417: I Don't Know How My Brain Works

Embedded.fm · 16 Jun 2022 · 47m · Episode 417

AI in practice: 2 real uses of AI described

What this episode covers

Alexandra Covor, a product manager at Zalmotek and Ada Lovelace Fellow, discusses her journey as a maker who blends electronics with art. She details specific projects like the tiny violin PCB, the PicoLight studio light, and an automated hydroponic strawberry system using Edge Impulse and Waylay. Covor also shares insights on her master's curriculum, the Romanian tech scene, and her philosophy on open-source hardware and PCB design aesthetics.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

Engineering & simulationEdge Impulse

The team used the Edge Impulse platform and an NVIDIA Jetson Nano to build a machine learning model that identifies whether tools are placed in their designated spots on a workplace organizer.

“One of the projects that's already out is a workplace organizer using the NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit, and it uses machine learning and the Edge Impulse platform to identify whether tools are placed at their designed place after the end of a work shift.”

Alex Covor · Hear it at 27:46

Engineering & simulationimage recognition

The developer implemented image recognition in a hydroponic system to detect the presence of strawberries and to identify if plant leaves show signs of illness such as browning.

“It also uses image recognition to tell you whether you have strawberries or not in the system. And I also used image recognition to identify if the leaves have any illness, so if they turn brown, or anything like that.”

Alex Covor · Hear it at 30:48

Mentioned

Companies
Zalmotek, Waylay, Edge Impulse, Fitbit, Google
Products
Tiny Violin, PicoLight, Vector Watch
Chips
ATtiny, NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit
Tools
KiCad, EAGLE CAD, Grafana, InfluxDB, Hakko

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