This mobile phone can see you, AND what you’re holding
Smartphone attachment sees concealed weapons and explosives
I Can See You, AND What You’re Holding
We’re catching up with science-fiction. The idea of being able to hold a personal device and scan a room and the people in it, to learn in real time if any of them are of interest, or more darkly, carrying anything dangerous really is the stuff science-fiction. And yet, it’s here now. Founded in early 2017 in West Hollywood-based RH … Read more
Microsoft delivers machine learning to every windows developer
ONNX API now available in Windows At the recent Windows Developer Day, Microsoft exec. Kevin Gallo announced a number of new products for developers, the most interesting of which was what he called “the intelligent edge” and the Windows AI Platform. In a nutshell, this means that while Microsoft has previously focused mainly on cloud-based AI, it is now turning … Read more
3D Augmented reality on the web, for everyone
Google is here to save the day Google wants to popularize 3D on the web and on Android devices. The company is building a strong base in VR with Daydream and also the development of tools and devices falls into the realm of Google and Android. The company predicts there will be hundreds of millions of Android and iOS devices … Read more
AI-Intel, Nvidia, and Google mimic each other
Learning one size does not fit all In May 2017, Nvidia introduced its mega-chip Volta GPU on its Tesla V100 AIB. Volta, as you may know, has a dedicated neural processor in it which Nvidia calls Tensor Cores, 640 of them in fact. In 2016, Intel purchased, for $400 million, Nervana Systems who was developing both a GPU/software approach in … Read more