Quake Al plans disaster rescue

• Autores: Chris Baraniuk
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3041, 2015, pág. 22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ahmad Wani's start-up, One Concern, has developed technology that, within minutes of a tremor, can predict what areas of a town are likely to be worst affected. To develop the algorithm, One Concern first loaded it with public data including the age, type and construction materials of individual buildings in a town. It was then trained to understand the ways in which earthquakes can damage buildings. By combining this knowledge with seismic data following a quake, Wani says his system can effectively predict how buildings will react to the shock waves. Once the artificial intelligence has made its assessment, it plots a damage map that emergency responders can analyze. The streets where buildings are expected to be most devastated are highlighted, and the map also shows the areas where the highest number of people are likely to be affected.