Retro games, telephones, ringtones & Telegram, Cannonball-esque EV racing, security, journalism, diversity and business-speak in everyday life. Continue reading →
After a quick vacation week Michael R. brings a meditative view back to the show with a Robotic Monk designed to welcome young visitors to temples in China. He then takes us deep on synthetics and their new religious beliefs as shown on the TV Show Humans. We then look at new robots from MIT that can walk, run, and climb stairs that are littered with debris – all with out any visual inputs. And we wrap the show with a bit of a discussion around the addictive behavior of games. Show Links Robotic Monk – https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/02/a-buddhist-temple-in-beijing-built-a-robotic-monk-to-spread-the-word/ Fisher Price Little … Continue reading →
This week co-host Michael R. welcomes back long time friend of the show – Andy Piper. Michael shares his excitement and experiences from Apple’s WWDC conference – including all the other conferences that pop up around WWDC. We then dive in work that Porsche is doing leveraging AR. We also talk briefly about Amazon and the AR (audio reality App) that allows you to experience Skyrim on your Alexa. We look at machine learning via an innovative website called Lobe. And then wrap up the show with a look at how AI is leveraging video games to “learn”. Co-host Michael … Continue reading →