Scientists from Cornell University have developed a way for robots to identify physical interactions just by analyzing a user’s shadows. Their ShadowSense system uses an off-the-shelf USB camera to capture the shadows produced by hand gestures on a robot’s skin. Algorithms then classify the movements to infer the user’s specific interaction. Study lead author Guy Hoffman said the method…
Google has launched a new AI tool that lets you listen to the sounds that famed artist Vassily Kandinsky may have heard as he painted. The experiment explores the artist’s synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes one sense to trigger another. In Kandinsky’s case, he’d see colors and shape when he heard music, and hear music…
Japanese carmaker Toyota, known for its ever popular hybrid vehicles, is finally launching its first battery electric vehicles later this year in America. Alongside the two BEVs, the company is also launching a new plug-in hybrid. Sadly, that’s all the info we get from the latest announcement. Toyota seemed more keen in its announcement to…
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Baidu is reportedly planning to launch a subsidiary AI chip firm, which could boost China‘s efforts to develop a domestic semiconductor industry. CNBC reports that the search giant is in talks with venture capital firms GGV and IDG Capital about investing in the venture. The company would sell chips to customers in various industries, including…
This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it here. There are plenty of bullshit sayings out there — they are the force that powers Facebook’s evil after all — but one of the worst is “don’t sweat the small stuff.” Yes, there are plenty of situations where this is true:…
India’s vernacular language social network ShareChat has partnered with Snap Inc. to spice up its short video app, Moj. ShareChat said that starting today, Moj users will be able to use 30 of Snapchat’s lenses. Gaurav Mishra, SVP-Product, ShareChat, said that the company eventually aims to develop 400 lenses through this partnership over time. It is…
In case you didn’t know, Microsoft Word has a dark mode. The problem is, a huge portion of your screen — mainly the big ol’ page you’re writing on — remains white even after you’ve enabled the feature. For reference, this is what ‘dark’ mode currently looks like in Word: You’ve got a big chunk…
We don’t know if Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) Sergeant Billy Fair practices Santeria (or owns a crystal ball), but we know he listens to the Sublime song of the same name. We know this because he’s become a viral sensation on Instagram after blasting the 1990’s hit at a citizen in a misguided attempt…
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