Catégorie : Veille Technologique
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World’s Biggest, Most Useless AI Machine
In a time when we’re inundated with talk of an impending AI apocalypse it’s nice to see an AI that’s intentionally useless. That AI is HAL 9000. No, not the conflicted HAL from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey but the World’s Biggest AI Useless Machine HAL built by [Rafael], [Mickey] and [Eyal] for GeekCon 2016 in Israel. Standing tall, shiny…
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Blockchain : Accenture tue l’innovation
Prenez n’importe quelle présentation de la « blockchain », l’immutabilité des informations qu’elle gère est toujours présentée comme l’un de ses avantages capitaux. Aussi, quand Accenture se vante d’introduire une avancée majeure en violant cette propriété fondamentale, sa démarche est la risée d’une bonne partie de la communauté, avec raison. L’« invention » proposée par Accenture consiste à permettre les modifications a posteriori du…
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Today in stop it tech, you’re drunk: this smartphone-controlled candle
Prometheus may have stolen fire from the gods, but even he couldn’t have pinched the flame from this smartphone-controlled candle. Why? It’s password-protected. This is the LuDela — which is a real candle with a real flame (and yes, it’s a real product), but it comes encased in all the sensors and and electronics necessary to charge consumers $99 for candlelight.…
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Voice is chat’s next battleground
Chatbots were meh. Sure, they’ll get better. But the upcoming innovation in chat is about being more human, not less. With the proliferation of adequate speech recognition, AI assistants and wireless headphones, the tech is ready to unlock the potential of our most basic form of communication. Soon, we’ll talk and listen to our messaging apps when it’s more convenient…
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5 Counterintuitive Management and Innovation Tips
Be candid with yourself and acknowledge what you know and don’t know. Select supportive team members who possess the skills necessary to take the business in the right direction. I believe companies should step back and not describe themselves based on what they do but the benefit they provide. These kinds of products create emotions. Some people will love it,…
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Gaming PC invades Galant drawer unit
IKEA items used: GALANT Hurts/ drawer unit (In Sweden “drawer unit” = “Hurts” so I guess that “Gaming PC invades Hurts” would be a more correct name) The project began in October 2015 with version 1.0; while the original design had many flaws the idea of a Gaming computer in a drawer unit survived until the summer of 2016 when…
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David Walsh: One Week of Vive (votre avis ?)
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll notice that I’ve very recently taken to virtual reality. Headsets like Oculus Rift, Samsung GearVR, Playstation’s VR effort, and HTC Vive have just hit the consumer market and so now is a good time for developers to start experiencing VR and getting acquainted from a coding perspective. Even better […] Et vous ? Vous…
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Elon Musk: These Are the 5 Most Important Problems We Need to Solve
In a new interview, Elon Musk identifies genetics, AI, and brain bandwidth as three areas in which today’s youth can have the biggest impact on the future. However, he doesn’t think an idea needs to be revolutionary to be worthwhile. Source : Elon Musk: These Are the 5 Most Important Problems We Need to Solve
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Behind the wheel of Uber’s new self-driving car, which hits the road today
On Monday, I found myself behind the wheel of a Ford Fusion driving down a Pittsburgh street lined with gorgeous Romanesque brick factories. The sky was a cloudless blue, the Allegheny River sparkled seductively through the trees, and I was able to drink in all the splendor of the day without distraction because I wasn’t actually driving the car. This…
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Chatscene, an app for messaging people at the same event
It was a full house with hundreds of apps and products on display Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this week. One of the teams that caught our eye was Chatscene, an app for meeting and finding people nearby. While there are many messaging apps out there, Chatscene hopes that its hyperlocal focus will set it apart from…
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