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What’s the Deal with Transparent Aluminum?
It looks like a tube made of glass but it’s actually aluminum. Well, aluminum with an asterisk beside it — this is not elemental aluminum but rather a material made using it. We got onto the buzz about “transparent aluminum” as a result of a Tweet from whence the image above came. This Tweet was posted…
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Here are the five things I learned installing a smart mirror
I recently received a review unit of the Embrace Smart Mirror. It’s essentially a 24-inch Android tablet mounted behind a roughly 40-inch mirror. It works well when third-party software is installed. Here’s what I learned. It’s impossible to get a good photo of the smart mirror I tried a tripod, a selfie stick and every…
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Keynote: Laura Dekker, The Machine as Alien Ethnographer
HKG18-500K2 – Keynote: Laura Dekker – The Machine as Alien Ethnographer: Advanced Computation, Open Source Systems and Art The last decade or so of development in open source hardware, software and data has brought an astonishing richness of resources for artists: Python and C++ libraries for natural language processing, biological simulation, data programming and machine…
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Le chatbot comme interface de la Blockchain
Les assistants conversationnels sont utilisés dans de nombreux cas d’usages comme alternative aux applications mobile. Leur simplicité permet de répondre efficacement à un besoin de service client, de réservation, de conseiller, de coach, etc … Dernièrement je me suis amusé à rajouter un connecteur blockchain à notre framework VISEO Bot Maker (aka SARAH v5). L’idée…
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Tooth-Mounted Diet Tracker Could Feed Our Unhealthy Relationship With Food
Is Fitbit not accurate enough for you? Apple Watch simply not invasive enough? Maybe a wearable stuck to your tooth would be more your style. Researchers at Tufts University have created just that. They’ve engineered a tooth-mounted sensor that tracks your every bite (and what it contains). Such a device could be useful, but it could also…
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Google is adopting blockchain-like technology
Google is planning to adopt a blockchain-like ledger system, people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg. Google will use the tech, the report states, as a means of differentiating its cloud business from rivals. The company would also supposedly license the ledger system so that other companies could run it on their own servers. Google…
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Google Builds A Synthesizer With Neural Nets And Raspberry Pis.
AI is the new hotness! It’s 1965 or 1985 all over again! We’re in the AI Rennisance Mk. 2, and Google, in an attempt to showcase how AI can allow creators to be more… creative has released a synthesizer built around neural networks. The NSynth Super is an experimental physical interface from Magenta, a research…
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Google’s upcoming OLED display for VR headsets may pack a 3182p resolution
Google is scheduled to hold a session during Display Week in May to introduce its 18-megapixel OLED display built for virtual reality headsets. It will have a refresh rate of 120Hz and a pixel density of 1,443 pixels per inch. The post Google’s upcoming OLED display for VR headsets may pack a 3182p resolution appeared…
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Le role du MVP Microsoft
Lors de ma présence chez Microsoft au Global MVP Summit j’ai vraiment compris le rôle du MVP. Et ce n’est pas ce que j’imaginais ! Je pensais que le Most Valuable Professionnal était un expert de technologies Microsoft jouant le rôle d’évangéliste en partageant ses connaissances à travers des articles, forum, ou meetup, … C’est…
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