DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF 

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane 

TRANSLATING WHAT YOUR DOG WANTS TO SAY TO YOU THROUGH BARKS & HOWLs

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• University of Michigan scientists are using AI to translate the language of dog barks.  Here's what we know:
• The scientists are leveraging AI models originally designed for human speech to analyze dog talk
• Their approach proved to be effective in identifying a variety of barks from happiness to sadness and aggressiveness
• Additional information deciphered from vocalization were dog's age, breed and sex
• A key result:  U Michigan model deciphered the barks with 70% accuracy
• Broad implications of deciphering barking, whines and growls:

1. Better assessment of dog's emotional and physical state
2. Allows for greater human empathy from a greater understanding
3. Identifying aggressive causes can prevent bites

• Bottom line:  we're getting closer to total back and forth communications with our pets.

NEW SCIENCE:  BLUE LIGHT FROM iPHONE DOESN'T MAKE IT HARDER TO SLEEP

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• Comprehensive new scientific analysis has just debunked another commonly held belief:  that blue light from your cell phone makes it much harder to go to sleep at night.  Here are some key facts:
• A number of health organizations, including the UK's NHS, have recommended staying off your phone for at least an hour before bedtime to avoid exposure to the blue light they emit
• A comprehensive review of 11 global studies by scientists at the University of Australia found that the blue light of your display does not interfere with your sleep in any way
• Experts at the University of Oxford have concurred with the new science
• This totally contradicts official health advice from experts, including the NHS
• The Australian and Oxford scientists say the only way smartphones interfere with your sleep is that we can't put them down
• Blue light is commonly thought to suppress the body's release of melatonin, a hormone that makes us feel drowsy
• There is no evidence that blue light from your phone and tablet displays does that.

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