Catégorie : Veille Technologique
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[NUMBERS] Le podcast, un marché publicitaire à 1 milliard de dollars aux Etats-Unis en 2021
Le marché des publicités dans les podcasts a progressé de 53% en 2018, par rapport à 2017. L’article [NUMBERS] Le podcast, un marché publicitaire à 1 milliard de dollars aux Etats-Unis en 2021 est apparu en premier sur FrenchWeb.fr. Source: [NUMBERS] Le podcast, un marché publicitaire à 1 milliard de dollars aux Etats-Unis en 2021
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Gorgeous Variant Fan Covers and Artwork for Supergirl Comics
A series of gorgeous variant cover for Supergirl comics by artist Artgerm. [Source: Artgerm | Via GG] The post Gorgeous Variant Fan Covers and Artwork for Supergirl Comics appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. Source: Gorgeous Variant Fan Covers and Artwork for Supergirl Comics
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Paper Strandbeest Is Strong Enough To Walk
Most readers will be familiar with the work of the Dutch artist Theo Jansen, whose Strandbeest wind-powered mechanical walking sculptures prowl the beaches of the Netherlands. The Jansen linkage provides a method of making machines with a curious but efficient walking gait from a rotational input, and has been enthusiastically copied on everything from desktop toys to bicycles. One might…
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Leap Motion racheté par une société de contrôle haptique anglaise
Six ans se sont écoulés depuis le Buzz planétaire de Leap Motion. La marque qui, avec de simples capteurs infrarouges et un algorithme un peu fou, permettait de comprendre les objets situés dans son champ de vision. En 2013, la Start Up recevait 300 millions de dollars et réussissait un financement participatif magistral. Faute de développements réellement utiles, d’intérêt pour…
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Astounding AI Guesses What You Look Like Based on Your Voice
Vox Humana A new artificial intelligence created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University pulls off a staggering feat: by analyzing only a short audio clip of a person’s voice, it reconstructs what they might look like in real life. The AI’s results aren’t perfect, but they’re pretty good — a remarkable and somewhat terrifying example of how a sophisticated AI can…
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Wireless LEDs Aren’t A First, But You Can Make Your Own
Wireless LEDs. That’s what [Scotty Allen] found in Japan, and if you find something you just have to replicate it. [Scotty] found these wireless LEDs in a display stand for model makers and gunpla. Because you don’t want to run wires, drill holes, and deal with fiber optics when illuminating plastic models, model companies have come up with wireless LEDs.…
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Hypervoix (2/2) : les enjeux de la voix au-delà de la voix
L’enjeu des assistants vocaux ne se limite pas à leur seule conception sonore et vocale, comme nous le rappelions dans la première partie de ce dossier. A l’occasion de la journée d’étude Hypervoix qui avait lieu le 15 avril à Paris, retour sur les autres enjeux de conception que posent les assistants vocaux en élargissant le champ des questions et…
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Little Lamp To Learn Longer Leaps
Reinforcement learning is a subset of machine learning where the machine is scored on their performance (“evaluation function”). Over the course of a training session, behavior that improved final score is positively reinforced gradually building towards an optimal solution. [Dheera Venkatraman] thought it would be fun to use reinforcement learning for making a little robot lamp move. But before that…
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Microsoft’s new language learning app uses your phone’s camera and computer vision to teach vocabulary
Eight Microsoft interns have developed a new language learning tool that uses the smartphone camera to help adults improve their English literacy by learning the words for the things around them. The app, Read My World, lets you take a picture with your phone to learn from a library of over 1,500 words. The photo can be of a real-world…
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Driverless Range Rovers Collaborate in Tiny Freeway Model
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have deployed a fleet of 1:24 scale autonomous Range Rovers to explore how cars can communicate and work together. Results are promising, with cooperative driving improving traffic flow by 35% in normal driving operation, and a staggering 45% when driving more aggressively. The experiment takes place on a two-lane simulated freeway marked out on…
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