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This USB adapter is Microsoft’s final admission that Kinect failed
Microsoft had a bold vision for its Xbox One console that involved its Kinect accessory. While the Kinect for Xbox 360 was one of the most popular game console accessories of all time, a bundled Kinect with the Xbox One introduced a $100 price premium over the PS4 competition. Despite switching course and unbundling the Kinect,…
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MIT scientists built a neural network that can pass the ‘Audio Turing Test’
“In order to know what sound to play, the computer has to know something about the object being struck, and about the action that produced the sound,” Andrew Owens, one of the PhD students who worked on the project, tells Digital Trends. The post MIT scientists built a neural network that can pass the ‘Audio…
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The biggest maker of Raspberry Pis was just acquired for $871 million
Premier Farnell, the biggest maker of the wildly popular Raspberry Pi minicomputer, is now being acquired by Daetwyler Holding AG, a Swiss industrial component supplier, for approximately $871 million. According to Bloomberg, the union will reportedly allow both companies to better compete in the components market. « By combining forces, we significantly increase our competitiveness and extend our…
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Microsoft s’offre LinkedIn pour 26,2 milliards de dollars
Microsoft a annoncé, ce lundi, le rachat de LinkedIn pour la bagatelle de 26,2 milliards de dollars. D’après le communiqué, le réseau social orienté vers les professionnels conservera « sa marque distincte, sa culture et son indépendance ». Satya Nadella était encore à la recherche de sa première grosse acquisition en tant que patron de Microsoft…. Source: <a href="Microsoft…
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Data Logging; Everyone’s Doing It, Why Aren’t You?
I’ve used logging in both my professional and hobby projects. One system used satellite communications to obtain data from remote pipeline locations. Two notable locations were the side of a mountain in Nevada which was totally inaccessible in the winter and a swamp in the middle of Louisiana. These remote units, and their counterparts at…
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Elle a volé en Wingsuit au dessus d’un volcan actif au Chili
Roberta Mancino est une base jumpeuse de renommée internationale et elle adore se lancer des défis totalement dingues. Elle n’hésite d’ailleurs pas à mettre sa propre vie en danger et sa dernière performance est sans doute la plus impressionnante de toute. Preuve en est, notre amatrice de sensations fortes a effectué un vol en Wingsuit au…
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Luxembourg Establishes €220 Million Fund for Space Mining
Luxembourg has had its sights on space mining for quite a while. Now, it’s betting big: it has just set up a €200 million ($227 million) fund to entice space mining companies to set up shop in the tiny nation, in a bid to become the “Silicon Valley” of space resources. The initiative will primarily benefit…
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Viktor, de Fingertips, un coussin connecté qui facilite le quotidien
Viktor est un ami qui veut du bien aux personnes en perte de mobilité et d’autonomie. Plus qu’un simple coussin 3.0, c’est tout un système de conciergerie qui est embarqué. Depuis son tableau de bord situé sur le dessus, il permet à ses utilisateurs de garder le contact avec leurs proches, mais aussi de contrôler…
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Foldimate : un robot qui repasse et plie vos vêtements
Il sortirait presque tout droit du dessin animé les jetson. Que tout le monde lève les bras en l’air ! Fini le repassage et la corvée de pliage ! Les robots les plus utiles sont ceux qui nous font gagner du temps, surtout quand il s’agit de quelque chose de pénible. Foldimate est un robot sous…
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Watch Google’s AI master the infamously difficult Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge
If we want to create artificial intelligence that can teach itself how the world works, it needs to be curious. This has been a recurring theme in the world of AI in recent years, and newly-published research from Google’s DeepMind division shows exactly why this quintessentially human quality is important for making computers smart. Continue reading……
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