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Pardon My Woof: Will AI Help Humans Talk to Animals?
If you’ve ever sworn your dog’s “woof!” for food sounds different from their”bow wow” to go for a walk, you’re probably right! Animals convey wants and needs through various communication tactics, including body language, sounds, chemicals, and touch. Communication helps them care for their young, coordinate in groups, defend against threats, and find...
Sean Kettering
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Understanding Brain Health through Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Technology
The human brain is incredibly complex, with an estimated 86 billion neurons forming over 100 trillion connections, according to Harvard Medical School. For decades, decoding the brain and the data collected from it was left to neuroscientists and...
AI Personal Health Coaches – Counting Steps Is Only the Start
Image by Freepik Not that long ago in human history, the idea of counting steps was mainly used for very rough estimates of distance or perhaps old-timey duels with pistols at sunset. Today, counting steps for health is common, and everyone...
Subthreshold Operation: Engineering the Future of Ultra-Low-Power Semiconductors
What if the biggest breakthrough in semiconductor power efficiency came from operating transistors below their normal limits? That’s exactly what Ambiq achieved with SPOT® (Subthreshold Power Optimized...
The Lag Effect: What Is Latency in Smart Devices?
In today’s fast-paced, connected world, speed matters, especially when it comes to intelligence. Whether you’re talking to a virtual assistant, relying on a smartwatch for health alerts, or monitoring an industrial sensor for preventive maintenance,...
Benefits of Computing AI at the Edge
In an era dominated by interconnected technologies, integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computing at the edge — connected devices is revolutionizing how we perceive and interact with smart devices. This integration, often called local...
Power Meets Performance: How Ambiq’s Ultra-Low Power Semiconductors Propel the Future of Edge AI
The Power-Performance Trade-Off—Reimagined For decades, engineers and designers have grappled with a tough choice: do you prioritize higher performance or longer battery life? Historically, these two goals were mutually exclusive. More...
Computing AI at Different Power Levels
While artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing may seem seamless in daily applications, product developers and engineers on the backend know how power-hungry AI is. With each finalized product on the market came a calculated compromise to meet their...
Solving the Memory Challenge of Always-on Edge AI with compressionKIT
Inference gets the attention, but continuous sensor data drives memory, bandwidth, and power constraints. compressionKIT™ reduces data at the source—enabling more efficient, scalable edge AI systems The past few years of edge...
Using Data-Based Sensors and Technology for Marine Conservation and Safety
The ocean is vital to the world as we rely on it for transportation, food, water, recreation, medicine, and more. However, it faces unprecedented challenges, including ecosystem destruction, overfishing, rising pollution levels, and the impacts...