The Bangor Daily News featured the University of Maine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab. The BDN reported that VEMI Lab’s biggest project is its groundbreaking research into autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, for which it has received a total of $600,000 in two grant two U.S. Department of Transportation Inclusive Design Challenges, beating […]
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In an article featuring a Q&A with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigeig, Ability Magazine noted that the University of Maine took third place in the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inclusive Design Challenge for its Autonomous Vehicle Assistant (AVA) that assists passengers with visual impairments and older adults with ride-hailing and trip planning.
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In an article about research grants in New Hampshire, Zipe Education noted a $6 million collaborative effort with the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Dartmouth College, Southern Maine Community College and Vermont Technical College to investigate how artificial intelligence drives innovation in the future of advanced manufacturing. The project will […]
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A new lab to study how the latest artificial intelligence tools and techniques could bolster advanced manufacturing in northern New England will be launched with a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Maine. UMaine will collaborate with the University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Southern Maine Community College, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WVII (Fox 22 Bangor), Wired Focus, Zipe Education and the Times of Northwest Indiana reported that the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine earned third place in a national competition and an invitation to the White House for developing an inclusive smartphone […]
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The VEMI lab at the University of Maine earned third place in a national competition and an invitation to the White House for developing an inclusive smartphone software platform that will provide navigational assistance to people with visual impairment and seniors who want to use self-driving cars for ride-sharing and hailing services. VEMI will receive […]
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Social media influencers are some of the most powerful celebrities of the internet era, and verification — the blue check mark that indicates the account has been vetted and the user’s identity has been confirmed — is one of the most highly sought-after tools of the trade. New research from Maine Business School at the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Paul Fink, a graduate research assistant with the VEMI Lab at the University of Maine, titled “Self-driving vehicles are our future. UMaine is showing how.” The op-ed highlights the potential benefits of autonomous vehicles and VEMI Lab’s research. Fink is a member of the Maine chapter of […]
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News Center Maine highlighted artificial intelligence research from University of Maine faculty. It also noted the University of Maine Artificial Intelligence (UMaine AI) initiative, in which the institution aims to work with various partners to make Maine a hub for AI research, education and use.
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University of Maine researchers developed an augmented reality smartphone app for teaching nursing students an interactive lesson about heart failure. The app displays a floating, animated heart model onto the smartphone screen, which is imposed onto the video feed from the camera. A heart failure lesson is embedded into the app and offers 45 swipeable […]
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