
This ‘smart’ walking stick works like a self-driving car
A new, affordable smart cane guides people with visual impairments safely and efficiently through their environments, say researchers.
Andrew Myers is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University and a registered professional engineer in the state of California. Prior to joining Northeastern, Andrew worked for two years at AIR Worldwide in San Francisco, where he consulted on site-specific natural catastrophe risk assessments.
A new, affordable smart cane guides people with visual impairments safely and efficiently through their environments, say researchers.
In a study with 36 students learning with either a flashcard app or a QuizBot, the team found that students correctly recalled over 25 percent more right answers for content covered in Qu...
Christopher Manning specializes in natural language processing—designing computer algorithms that can understand meaning and sentiment in written and spoken language and respond intellige...