Baseball's COVID-19-shortened season hasn't gone too well because of multiple outbreaks that have raised calls to shut the season down. However, the league appears to be making plans not only to continue, but possibly have fans in stadiums during the pandemic. According to a Bloomberg report (via Gizmodo), the league has been investigating the use of cameras that could scan fans and spot individuals who are either not wearing masks or are using them improperly. A number of MLB teams have been in contact with a startup called Airspace systems, inquiring about AI software that could detect maskless fans. So far, Airspace has focused on detecting drones near airports and stadiums, but apparently its tech could be repurposed for face mask recognition.

Mobileye, Intel's driverless vehicle R&D division, today published a 40-minute video of one of its cars navigating a 160-mile stretch of Jerusalem streets. The video features top-down footage captured by a drone, as well as an in-cabin cam recording, parallel to an overlay showing the perception system's input and predictions. The perception system was introduced at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show and features 12 cameras, but not radar, lidar, or other sensors. Eight of those cameras have long-range lenses, while four serve as "parking cameras" and all 12 feed into a compute system built atop dual 7-nanometer data-fusing, decision-making Mobileye EyeQ5 chips. Running on the compute system is an algorithm tuned to identify wheels and infer vehicle locations and an algorithm that identifies open, closed, and partially open car doors.

Artificial intelligence that can see and hear defects in manufacturing? AI already helps us reduce traffic congestion, makes cities safer, and limits air pollution. And now it can be the eyes and ears of manufacturing quality checks--identifying wonky engines, missing circuit board components, and scratched screens to remove defective parts and products before they hit the marketplace. Almost any manufactured part could benefit from AI's gaze. "Any industry where manufacturing flaws can be detected visually is suitable for AI," said Jiani Zhang, Watson IoT Director of Product Management.

You get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient for your dinner. But there is good news that could make sure you never forget key ingredients again. Microsoft has teamed up with refrigerator company, Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' which reminds people which foods they need to stock up on. We've all been there - you get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient (stock image left). But Microsoft has teamed up with Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' (pictured right) which reminds people which foods they need The SmartDeviceBox is an internet-connected device that uses cameras and object recognition technology to track what is in a refrigerator.

You get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient for your dinner. But there is good news that could make sure you never forget key ingredients again. Microsoft has teamed up with refrigerator company, Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' which reminds people which foods they need to stock up on. We've all been there - you get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient (stock image left). But Microsoft has teamed up with Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' (pictured right) which reminds people which foods they need The SmartDeviceBox is an internet-connected device that uses cameras and object recognition technology to track what is in a refrigerator.

You get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient for your dinner. But there is good news that could make sure you never forget key ingredients again. Microsoft has teamed up with refrigerator company, Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' which reminds people which foods they need to stock up on. We've all been there - you get home from the supermarket only to find that you've forgotten a vital ingredient (stock image left). But Microsoft has teamed up with Liebherr, to create a new'SmartDeviceBox' (pictured right) which reminds people which foods they need The SmartDeviceBox is an internet-connected device that uses cameras and object recognition technology to track what is in a refrigerator. The system uses the same machine learning technology used in Microsoft's AI assistant, Cortana.

It is one of the trickiest inflight manoeuvres performed by military fighter pilots, but now drones have shown they too can refuel in mid-air. Engineers in China have developed a way for drones to be able to carry out autonomous aerial refuelling (AAR). It could enable unmanned aircraft to carry out longer missions over greater distances without having to return to base for refueling. Engineers have developed drones that can refuel in midair. The tanker (right) uses cameras and markers to establish the position of the receiver (left).