David Fouhey, New York University – For the Birds
Assistant Professor David Fouhey developed "Skelevision," an AI vision system that uses deep neural networks to automatically identify and measure bird bones from museum specimen photographs. His technology revealed bird wings function as sophisticated cooling systems. "When birds fly, these bones become crucial for dissipating the enormous heat generated by flight muscles," Fouhey explained. The research discovered longer wing bones in warmer climates are "driven primarily by the need for efficient cooling rather than heat conservation."
