(ANSA) - Rome, November 18 - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
researchers in Italy have come up with a computer capable of
taking over from air traffic controllers when it perceives them
as being too stressed on the job, sources said Wednesday.
The computer named Neurometrics INdicators for ATM, or
NINA, will monitor the cognitive state of air traffic
controllers through sensors measuring their brain electrical
activity, eye movements, skin temperature, and other physical
and neurological responses that speak to levels of stress,
fatigue, and concentration, in real time.
Then, if they are in any way impaired, NINA should be able
to come up with ways to help them.
NINA is a 27-month EU project that began in September 2013
and is the brainchild of Deep Blue, an Italian consulting and
research company focusing on human factors in transportation
safety, Rome's La Sapienza University, and France's National
School for Civil Aviation (ENAC).
Right now NINA's sensors look like headphones, but in
future air traffic controllers will be able to "wear" her as a
headband or a tiny instrument pinned to their collar, project
coordinators said.
She should be ready by the end of November.
NINA, the intelligent computer
EU-funded AI project developed by Italian-led team