth left the corporate world and medical sales in 2019 to start pursuing his ventures....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Erin Vasquez

How Decibels and Watts Affect Loudness and Power

The difference between decibels and watts Decibels and watts are common terms used when describing audio equipment. In general, decibels are a measure of loudness, while watts measure amplifier power. What Is a Decibel? Bel is a unit of sound and a decibel (dB) is one-tenth of a bel. Sound above this level can be physically damaging and even lethal. Anything less than +/-1 dB is hard to perceive. An increase of 10 dB is perceived as being approximately twice as loud by most people....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Dale Li

How Deep Learning Is Revolutionizing Technology and Everyday Life

It can perform more complex actions than traditional machine learning models. Layers are small systems dedicated to specific types of tasks. Deep learning systems have at least three layers, but usually more (many have 100+ layers). Yuichiro Chino / Moment / Getty Images At a minimum, deep learning systems have three layers: input, processing, and output. System Needs Running a system with so many layers requires significant computing power. It also requires enormous data sets to train the deep learning system on its tasks....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Jennifer Stone

How Demetrius Gray Built a Tech Company to Help Homeowners

He just didnt know that it would be a tech startup. Gray said he took after his grandfather and great grandfather, who also were entrepreneurs working in various sectors. His family taught him many lessons about launching his own company from the time he was young. WeatherCheck Key quote or motto he lives by:“Never be ruled by fear.” His primary focus is on speeding up damage repairs to help homeowners get back to normal....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Amber Jordan

How Difficult Is It to Replace a Car Stereo?

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 13 words · Melissa Sullivan

How Digital Handwriting Could Replace Your Keyboard

Why pop in when you’ve got the option to E Ink? The keyboard alternatives arrive as a recent study claims that handwriting is better for the brain than typing. Brain Benefits? Peopleimages / Getty Images There may be mental benefits to using a virtual pen and paper instead of typing. Handwriting has traditionally had a number of advantages over typing. “Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Jessica Lang

How Dilip Rao Uses Tech to Help Fight Childhood Hunger

Rao is the co-founder and CEO of Sharebite, a food ordering platform built exclusively for workplaces. The company mainly serves firms in the law, architecture, accounting, and tech industries. Sharebite Sharebite was founded in 2015, and the company has a team of about 60 employees. Dilip Rao.Sharebite The company offers individual, group, or catering orders. Since its inception, Sharebite has raised nearly $24 million in venture capital. “Were doing it in a way where were able to fulfill that sustainably....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Melissa Baker

How Discord Is Trying to Make Teens Feel Better About Themselves

Gas is known for its positive spin on social media. It uses anonymous compliments as a way to interact. Some experts say that the app is a rare positive factor in the social media world. Xavier Lorenzo / Getty Images “By polling across entire classes, students are more likely to feel included and seen as well. Winners of the polls receive a ‘flame.’ “Its tremendous success shows the opportunity that exists in creating a playful yet meaningful place for young people....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Nathan Peters