Eco House on Wheels
I could live in one of these.
I could live in one of these.
Opensource.com provides some important predictions about AI over the coming year.
New Atlas tells the story of the Curta mechanical calculator, and it’s designer Hertzsark who had to draw designs as a prisoner at Buchenwald. It’s well worth reading.
Amazon has filed a patent for a mini-drone that would be easily transportable (perhaps in a bag or attached to your clothing), and would be able to find things. You might have your car marked in some way, and when you get to the parking lot, the drone would fly from your clothing, locate your…
This is on sale for just $99.99 on Amazon through October 9. I am not recommending this as something I’ve tested, but the competition is heating up for voice command devices, and Amazon got into it early with the Echo and now this. If you’ve had any luck with things like Siri and Cortana, you…
4 misconceptions about ethics and bias in AI (opensource.com) is well worth reading, whether your designing AI or thinking about its use in society.
In 1980, when I was in graduate school, a friend of mine and I attended a computer show that was intended to demonstrate the latest in information technology to graduate students. The entire show could be fit into a single classroom. I remember stopping at one of the tables, run by a major company, and…
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