Category: Release_Candidate

Formerly a separate Gadget/Tech blog, now all the old posts are integrated into Pattern Recognition.

Robot Scanners + AI metadata = Ripcord

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Post date March 23, 2017
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Sounds more and more like Rainbows End every day…

Ripcord takes your static, paper records collecting dust in warehouses and uses robots to scan, OCR and upload them to Ripcord Canopy, our cloud platform. Once on Ripcord Canopy, you can manage your records or integrate them into your existing enterprise systems. Ripcord’s end-to-end solution includes shipping, scanning, indexing, auto-classifying and unlimited access to Ripcord Canopy. We also include connections to the enterprise systems you already use at no extra cost.

Source: Digitization | Ripcord

Tags digitization, Release_Candidate, robots

Internet of Things Release_Candidate

The Internet of Cows

Yep. IoT for Cows. I can’t wait for this to be hacked somehow, and used a a distributed cownet.

Tie the cowlar on the cow’s neck. The Cowlar simply consists of a strap designed to comfortably fit around your cow and a small magic box that measure temperature, activity and cow behaviour, i.e. whether it’s eating, sleeping, ruminating or showing lameness.

Source: Cowlar – How It Works

Tags cows, farming, IoT, Release_Candidate

FutureTech Internet of Things Release_Candidate

Google and Levi’s connected smart jacket

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Post date March 14, 2017
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The connected denim smart jacket made in partnership between Levi’s and Google’s ATAP division now has a price tag, but its release date has been pushed from this spring to the fall. The jacket, which will cost around $350 when it goes on sale, is the first commercial product containing ATAP’s Project Jacquard technology, which uses conductive fabric to turn a standard article of clothing into a connected device of sorts that can send instructions to your smartphone, like pausing or skipping a song that’s playing by double tapping your wrist.

Source: Google and Levi’s connected smart jacket will come out this fall and cost around $350 – The Verge

Tags hardware, IoT, Release_Candidate, SmartClothing

Release_Candidate Robots

Introducing Handle

Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge. Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the quadruped and biped robots we build, but with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere.

Tags bostondynamics, handle, Release_Candidate, Robot

FutureTech Release_Candidate

Magnetic resonance wireless power from Disney

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Post date February 21, 2017
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Disney Research has recently revealed research into tech that could power a mobile phone as soon as it enters a room.

They call it “Quasistatic Cavity Resonance for Ubiquitous Wireless Power Transfer,” which is a long way of saying we are on our way to cutting our need for power cords.

Source: Disney creates wireless power source, able to charge a mobile phone anywhere in a room | Inside the Magic

Tags disney, power, Release_Candidate, wireless

Machine Learning/AI Release_Candidate

Neural Lace

In nearly the same breath as he shared updates on his plans to dig tunnels, Elon Musk also noted he’s looking to hopefully share more on his progress with developing a “neural lace” next month. That’s a technical term for direct cortical interface, and it’s something that the SpaceX and Tesla CEO takes very seriously, in case you thought he might just be having a laugh.

Source: Elon Musk could soon share more on his plan to help humans keep up with AI | TechCrunch

Tags AI, interface, Release_Candidate

Internet of Things Release_Candidate

The Internet of Snack Bags?

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Post date January 27, 2017
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Created in partnership with creative agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, the Tostitos Party Bag is outfitted with sensors to detect alcohol on a person’s breath. If you’re in the clear, the bag turns green and you’re free to go about your night. If alcohol is detected, the bag turns red with the message, “Don’t drink and drive,” and offers a $10 Uber credit for a discounted ride home. It’s even got near-field communication technology that lets you tap your phone to the bag to hail the ride, if you’re that blasted.

Source: Tostitos made a bag that can tell you’ve been drinking and call you an Uber – The Verge

Tags IoT, Release_Candidate

3D Printing Release_Candidate

Libraries everywhere have been asking me about an enclosure for the Mini, and finally there’s one that Lulzbot stands behind. Looks great, protects from grabbing little hands, and stabilizes the print area temperatures so ABS and the like can print more reliably. Win!

Reduce warping, shrinkage, and splitting of 3D printed parts, like ABS, while keeping curious hands away from the heated, moving components of your 3D printer.

Source: LulzBot Mini Enclosure by Printed Solid | LulzBot