Month: August 2016

Text summarization with the help of deep learning

Posted on by Mark Hollering

The google Brain team open-sourced the TensorFlow model code for generating news headlines. Below are some examples. The first column shows the model input, which is the first sentence of a news article. The second column shows the headline generated by the algorithm.

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Deep neural networks and machine-learning are key players of artificial intelligence. They are simulating basic information processing of the brain and are more and more used in many products.

More information: research.googleblog.com

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Solar Windbreaker

Posted on by Mohr Christoph

By wearing the solar windbreaker from Pauline van Dongen you make sure that your electronical devices won’t run out of energy. There are three solar panels attached to the jacked which are connected to an integrated power bank. Through a wireless induction system you are able to charge your devices.

Nothing really new but nevertheless a nice and useful gadget as it combines renewable energy with your everyday needs (with regard to all the devices that need to be charged).

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Bearbot, a cute universal remote at your command

Posted on by Eva Herbig

Created by Mu Design in Luxembourg, the motion control device can be taught to control numerous household devices such as air conditioning, TV, connected light bulbs, thermostat, alarm and more! Thanks to a revolutionary 3D gesture recognition sensor, Bearbot can detect your multiple movements and translate them to wanted actions. The Bearbot can also surprise you with a cute yawn or sneeze!

http://mu-design.lu/#bearbot

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Algorithm Identify depression by studying Instagram Photos

Posted on by Mark Hollering

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Researchers used a machine-learning algorithm fed with Instagram streams to spot the correlations between depression and images. Depressed individuals prefer bluer, darker images and also received fewer likes than healthy people. Currently the detection rate is at 70 percent, which is a higher rate than GPs are able to identify.

Deep neural networks and machine-learning are key players of artificial intelligence. They are simulating basic information processing of the brain and are more and more used in many products.

More information: www.technologyreview.com

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A Brain Prosthetic To Improve Memory

Posted on by Dominic Beinenz

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A startup named Kernel came out of stealth mode yesterday and revealed its ambitious mission: to develop a ready-for-the-clinic brain prosthetic to help people with memory problems. The broad target market includes people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, as well as those who have suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury.

read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/

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Internet Archive: play 10.000 Commodore Amiga games

Posted on by Mark Hollering with Leave a comment

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The Internet Archive released over 10.000 Amiga games, which are now playable with an HTML5 Amiga-Emulator within your browser. The emulator is still under development and many games don’t start, but there is also the option to download the disc image as a ADF file, which could be played within other, proofed and stable desktop emulators like WinUAE.

Update: Unfortunately, the program has been taken down for further development.

More information: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_amiga

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World’s first tattoo by industrial robot

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Within the Autodesk Pier 9 Artists in Residence program, the french company Appropriate Audiences has shown  a robot, which is tattooing a shin. One of the bigger challenges is to handle the uneven surface of the human body. The result is looking very neat and is showing the very high precision of the machine.

Robots will support us in many, even unexpected, tasks and are one of the most expressive ways to bring machine intelligence to (our) live(s).

More information: www.appropriateaudiences.net

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