Artificial intelligence allows machines to communicate independently
Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing quickly, because intelligent software is capable of various tasks. Technology generally requires a “human in the loop” to train it and ensure precision. But well before the arrival of the generative artificial intelligence today, another type of AI was born with the help of the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley in California – the one that only exists between machines, running without any human intervention.
In 2006, Geoffrey Barnard founded Machine-to Machine Intelligence Corp. (M2MI) at the NASA Research Park in Ames, considering an automated satellite communication network. NASA Ames has established an agreement on Space Act with society to develop an artificial intelligence that would automate communications, confidentiality, security and resilience between satellites and soil computers.
At the heart of technology, the automation of a problem solving approach known as the analysis of deep causes, which NASA has perfected over the decades. This methodology seeks to identify not only the immediate cause of a problem, but also all the factors that contributed to the cause. This would allow a network to identify its own problems and resolve itself.
The director of nanotechnology of NASA Ames at the time wanted to develop a communication network based on small satellites with low power, Ames therefore supported M2MI in the development of the necessary technology.
Barnard, now CEO and Tiburon technology director in California, the M2MI branch, said NASA support has declared the basics of its business, which uses the same technology in a ground network.
M2M Software Intelligence of the company performs secure, resilient and automated communications on a system that crosses hundreds of networks, connecting thousands of devices, many of which have not been designed to communicate with each other. The M2MI company has worked with Vodafone de Berkshire, in England, to build a global network on more than 500 small networks in more than 190 countries. M2M wireless and triglobal companies have started using M2M Intelligence for transport logistics.
With the help of NASA, emerging industries get the boost they need to quickly develop technologies to improve our lives.