Over 10 weeks this summer, Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator guided product teams from back-of-the-napkin ideas to fully-fledged startups. In categories from climate technology to agricultural innovations, and with projects that range from canoe racing tools to improved tea dispensers, teams gained access to experts in their industry’s field, working together to figure out if their concept might be commercially desirable, technologically feasible and economically viable.
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Leading the Charge in Cybersecurity, Trust, and Safety
In an era where digital threats are ever-evolving, the need for advanced education and research in cybersecurity, trust, and safety is paramount. Cornell Tech’s new Security, Trust, and Safety (SETS) Initiative, a cutting-edge program aimed at revolutionizing these fields, aims to address these challenges head-on. The director of the SETS program, Google alum Alex
Machine learning helps define subtypes of Parkinson’s disease
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have used machine learning to define three subtypes of Parkinson’s disease based on the pace at which the disease progresses.
Redesigning videoconferencing for, and by, people who stutter
New research and an app aim to make Zoom and other video conferencing platforms less stressful for people with speech diversities, while improving the experience for everyone.
Joneja Family Fellows boost data science research in medicine
Data science research in medicine is getting a boost at Cornell through the Joneja Family Fellows, which will financially support assistant research professors, graduate students and postdoctoral students affiliated with the Engineering Innovations in Medicine initiative.
Ultrasensitive liquid biopsy tech spots cancer earlier than standard methods
An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has the potential to improve cancer care with the very early detection of recurrence and close monitoring of tumor response during therapy.
AI speech-to-text can hallucinate violent language
Speak a little too haltingly and with long pauses, and OpenAI’s speech-to-text transcriber might put harmful, violent words in your mouth, Cornell researchers have discovered.
Female AI ‘teammate’ engenders more participation from women
A new study suggests that the gender of an AI’s voice can positively tweak the dynamics of gender-imbalanced teams and could help inform the design of bots used for human-AI teamwork.