Google Announces "Project Tango"
AdultsSoftware EngineeringTechnologyArtificial Intelligence...Project Tango is an exploration into giving mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. So cool!
What is Nest? Why did Google buy it for $3.2 Billon
AdultsArtificial IntelligenceDesignMarketing...Nest builds products like this thermostat that can be remotely set via your smartphone or tablet to automatically adjust to a particular temperature. It also connects to Wi-Fi to analyze and compare the outside weather with your indoor environment in real-time. The thermostat even has a sensor with a 150-degree range to detect when you're not home, so it can adjust the temperature accordingly, and save energy.
Transcendence
AdultsFilmMarketingArtificial Intelligence...Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions.
Animatronic Robot
AdultsArtificial IntelligenceTechnologyHanson Robotics collaborated with researchers at the University of California at San Diego to create this boy robot they've named Diego-San. The face was built by Hanson Robotics, and the body was built by Japan's Kokoro Co. Diego-San can see with HD cameras in his eyes, and uses artificial intelligence software "modeled on human babies" so that he learns.