Episode 283 — Virtual Cloaks

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A whirlwind tour of virtual real estate, virtual clothes on real people, faking out facial recognition AI with Fawkes, mmhmm, cat TV and board games. Something for everyone! Continue reading

Episode 282 — Machine in the Machine

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All about the OS — Win95 and MacOS 8 embedded in games & browsers, iOS 14 alerts, bots in (manufacturing) plants, Lollapalooza 2020 virtual concert & the Ren and Stimpy documentary Continue reading

Episode 281 — The Sound of the Present

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crowdsourced design for The Present, the Mudra band for Apple Watch, innovation in building-scale noise cancellation, AI-enhanced moon video & LEGO grand piano Continue reading

Episode 278 — Augmented Lamps

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AI photo fusion, prescription gaming, social distancing proximity alerting, contract tracing, lamps that act as microphones and IoT privacy. Quite a helping of bright ideas. Continue reading