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Artificial Intelligence in the Cockpit Could Monitor Pilot Fatigue and Health
Blueskeye AI, a U.K.-based software company specializing in facial analysis using artificial intelligence, recently received a £20,000 award to investigate how facial sensing technology could glean information about human behavior in aircraft cockpits.
Blueskeye AI is using facial sensing software to monitor for signs of pilot fatigue or other possible safety concerns.
Blueskeye AI is using facial sensing software to monitor for signs of pilot fatigue or other possible safety concerns. (Photo: AIN)

As the aviation industry trends toward more autonomous flight technologies with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), one tech start-up is looking into a different use for AI in aircraft: to monitor pilots using facial sensing software. 

Blueskeye AI, a U.K.-based software development company that specializes in facial analysis using AI, recently received a £20,000 ($24,600) award from the Aerospace Unlocking Potential (UP) program, a joint effort between the University of Nottingham and the Midlands Aerospace Alliance, to investigate how facial sensing technology could glean information about human behavior in aircraft cockpits.