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TetraVue Says Its Lidar Will Dominate the Robocar Business
[Tech]
2017/12/13 08:38
TetraVue's flash lidar collects 60 million bits of data per second through a series of flashes that last for just 40 nanoseconds each.Standard automotive lidars scan objects with moving laser beams, but flash lidar illuminates the entire scene in an instant in order to take a snapshot. This method combines a camera’s high-resolution imaging with a lidar’s range finding, but so far it has been...
(PDF) Mckinsey - AI in Storytelling : Machines as Cocreators
[Business]
2017/12/13 08:38
Computers don’t cry during sad stories, but they can tell when we will.Sunspring debuted at the SCI-FI LONDON film festival in 2016. Set in a dystopian world with mass unemployment, the movie attracted many fans, with one viewer describing it as amusing but strange. But the most notable aspect of the film involves its creation: an artificial-intelligence (AI) bot wrote Sunspring’s screenplay....
A Fingerprint Scanner Under a Smartphone Screen - Synaptics Clear ID
[Product]
2017/12/13 08:37
Could the future of smartphone biometrics look a lot like a shinier version of the past? The answer is most definitely yes — that is, if Synaptics Incorporated has anything to say about it. The San Jose-based hardware manufacturer announced plans on Monday to mass produce an optical in-display fingerprint sensor, and, according to the company, it has a very big partner involved. SEE ALSO: No o...
Scientists Create Stretchable Battery Made Entirely Out of Fabric
[Tech]
2017/12/13 08:37
A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has developed an entirely textile-based, bacteria-powered biobattery that could one day be integrated into wearable electronics.The team, led by Binghamton University Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Seokheun Choi, created an entirely textile-based biobattery that can produce maximum pow...
No Fuss Return Service Wants To Make Online Shopping Easier
[Business]
2017/12/13 08:37
A new service called Try pays the upfront cost for customers so they only pay for what they want to keep.Try is a service that lets customers try on clothes before they buy them from an online store, enabling them to order items they fancy for free so they can see what they’re like before they actually pay for them. Users are charged a subscription fee and Try pays the upfront cost of the item...
Pantone’s 2018 Color of the Year Arrives on the adidas AlphaBOUNCE
[Product]
2017/12/13 08:37
The “Ultra Violet” craze has officially begun.Following Pantone’s announcement made earlier this week that 2018’s Color of the Year would be “Ultra Violet,” the purple craze seems to be infiltrating ever corner of the Internet. Jumping head-first into the madness, adidas has now unveiled its latest colorway of the AlphaBOUNCE silhouette and you guessed it – it’s “Ultra Violet.” Entire...
The One Piece Speaker System
[Design]
2017/12/13 08:36
If you want to equip multiple rooms in your home with high quality audio, the most popular home speaker systems out there require you to purchase multiple units in their product range. Things can quickly get pricey and complicated when trying to sync. Designed with this in mind, the One Piece speaker system simplifies things to exactly how they should be so you can do more listening and less se...
(PDF) Accenture - What's Your Company's AI IQ ?
[Business]
2017/12/12 10:53
Leading companies are moving beyond conventional AI uses like chat-bot issue resolution or personalized shopping. Instead, they are thinking more broadly about how AI can transform the customer experience.The real value in AI lies in it taking the decision-making burden off of consumers. When AI proactively consults with users to make life easier—from scheduling travel to making a typical work...
(Patent) Apple Patent Filing Hints at Blockchain Use
[Tech]
2017/12/12 10:52
Apple has recently submitted a new patent application that uses Blockchain within a prospective system for creating and verifying timestamps.Based on the public application to US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday where Blockchain technology was used to certify timestamps as a program combined with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) tools.Apple's application describes three possible methods f...
