Frank Lee, PhD, founder of Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio, considers how artificial intelligence could change the way video games are made and how we play them.
Category: Science & Technology
Q+A: How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Doctors Compare Notes to Improve Diagnoses?
Spotting patterns among patient records can allow physicians to better diagnose and treat their patients. With access to more records, and more time to parse them, it’s possible that these health care providers could identify […]
Q+A: The Legacy of Tetris
Nine years ago this month, thousands of people gathered at Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to play Tetris on the LED array on the 29-story Cira Centre skyscraper more than […]
Q+A: Understanding a Water Contamination Scare
A number of Drexel University researchers helped the public better understand what happened and the city’s response during the week – shedding light on health risks associated with the chemical that leaked from a latex plant in Bucks County into a tributary of the Delaware; Philadelphia’s water testing and treatment process; and the city’s emergency response procedures.
Q+A: Could Wastewater Surveillance Help Us Spot The Next Pandemic?
A number of cities across the country have been using regular testing of sewage to spot genetic signs of COVID-19 and other diseases. The process, called wastewater surveillance, gives municipalities an edge in responding to […]
Q+A: What’s Preventing More Close-Calls on Airport Runways?
Two planes missed colliding on the runway at New York’s JFK Airport by about 1,000 feet last week. With hundreds of flights arriving and departing the airport each day, even the smallest miscommunication or misunderstanding […]
Is AI Living up to the Hype for Retailers That Use It?
Research co-authored by Matthew Schneider, PhD, an associate professor in the LeBow College of Business, examined how retailers should adopt artificial intelligence, as well as factors for consideration when adopting AI.
Q+A: A Year After Surfside, Are Our Buildings and Infrastructure Any Safer?
In the aftermath of tragedies, like last year’s collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo complex in Surfside Florida, conversations inevitably shift to gleaning some lesson amid the sadness and chaos, a kernel of wisdom […]
Closed-Loop Brain Imaging May Improve Pilot Training
The results, recently published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroergonomics, suggest that fNIRS-informed training can improve the way we evaluate individual performance for mission-critical essential workers.
New Species of Ancient Fish Discovered along Pennsylvania Roadside
Paleontologists at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University have formally described a new species of lobe-finned fish from a discovery made by a Pennsylvania man.