Catégorie : Veille Technologique
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Microsoft reaches ‘human parity’ with new speech recognition system
Researchers at Microsoft have published details of new speech recognition technology that they say transcribes conversational speech as well as a human does. « We’ve reached human parity, » says Microsoft’s chief speech scientist Xuedong Huang in a statement. « This is an historic achievement. » The system’s word error rate is reported to be 5.9 percent, which Microsoft says is « about equal » to professional…
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Robert Downey Jr. veut bien être la voix de l’IA de Mark Zuckerberg… à une condition
L’acteur Robert Downey Jr. veut bien donner de la voix pour l’intelligence artificielle personnelle de Mark Zuckerberg, à condition que son salaire serve à une bonne cause. Lire la suite Téléchargez nos chouettes applications mobile pour plus d’infos : ici pour iPhone et ici pour Android © Rédigé par, Antoine Roche pour Begeek.fr le ven, 14 Oct 2016 à 16h00…
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Anki’s Cozmo robot is the new, adorable face of artificial intelligence
Human beings have an uneasy relationship with robots. We’re fascinated by the prospect of intelligent machines. At the same time, we’re wary of the existential threat they pose, one emboldened by decades of Hollywood tropes. In the near-term, robots are supposed to pose a threat to our livelihood, with automation promising to replace human workers while the steady march of…
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Monstrous Suit of Power Armor 3D Printed over 140 Days
[hirocreations] printed an entire suit of enormous Fallout power armor on his Monoprice Maker Select 3D printer, which took some 140 days and over 120 pounds of IC3D PLA filament. Happily, [hirocreations] was able to arrange a sponsorship with IC3D for the build – who would be crazy enough to use so much filament over so long for an entire 7+ foot tall…
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Entrepreneurs, les raisons qui font que vos développeurs restent… ou partent
Julien, membre de la communauté de blogueurs JobProd. Vous êtes entrepreneur et constatez que le turn-over est très élevé dans votre entreprise. Ce dernier est peut-être voulu, mais est à terme extrêmement néfaste. C’est en fait une des principales raisons d’échecs de projets informatiques, du fait de l’absence de suivi de l’évolution dans le temps quand beaucoup de personnes différentes…
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‘The Matrix’ revisited: Tech billionaires are certain we live in a simulation
According to some tech billionaires and observers, the chance that we are not living in a simulation is millions or billions to one. Two are hiring scientists to find a way to break us out of the game. The post ‘The Matrix’ revisited: Tech billionaires are certain we live in a simulation appeared first on Digital Trends. Source: <a href="‘The…
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Forging the Warhammer 40K Chainsword in Real Life [Video]
From Man at Arms: Reforged: To celebrate the 100th Man At Arms episode, the folks from Baltimore Knife and Sword are recreating the infamous chainsword from Warhammer 40K in real life! Every other Monday, our team of blacksmiths and craftsman build some of your favorite weapons, and some weapons that you’ve never seen before. This week, the guys at Baltimore…
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Afraid of the dark? Then best you don’t enter Airbnb’s Halloween contest
Fancy spending a night in Dracula’s castle? Airbnb is offering an overnight stay there in a special Halloween contest. The prize includes a « hearty, blood-enriching meal » and coffins for beds. The post Afraid of the dark? Then best you don’t enter Airbnb’s Halloween contest appeared first on Digital Trends. Source: <a href="Afraid of the dark? Then best you don’t enter…
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Un calendrier 2017 en papier bulle
Qui n’a jamais pris son pied en éclatant les petit bulles de ce film plastique d’emballage ? Les fanatiques du papier à bulles peuvent se réjouir. Le Bubble Wrap® Calendar 2017 va vous permettre de vous adonner à votre passion. 27$ sur amazon US. Source: <a href="Un calendrier 2017 en papier bulle« >TheOldReader
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Facebook partners with Google, others to launch a new JavaScript package manager
Facebook today launched Yarn, a new package manager for JavaScript. If you’ve every worked with JavaScript and Node.js, chances are that you’ve used the npm package manager to find and reuse existing code (or maybe publish your own libraries, too). At Facebook’s scale, though, npm didn’t quite work for the company, though, and it started developing an opinionated… Read More Source: <a href="Facebook…
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