On Fridays I post here a roundup of things I’ve mentioned on social media over the prior week, generally stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find interesting.
Chinese researchers created replacement ears for 6 children by growing human cells onto 3D-printed scaffolds:
Image: JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY IN SHANGHAI
Amazon’s had their eye on the healthcare industry for while, and now they’ve teamed up with Berkshire Hathaway & JPMorgan to try and disrupt it:
Image: Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Your city is watching you: a look at how machine learning and computer vision could transform urban life:
Image: Sunny Eckerle / Curbed
Swiss startup ODEM wants to use blockchain tech to democratize education:
Image: The Next Web
Nuro is an autonomous delivery van that foregoes seats to make more room for cargo:
Image: NURO
Starship’s autonomous sidewalk delivery robots still require remote operators, because their inexpensive sensors just aren’t that dependable:
Image: STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES
Uber is partnering with dockless bike-share startup JUMP on a pilot program in San Francisco:
Image: UBER/JUMP
China and the US are bracing for an AI showdown—in the cloud:
Image: YAOPAI
MIT’s new IQ (Intelligence Quest) initiative seeks to discover the foundations of human intelligence and use them to drive the development of better machine intelligence:
Image: MIT
Canadian roboticists are experimenting with using facial expressions to control drone flight:
Image: Simon Fraser University
To see stories like this throughout the week, follow me on Twitter: @josiah17