Healthy Harrison Creates Baby Steps Video Series for Better Health
Healthy Harrison, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of West Virginians, is embracing artificial intelligence( AI) to reach more people with high-quality, engaging content in today’ s fast-paced digital world.
As part of a new campaign to make wellness approachable and entertaining, Healthy Harrison has launched a video series titled“ Baby Steps,” where real, local health coaches deliver expert advice and simple tips for better living. Each video features two versions: one with the actual coach and a second with a talking baby created with AI. This light-hearted approach serves a serious purpose: to make staying healthy feel more doable and fun.
“ In an era where online content is more competitive than ever, we’ re using AI not to replace our coaches but to amplify their reach,” says John Paul Nardelli, executive director of Healthy Harrison.“ We’ re still relying on real people from our communities— highly educated, compassionate experts— but pairing their wisdom with AI gives us a fresh way to capture attention and make wellness more digestible.”
The“ Baby Steps” theme was inspired by a simple truth: 90 % of New Year’ s resolutions fail within the first three months, often because the goals people set are too ambitious. Healthy Harrison’ s philosophy is different. The organization believes lasting health improvements come from consistent, small efforts— one baby step at a time.
With this innovative format, Healthy Harrison hopes to combat information fatigue and offer a new kind of health content: locally rooted, educational and uniquely entertaining. To view the videos, simply search for Change Your State on Facebook.
WVU Mining Engineer Uses High- Tech Headsets to Protect Miners
To keep miners safe, a West Virginia University( WVU) researcher is creating a training program that uses augmented reality( AR) headsets to prepare workers to operate around high-risk vehicles.
Powered haulage vehicles like dump trucks and front-end loaders account for nearly half of all mining-related deaths, partly because they offer such limited visibility. In response, Deniz Tuncay is enabling powered haulage operators and miners to enhance their awareness of blind spots and ability to identify hazards with his AR training technology, which will project blind spots directly onto the trainee operator’ s surroundings.
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