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 CSAIL
Facebook’s new AI research uses intelligent “in-painting” in its facial recognition to identify when you’ve blinked in a photo and replace your closed eyes with open ones:
Image: Facebook/Techcrunch
Perceptin has a strategy to make a self-driving vehicle for under $10K by keeping it small and slow – which could be great for corporate and college campuses:
Image: Perceptin
In England, a robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time:
Image: University of Oxford
Jack Daniel’s used projection mapping and facial capture on the side of a truck for an experiential promotion at LA Pride:
Image: Jack Daniels
“Artificial intelligence is sort of the end goal of computer science. Computer science is about automating stuff, and artificial intelligence is about automating everything.” — Alex Krizhevsky
Image: Dessa
NVIDIA has created an AI tool that makes slow-motion videos shot on regular cameras more seamless, using an approach similar to Photoshop’s ‘Content-Aware Fill’ tool:
Image: NVIDIA
Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL have developed a method to control robots with brainwaves and hand gestures:
Image: MIT CSAIL
MIT researchers have designed a tiny and energy-efficient computer chip that could power drones as small as a fingernail:
Image: MIT
Researchers have created a robot bloodhound that can track odors on the ground:
Image: American Chemical Society
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