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.
I’ve taken most of July off, as I’ve been traveling, but I did catch a few interesting stories over the last few weeks.
Google’s in-house artist Mario Klingemann makes art using AI neural networks:
Image: Mario Klingemann
Long before the rise of neural networks, Doug Lenat started building rules-based common sense for AI:
Image: Brent Humphries for Wired
A peek behind the curtain at AI “labeling teams” that enable the machine learning for driverless cars:
Image: Pexels
After Hong Kong eliminated its EV tax credit, Tesla sales fell to zero:
Image: Shutterstock
Paradromics and DARPA will spend $65M to enter the race for a brain-computer interface:
Image: Mina Hanna & Abdul Obaid | Stanford University
Audi says its new A8 is the first production autonomous car to use Lidar:
Image: Audi
Google Glass is starting its second act – on factory floors and other workplaces:
Image: AGCO
DNA Startup Helix launched an online hub that’s like an app store for genetic testing:
Image: Helix
Microsoft developed an AI chip for HoloLens to do speech and image processing locally:
Image: Microsoft
Stanford researchers created a head-tracking system for VR using standard Wi-Fi:
Image: alvarez/iStockphoto
To see stories throughout the week, follow me on Twitter: @josiah17