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How ‘Sustainable' Web Design Can Help Fight Climate Change

Clive Thompson

June 23, 2020 |

Wired |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands

As part of a growing movement in sustainable software design, Danny Van Kooten, a Dutch programmer, refactored the code on his website plug-in to reduce the amount of energy expended when someone interacts with it. About 2 million websites use his plug-in and by trimming the code, he estimates that he reduced the world’s monthly carbon dioxide output by 59,000 kilograms. While larger companies like video-streaming services put out more emissions, individual website owners can take steps to reduce their own CO2 footprint.

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Need a Quran teacher? There's an AI for that

Aysha Khan

May 20, 2020 |

Religion News Service |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

An AI app is potentially eliminating the need for Quran teachers by offering precise feedback to those who are learning to recite or memorize the holy book of Islam. Tarteel uses machine learning technology to enable speech recognition, allowing it to test users' knowledge of the Quran and to receive feedback on recitation without a teacher. The tool can identify mistakes and has a memorization mode, only revealing words as they are recited. Building such an accurate tool "requires a vast data set to train a deep neural network" so users who opt in are crowdsourcing the data set needed to power Tarteel.

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Volunteers create world's fastest supercomputer to combat coronavirus

Alex Hern

April 15, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

By allowing volunteers to take part in the scientific task of ‘folding proteins’ while they're abiding by lockdown protocols during the coronavirus pandemic, the "world’s fastest traditional supercomputer" has been achieved. The distributed effort which decentralizes who can take part in downloading and running the software necessary, holds potential for helping researchers better understand how the virus binds to a human cell.

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University of Washington computer game helps crowdsource possible coronavirus treatment

Michael Crowe

April 08, 2020 |

KING-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

At the University of Washington, researchers from the school's school of protein design created a computer game that allows users to fold proteins. This game, which is open to anyone, is being used to crowdsource possibilities that could be used to develop antiviral drugs that would work against the novel coronavirus.

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USC community uses 3D printing to combat medical equipment shortage during COVID-19 pandemic

Karen Wang Olivia Novato Alexander Song

April 01, 2020 |

USC Annenberg Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Hospitals throughout the United States are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, but communities are trying to help fill the gap. One solution being piloted at universities such as USC is the use of 3D printers to create 3D-printed masks as back-ups at healthcare facilities.

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STAT's guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19

Casey Ross Rebecca Robbins Erin Brodwin

March 31, 2020 |

STAT |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

A variety of AI tools are being used by the healthcare industry to try to identify cases of coronavirus. Although it's not yet clear which will be most successful in doing so, tools such as automated chatboxes, algorithms to identify at-risk people, and the use of modeling and projections are all being piloted to help aid hospitals, clinicians, and patients.

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This ‘airlock' for restaurants ensures that picking up your takeout order is 100% contact free

Adele Peters

March 25, 2020 |

FastCompany |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

A restaurant in San Francisco has created a "pressurized transfer chamber" that allows to go orders to be picked up from customers without the risk of transmitting the highly contagious coronavirus or other germs. Although it requires a 3D printer in order to be created, the business has made the design available for other businesses to use.

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Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try

Rebecca Robbins

March 24, 2020 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Facebook collects data from people that choose to share their location with the app, and have started sharing it with various researchers who are trying to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. They share the data anonymously, so as to avoid the privacy issues they’ve faced in the past, and researchers aggregate “the signals into a picture of flows of people” to track connectivity and movement. Beyond researchers, nonprofits are also using it to help disseminate medical resources to highly affected areas.

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You — yes, you — can help AI predict the spread of coronavirus

Sigal Samuel

March 19, 2020 |

Vox |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently asked Roni Rosenfeld, a professor of computer science who typically uses artificial intelligence to forecast the spread of seasonal influenza, to turn his computing power on the spread of COVID-19. However, Rosenfeld himself was reluctant at first given the lack of data available upon which to base his predictions.

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A $100 Million Bet That Vacationland Can Be a Tech Hub, Too

Eduardo Porter

January 27, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

Universities situated in the right market have proven to jumpstart innovation and technological hubs across the country, from San Diego to Boston. Now, Portland, Maine is testing out the economic impact and growth of a new branch of Northeastern Univeristy that focuses on machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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