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Bringing AI Tech to Pyrotechnics
Meeting spectators’ expectations for new visual effects year after year, the fireworks industry must also mitigate the risks—to the public, the fireworks workforce, and the environment—that accompany explosives. And thanks to technological advances such as AI, innovative solutions can help minimize harmful impact and unlock new creative approaches for safer, more spectacular fireworks experiences.
Despite the hazards, fireworks endure as the centerpieces of annual celebrations across the globe. Behind this lasting appeal are the scientific and artistic skills of pyrotechnic professionals responsible for their design, development, and display. Now, with advances in AI, these professionals have new technologies to expand their creative options.
AI technologies can help fireworks designers discover new combinations of colors, shapes, and effects by analyzing and predicting the behavior of chemicals and other materials that form the magic of firework displays. AI algorithms can optimize the altitude, timing, and trajectory of fireworks to help pyrotechnicians execute displays with greater precision, enabling such effects as visual effects synced seamlessly with music. With AI-enabled simulations, they can experiment with various display scenarios to predict how variables such as wind conditions might impact the show. AI can also support analyses of audience response to help designers customize displays based on spectator responses and locations.
Among the environmental hazards associated with fireworks are toxic haze from particulate matter and increases in harmful gaseous concentrations. AI can help limit the toll fireworks take on air quality through optimization of materials and design in the manufacturing process, helping manufacturers identify products with the least emissions. To reduce the stress that animals often experience from fireworks, this optimization can also help manufacturers reduce noise levels. In addition to supporting more eco-friendly fireworks, AI can support more environmentally friendly manufacturing through predictive maintenance and streamlining systems in the production phase.
The chemical reactions behind the splendor of fireworks can also be serious workplace hazards for the workers who produce them. These dangers have resulted in casualties in the fireworks workforce, such as a deadly explosion at a Florida fireworks warehouse in December 2022 and explosions at fireworks factories throughout Asia. AI-driven technologies can help fireworks manufacturers detect risks, implement predictive maintenance of equipment, and perform real-time monitoring of systems and processes.
AI can also help fireworks manufacturers gain insights into the drivers of accidents in their factories. Researchers developed a machine-learning model to analyze the relationship between human factors and the human error that is often behind injuries and fatalities in the fireworks industry, making recommendations to reduce human error. For another study, researchers used artificial neural networks to predict accidents in fireworks factories based on atmospheric conditions. Automated inspections can also help manufacturers identify defects more efficiently and effectively.
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