You probably use computer vision every day and don’t even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That’s computer vision. Unlock your iPhone with your face? That’s computer vision, too. Use your phone to deposit your latest paycheck and get some cash in your bank account? Well, that’s also computer vision. Computer vision as we
Read MoreA couple and a homeless man were charged last month over the fundraising campaign. GoFundMe returns 3,000 to donors in NJ scam – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZachary Fryer-Biggs / Wired: Sources describe DOD’s plan to win “hearts and minds” in Silicon Valley, amid frustration and anger inside the Pentagon after Google pulled out of Project Maven — THE AMERICAN MILITARY is desperately trying to get a leg up in the field of artificial intelligence … Sources describe DOD's plan to win
Read MoreThe purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes created by painstakingly placing rocks and raking gravel into perfect patterns, is the doing of the thing. Making sure every line is perfectly formed is no mean feat, and the concentration required to master it is the point of the whole thing. But who has time
Read MoreDisney offers a tease for Star Wars fans. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge behind-the-scenes video docks on Christmas Day – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor Christmas, the writer and director of Get Out gives a glimpse of his new nightmare. Jordan Peele drops first Us movie trailer, and it's spooky – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: Crypto mining startup Bitmain confirms layoffs, which, source says, may affect half of its total headcount, with some departments being laid off entirely — Months after it filed an application to go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Beijing-based cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain … Crypto mining startup Bitmain confirms layoffs,
Read MoreSanta finally gets a break. Google Doodle wishes you a Merry Christmas – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you think of microcontroller development, you probably picture either a breadboard with a chip or a USB-connected circuit board. But Tim Ansell pictured an ARM dev board that is almost completely hidden inside of a USB port. His talk at the 2018 Hackaday Superconference tells that story and then some. Check out the newly
Read MoreBärí a. Williams / Fast Company: The First Step Act, which seeks to reform the federal criminal justice system, risks perpetuating racial and class disparities due to its reliance on algorithms — The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Often in a rush of excitement and eagerness to solve a problem … The
Read MoreIf you’ve been hanging out here at Hackaday for awhile, you’ve certainly seen projects that were based around the concept of putting a miniature computer inside the carcass of some other piece of electronics. In fact at this point it’s something of a running joke, certainly we must have seen an Arduino or Raspberry Pi
Read MoreThe directors of the popular and critical hit broke with the conventions of computer animation, using hand-drawn techniques to create digital movement. How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Animators Created That Trippy Look Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe writer and director of Get Out gives a glimpse of his new nightmare. Jordan Peele's Us trailer has arrived – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence (AI) is finding its way into more and more aspects of our daily lives. It powers the smart assistants on our mobile phones and virtual “home assistants.” It’s in the algorithms designed to improve our health diagnostics. And it’s used in the predictive policing tools used by the police to fight crime. Each
Read MoreThe Falcon Heavy rocket launch headlined a year filled with marvelous milestones when it comes to navigating and understanding space. From NASA to SpaceX, just look to space for good news from 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatt Sheehan / MIT Technology Review: A history of Google’s relationship with China from its first foray in 2006 to Project Dragonfly, and how Google hopes to reenter China in the era of AI — It used to be that while Google wanted China, China really needed Google. Not any more. — Google’s first foray
Read MoreMachine learning is starting to come online in all kinds of arenas lately, and the trend is likely to continue for the forseeable future. What was once only available for operators of supercomputers has found use among anyone with a reasonably powerful desktop computer. The downsizing isn’t stopping there, though, as Microsoft is pushing development
Read MoreAt a time when cryptocurrency was synonymous with blockchain technology, IOTA proposed a modification. IOTA, as its name would suggest, aspired to be a cryptocurrency for the future of Internet of Things (IoT). But its founders thought that the blockchain had “too sluggish transaction times and skyrocketing fees” to be able to power the world of connected
Read MoreYou may remember that earlier this year Leap Motion revealed Project North Star, a kind of open-source reference design for an Augmented Reality (AR) headset. While it’s not destined to make high scores in the fashion department, it aims to be hacker-friendly and boasts a large field of view. There’s also an attractive element of “what
Read MoreThis holiday period, Plugged is running a very special advent calendar. Over the course of 12 days, we’ll be sharing a selection of sweet, sweet deals. You can thank us later. We wanted to do something special for our final day of TNW’s advent. It is Christmas after all. So, on this magical day, we’re giving
Read MoreSure there are the occasional functional Christmas tree ornaments; we had one that plugged into the lights and was supposed to sound like a bird gently trilling its song, but was in fact so eardrum-piercing that we were forbidden from using it. But in general, ornaments are just supposed to be for looks, right? Not
Read MoreRaymond Zhong / New York Times: As Huawei comes under government scrutiny worldwide, a look at the company’s aggressive culture that encouraged employees to bend the rules, up to a point — SHENZHEN, China — Earthquakes, terrorist attacks and low oxygen levels on Mount Everest could not hold them back. As Huawei comes under government
Read MoreA Raspberry Pi Zero (W) and Arduino are very different animals, the prior has processing power and connectivity while the latter has some analog to digital converters (ADCs) and nearly real-time reactions. You can connect them to one another with a USB cable and for many projects that will happily wed the two. Beyond that,
Read MoreKaren Weise / New York Times: Rakuten: Amazon’s share of US online sales can dip to ~20% around Thanksgiving only to soar to ~50% before Christmas, as users trust Amazon to deliver on time — SEATTLE — Olivia Zimmermann started her holiday shopping early this year, buying a Bluetooth speaker from Best Buy for her
Read MoreWhen those first fat drops of summer rain fall to the hot, dry ground, have you ever noticed a distinctive odor? I have childhood memories of family members who were farmers describing how they could always “smell rain” right before a storm. Of course rain itself has no scent. But moments before a rain event,
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