LONG BEACH, Calif. —Microsoft is working with partners to identify adware for newer software equipment developed by the tech giant.
In one of the many programs explored for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Spaceborne Computer 2, NASA is testing a Microsoft tool called Custom Vision to see if it helps simplify the task of examining astronauts’ gloves for symptoms of pain after spacewalks.
Custom Vision, which is a component of the Azure Cognitive Services suite, is helping developers “build AI models without necessarily needing a PhD,” Steve Kitay, senior director of Azure Space at Microsoft, told SpaceNews. “This is done with little or no code through clicking on certain applications or spaces of a symbol to identify and exercise the model. “
Kitay sees Earth as a promising application for Custom Vision. Whether the object being studied is one meter away from the camera, like an astronaut’s glove, or thousands of miles away, like satellite imagery, Custom Vision can simplify the task of creating a unique computer view. models, he added.
Video, for example, can be analyzed in other images. With Custom Vision, developers can identify express spaces of interest in images by drawing bounding boxes.
Microsoft offers an open-source tool, called the Distributed Application Runtime, or Dapr, that combines Custom Vision and other software parts for developers to build applications.
Microsoft is exploring programs for Dapr with Ball Aero, Loft Orbital and Thales Alenia Space.
Thales is working with Microsoft to boost the processing of weather data captured through a sensor on the International Space Station.
With Loft Orbital, Microsoft is exploring “the immediate progression and deployment of applications,” Kitay said.
Microsoft supports Ball’s work to build satellites that can be temporarily reconfigured in orbit.
In recent years, Microsoft has worked with dozens of companies in the area.
Azure Orbital, the company’s floor station-as-a-service business, is one element of the tech giant’s program. Remote sensing is another.
“When we think about remote sensing, consumers care about connectivity and information,” Kitay said. “Microsoft seeks to reflect this infrastructure that is being built in the area. It’s about leveraging it with partners and then connecting it for end consumers to empower. for any specific project they carry out. We are running to be that cloud of fabric for the area community.