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: MIT/TechCrunch
The next frontier of police surveillance is drones:
Image: DJI
Stofiel Aerospace is developing a balloon-launched, 3D-printed rocket that could be a cheap and effective method for launching mobile satellites:
Image: Stofiel Aerospace/YouTube
Uber has filed a patent for an AI system that can tell when passengers are drunk:
Image: Pxhere
Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL have developed a new technology that uses RF waves to see your body through walls and recreate your skeletal frame as a simple stick figure:
Image: MIT/TechCrunch
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is starting a virtual border-wall company called Anduril Industries that will try to use AI and VR to figure out who (or what) is crossing the border between the US and Mexico:
Image: BEN DAVIS FROM THE NOUN PROJECT | RACHEL METZ
IBM’s new artificial synapses could make artificial intelligence 100 times more energy-efficient, allowing better machine learning on small devices like smartphones:
Image: MNIST HANDWRITING DATASET
In a challenge to Amazon Go, Microsoft is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from retail stores:
Image: Microsoft/Reuters
A look inside the Amber Lab at Caltech, where researchers are working on teaching robots to walk and jump like humans:
Image: Caltech/Wired
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