On (most) Fridays I post here a roundup of interesting things I’ve read and/or posted on social media since my last roundup, generally stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find interesting.
Featured Image: Taylor Herring
MIT researchers created a wearable device can ‘hear’ the words you say in your head:
Image: Lorrie Lejeune/MIT
Dolby Laboratories researchers have created AI sensors that can read facial micromovements to see through anyone’s ‘poker face’:
Image: Pixabay
‘Lazy hackers’ are using automated attack tools to find and hijack vulnerable servers with minimal human intervention:
Image: Shutterstock
Now TV, which streams WestWorld in the UK, created an eerily lifelike android named Fred and sent him to a pub to promote season 2 of the show:
Image: Now TV
New garbage sorting robots are reshaping one of the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs:
Image: ZenRobotics
Researchers in Singapore created a robot that can assemble an IKEA chair:
Image: NTU
Driverless cars won’t happen without tons of data but Tesla and Waymo have a big head start over traditional carmakers:
Image: William Joel
UMD researchers developed machine learning that has an ‘amazing’ ability to predict the ‘butterfly effect’ of chaotic systems:
Image: DVDP for Quanta Magazine/iStock
A UK company is developing the world’s first 100% hydrogen combustion truck:
Image: ULEMCo
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