Tania Roy of UCF is developing new devices that will enable artificial intelligence to work from anywhere, including space. The complex, brain-like devices are placed on small chips about an inch wide. Unlike current AI, they will not depend on connections to remote servers to perform computing and calculations.

“Our goal is to make the artificial intelligence circuitry very small and compact,” Roy said. “That way technology like portable, handheld devices can have the circuitry on them and don’t need an internet connection. They can operate in remote areas, and have all of those functionalities, like image search or voice understanding, from any place on Earth.”

• Tania Roy