On Fridays I post here my favorite stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find inspirational.
Google thinks it can crack the VR adoption problem by building wireless headsets with partners:
Image: Google
Inductive charging built into roads could be useful for public transit:
Image: Qualcomm
Quants run Wall Street now – algorithmic funds vastly outperform human fund managers:
Image: Tabb Group/The Wall Street Journal
Trump’s decision-making seems inscrutable, but through a machine learning lens it’s logical:
Image: Mark Weaver/Doug Mills/The New York Times
Machine learning requires tons of training data, but an AI imbued with curiosity might learn faster:
Image: Pulkit Agrawal
Microsoft showed off a pair of prototype augmented reality glasses way smaller than Hololens:
Image: Microsoft
UCSD researchers 3D-printed a soft robot that can navigate over rubble and loose sand:
Image: UC San Diego
The US Army’s Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR) system is an AR HUD for soldiers:
Image: US Army
U Melbourne’s Augmented Studio uses projection mapping onto human subjects to teach anatomy:
Image: U. Melbourne
Google now analyzes credit card data to connect offline purchases to online ads:
Image: AP Photo/David Goldman
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