e424 — What’s AI got to do with it?

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AI intellectual property licensing in the generative AI domain, Furby as an AI-powered toy and the future of upgradable toys, concepts for screenless AI from Argodesign & Humane and BMW’s ConnectedRide AR glasses. Continue reading

Episode 263 — Bionic Hawkeye Jellyfish

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Virtual reality concerts & meetings, 3D cultural heritage, Hawkeye eye tracking, cool map data visualizations, marine biology jellyfish robotics and a French EV range anxiety solution. Continue reading

Episode 194 – Human Roombas

Michael and Michael get back together to talk about the latest smart home news, starting with the Amazon acquisition of Ring.  The pair speculate on what this level of integration in the Amazon ecosystem could bring — everything from delivery verification, to drone delivery enablement to package recipient identification. Mobile apps captured their attention with location-based & experience-driven marketing as well as with augmented reality.  Augmented reality also features in this week’s episode in the form of a motorcycle helmet prototype  and the upcoming Ghostbusters mobile game. What do you think will be the next big thing in IoT?   … Continue reading

Episode 155 – Holiday Potluck

Gearing up for the festive season, Michael and Michael serve up a veritable smorgasbord of holiday potluck delights. Starting with well, um, leftovers from last week, Fitbit has indeed acquired the technology, software assets and intellectual property of Pebble and many of the people from Pebble will be joining Fitbit to continue their work on wearable technology. This brings up an interesting point on the nature of cloud services and the integration with physical devices — that one without the other does not work, as products and services are becoming more and more intertwined. Moving on to appetizers, Cortana now … Continue reading