Huangpu tests temperature-measuring patrol robot
A patrol robot for temperature measurement using 5G network is being deployed in Huangpu District, Guangzhou (Guangdong Province). The robot records where it has moved, and if it finds a person whose body temperature is above a set point or has no mask, it sounds an alarm. The robot performs on a panorama view with no blind spot.
People Daily online, February 7, 2020
Huangpu tests temperature-measuring patrol robot
A patrol robot for temperature measurement using 5G network is being deployed in Huangpu District, Guangzhou (Guangdong Province). The robot records where it has moved, and if it finds a person whose body temperature is above a set point or has no mask, it sounds an...
Evolutionary aspects of the novel coronavirus in China
In an open paper published by Oxford Press’ National Science Review, WEI Xiaoman, LI Xiang and CUI Jie from the CAS Institut Pasteur and CAS Wuhan Institute of Virology draw the following conclusions, based on next-generation sequencing: “The novel...
CAS Institute of Microbiology launches national service system for new coronavirus typing
The service provides information on the first new virus strain isolated in China by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, electron micrographs, novel nucleic acid detection primers and probe sequences. It integrates global coronavirus genes and genomic big...
Nanjing University reports successful quantum entanglement delivery from a drone
According to a press release of Nanjing University, entangled photons could be fired from a drone at points A and B 100 meters away when reaching an altitude of several tens of meters. The photons met interference from atmospheric turbulence, rainwater, sunlight,...
Ministry of Agriculture intends to implement digital agriculture plan by 2025
The plan will build a digital resource system with five types of data: agricultural natural resourcesimportant agricultural varieties resourcesrural collective assetsrural housing bases, farmers and new farmers, and digital agriculture It is designed to...
CAS President announces 1.5 billion US$ investments for new facilities and major equipment
During a meeting on January 18, 2020, CAS president BAI Chunli announced that the CAS plans for the world's largest high-energy synchrotron in Beijing's Huairou district. With other major equipment and 11 new scientific and educational facilities in the park, total...
China has established 121,000 hydrological observation points for flood countermeasures, many for quality control
According to a press conference of the Ministry of Water Affairs, China has now established a network of hydrological observatories of its large rivers and their major tributaries, for flood countermeasures and water quality control. Observation points now number...
Photosynthetic capacity at night makes “mile-a-minute” weed a particularily harmful invasive plant
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CAS Shenyang Institute of Automation develops novel image forgery detection technology
The new technology is based on an improved method to detect motion blur. A parameterized motion blur kernel is mapped into the 3D pose space of the camera to obtain a 3D pose set, and the intersection of the 3D pose sets (shared pose set) corresponding to multiple...
“Agriculture 4.0” supported by drones and AI in Guizhou Province
On an area of 5,000 mu (approximately 333.3 hectares) with an average altitude of more than 2,200 meters at Wei Ning Yi Hui Miao Autonomous County, engineers seek lead technologies for vegetable production such as Chinese or white cabbage and radish. 5G-supported...
Beijing University of Sports tests “Smart Ice Field” for 2022 winter Olympics
In Heilongjiang Ice Base Speed Skating Pavilion, a model system acquires exercise information in real time based on AI technology. It automatically tracks the position on ice, draws the trajectory of the run, and calculates a speed-related index. The AI component is...
FAST radiotelescope in Guiyang officially in operation
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a single-dish telescope with a diameter of half a kilometer and a receiving area equivalent to about 30 football fields, was officially taken in operation. It is located in a naturally deep and round...