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Software Engineering / Gadgets that listen to voice inside your head :)

« on: April 30, 2018, 03:11:32 PM »

Here goes the link for a story in Verge that describes the MIT Media Lab's effort in creating technology that can listen to mental commands for controlling different gadgets:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610949/say-goodbye-to-alexa-and-hello-to-gadgets-listening-to-the-voice-inside-your-head/

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Software Engineering / Machine Learning Book Draft version from Andrew Ng

« on: April 30, 2018, 03:03:32 PM »

Here is the link for the draft version of the machine learning book from Andrew Ng, one of the front runners in the field of ML:

http://www.mlyearning.org/

You can sign up for a free draft copy.

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Software Engineering / Re: Project Risk Management is very vital for a software project managers.

« on: April 20, 2017, 04:57:02 PM »

Nice post Sir

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Software Engineering / Re: Hadoop Install process

« on: April 20, 2017, 04:56:12 PM »

Great post sir

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Software Engineering / How we're teaching computers to understand pictures

« on: April 20, 2017, 04:02:54 PM »

When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are getting smart enough to do that too. What's next? In a thrilling talk, computer vision expert Fei-Fei Li describes the state of the art — including the database of 15 million photos her team built to "teach" a computer to understand pictures — and the key insights yet to come.


https://www.ted.com/playlists/323/the_influence_of_algorithms

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Software Engineering / How algorithms shape our world

« on: April 20, 2017, 03:57:32 PM »

We live in a world run by algorithms, computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. In this riveting, funny talk, Kevin Slavin shows how modern algorithms determine stock prices, espionage tactics, even the movies you watch. But, he asks: If we depend on complex algorithms to manage our daily decisions — when do we start to lose control?

link - https://www.ted.com/playlists/323/the_influence_of_algorithms

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Software Engineering / Oscar Schwartz: Can a computer write poetry?

« on: April 20, 2017, 03:53:24 PM »

If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had expressed itself and been creative, or would you feel like you had fallen for a cheap trick? In this talk, writer Oscar Schwartz examines why we react so strongly to the idea of a computer writing poetry — and how this reaction helps us understand what it means to be human.

link - https://www.ted.com/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry

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Software Engineering / Artificial Intelligence

« on: April 20, 2017, 03:51:44 PM »

Robots that "show emotion"

David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans.

link - https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you

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Software Engineering / Artificial Intelligence

« on: April 20, 2017, 01:18:29 PM »

Don't fear superintelligent AI

New tech spawns new anxieties, says scientist and philosopher Grady Booch, but we don't need to be afraid an all-powerful, unfeeling AI. Booch allays our worst (sci-fi induced) fears about superintelligent computers by explaining how we'll teach, not program, them to share our human values. Rather than worry about an unlikely existential threat, he urges us to consider how artificial intelligence will enhance human life.

Link - https://www.ted.com/talks/grady_booch_don_t_fear_superintelligence

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Software Engineering / Programmable Material

« on: April 20, 2017, 01:07:28 PM »

aeroMorph

The project investigates how to make origami structure with inflatables with various materials. We introduce a universal bending mechanism that creates programmable shape-changing behaviors with paper, plastics and fabrics. We developed a software tool that generates this bending mechanism for a given geometry, simulates its transformation, and exports the compound geometry as digital fabrication files. A custom heat-sealing head that can be mounted on usual 3-axis CNC machines to precisely fabricate the designed transforming material is presented. We envision this technology could be used for designing interactive wearables, toys, and packaging industry.
Visit http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/aeromorph/.
Honorable Mention Paper Award, UIST 2016

(reference - https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/aeromorph/overview/)

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Software Engineering / Artificial Intelligence

« on: April 20, 2017, 12:28:10 PM »

If an AI Doesn’t Take Your Job, It Will Design Your Office

ARRANGING EMPLOYEES IN an office is like creating a 13-dimensional matrix that triangulates human wants, corporate needs, and the cold hard laws of physics: Joe needs to be near Jane but Jane needs natural light, and Jim is sensitive to smells and can’t be near the kitchen but also needs to work with the product ideation and customer happiness team—oh, and Jane hates fans. Enter Autodesk’s Project Discover. Not only does the software apply the principles of generative design to a workspace, using algorithms to determine all possible paths to your #officegoals, but it was also the architect (so to speak) behind the firm’s newly opened space in Toronto.

That project, overseen by design firm The Living, first surveyed the 300 employees who would be moving in. What departments would you like to sit near? Are you a head-down worker or an interactive one? Project Discover generated 10,000 designs, exploring different combinations of high- and low-traffic areas, communal and private zones, and natural-light levels. Then it matched as many of the 300 workers as possible with their specific preferences, all while taking into account the constraints of the space itself. “Typically this kind of fine-resolution evaluation doesn’t make it into the design of an office space,” says Living founder David Benjamin. OK, humans—you got what you wanted. Now don’t screw it up.

(reference - https://www.wired.com/2017/04/autodesk-project-discover/)

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Software Engineering / Robots

« on: April 20, 2017, 12:26:30 PM »

Robots Aren’t Human. You Only Make Them So

IF A ROBOT were to look at you with a twinkle in its eye, you wouldn’t be blamed for running away in terror. But that plunge into the uncanny valley doesn’t bother Max Aguilera-Hellweg, who’s been photographing anthropomorphic bots since 2010. “I’ve never found myself afraid of any of them,” he says. In fact, he’d love for his subjects to appear more lifelike. A student of anatomy—Aguilera-­Hellweg graduated from med school at 48—he looks for “the right angle to find that bit of humanness.” But the point of his new book, Humanoid, isn’t to terrify you. It’s to remind you that robots aren’t human—we only make them so.

(reference - https://www.wired.com/2017/04/robots-arent-human-make/)

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Software Engineering / Latest Technology

« on: April 20, 2017, 11:55:01 AM »

Here’s Everything Facebook Announced at F8, From VR to Bots

On Tuesday, Facebook kicked off its annual F8 developer conference with a keynote address. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others on his executive team made a bunch of announcements aimed at developers, but the implications for Facebook’s users was pretty clear. The apps that billions of us use daily—Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram—are going to be getting new camera tricks, new augmented reality capabilities, and more bots. So many bots! (Also, so many breakfast sharks.) More announcements about VR and forward-thinking tech were made during Wednesday’s keynote. Here’s our list of the biggest news to come out of F8.

(reference - https://www.wired.com/2017/04/everything-facebook-announced-at-f8/)