Red Hat's open-source AI may become an all-important tool for astronauts

Red Hat's open-source AI may become an all-important tool for astronauts

NASA's AI medical tool works where Earth-based doctors simply cannot reachDeep space has no signal — so NASA built its own offline doctorRamaLama runs AI models the same way containers run software — predictablyAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) currently rely heavily on Earth-based doctors whenever medical issues emerge hundreds of kilometres overhead.That arrangement works reasonably well in low Earth orbit, where communic…

NASA and Red Hat are building an open source medical system to diagnose sick astronauts on the ISS — could a Star Trek Tricorder be next?

NASA's AI medical tool works where Earth-based doctors simply cannot reach Deep space has no signal - so NASA built its own offline doctor RamaLama runs AI models the same way containers run software - predictably Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) currently rely heavily on Earth-based doctors whenever medical issues emerge hundreds of kilometres overhead. That arrangement works reasonably well in low Earth orbit, where comm…