How computers can catch power line wildfires before they ignite
A new machine learning model predicts whether an electrical fault will spark a fire and calculates the exact split-second of ignition down to milliseconds.
Wednesday 14 October
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A new machine learning model predicts whether an electrical fault will spark a fire and calculates the exact split-second of ignition down to milliseconds.

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