{"id":114731,"date":"2024-10-16T08:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114731"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T01:53:15","slug":"texas-am-uses-drones-ai-to-revolutionize-damage-assessments-in-wake-of-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114731","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M uses drones, AI to revolutionize damage assessments in wake of hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/gettyimages-1430756843.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Drone footage shows the extent of damage done by Hurricane Ian on Sanibel Island.\u00a0Hurricane shutters on one home were just blown through like it was tin foil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>COLLEGE STATION, Texas \u2014<\/strong> When a major hurricane like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helene<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton<\/a> leave wide swaths of destruction, it can be overwhelming and time-consuming to fully grasp the extent of the damage and accurately gauge how long of a recovery process is ahead.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.tamu.edu\/2024\/10\/11\/eyeing-the-damage-of-hurricane-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Researchers at Texas A&amp;M<\/a> are hoping to quicken the process using a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">They have spent more than a year studying damage photos taken via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drone<\/a> from 10 major disasters, including the devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricanes<\/a> of Harvey, Michael, Ida, Laura, Ian and Idalia.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The team then recruited 130 high school students from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> to label the level of damage for 21,700 buildings on 16,500 acres of land and 400 miles of roads.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The data was used to train an AI system to recognize what storm-damaged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infrastructure<\/a> and roads look like.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">With the new system, researchers say if they can get drone video of an affected neighborhood, they can have a damage analysis ready in only four minutes, just by using a laptop.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;AI offers tremendous value for rural counties which do not have the budget or workforce to conduct physical damage assessments but do have inexpensive drones,&#8221; 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