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By now the potential dangers of lithium-ion batteries are pretty well-known, given that we have seen instances where damaged li-ion batteries can swell up, explode, and cause fires. Many probably have also not forgotten that the issue grew to epic proportions in 2016 when the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had issues with its batteries.

This resulted in many airlines and airports around the world banning the Note 7 from being brought on board planes. That being said while the Note 7 issue ha since been resolved, the European aviation safety authorities still want to remind passengers about the potential dangers behind li-ion batteries, and are urging airline companies to remind passengers about how to best transport electronics containing these batteries.

Such reminders include how laptops should not be stored in hold baggage, and that devices that are too big to be brought on board the plane should be completely switched off, protected from accidental activation, and also packaged in a way to prevent them from being accidentally damaged while in transport (which could damage the batteries, causing them to swell and explode).

Such reminders aren’t exactly new, but with Christmas and New Year coming up, it probably wouldn’t hurt to be extra careful given that there will probably be many who will be travelling back home or on holidays.

Aviation Safety Authorities Warn Travellers About Li-Ion Batteries , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Facebook’s AI and image recognition technology has improved greatly over the years, where nowadays it is smart enough to be able to detect your friends in photos and offering tag recommendations. Now it seems that Facebook will be leveraging that technology in order to better help its visually impaired users to “see”.

According to Facebook, “We’re always working to make it easier for all people, regardless of ability, to access Facebook, make connections and have more opportunities. Two years ago, we launched an automatic alt-text tool, which describes photos to people with vision loss. Now, with face recognition, people who use screen readers will know who appears in photos in their News Feed even if people aren’t tagged.”

Prior to this, Facebook’s automatic alt-text tool worked by letting users hover their cursors over an image and it would then describe the image to the user, such as the scenery, objects, animals, and so on. Now the system will work better for the visually impaired, where it can let users know which friends are in the photos without the need for them to be tagged.

How this works is that according to Facebook, “Our technology analyzes the pixels in photos you’re already tagged in and generates a string of numbers we call a template. When photos and videos are uploaded to our systems, we compare those images to the template.” In addition to this improvement for the visually impaired, Facebook is also leveraging its facial recognition technology to notify users when photos of them have been uploaded (it is an opt-in feature).

Facebook Uses AI To Help Visually Impaired ‘See’ Photos , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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