Monthly Archives: January 2018

First super market without cashiers

Posted on January 29, 2018 by hrehatschek

Amazon opened in Seattle (US) the first super market without any cash registers. The vision of “Amazon Go” is that customers just take the goods needed and leave afterwards the super market. The payment is done automatically via their amazon … Continue reading →

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Smart tooth brush with AI uses Apples Research kit

Posted on January 11, 2018 by hrehatschek

Colgate introduced its smart electronic toothbrush E1 with real time sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The tooth brush offers an interface to Apple’s open research interface ResearchKit and enables therefore scientific studies. ((c) image: Colgate) The tooth brush connects … Continue reading →

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Googles new neuronal network NIMA judges automatically images similar to humans

Posted on January 9, 2018 by hrehatschek

Googles new neuronal network NIMA (Neural Image Assessment) can judge images automatically according to quality and aesthetics. In a test NIMA analysed images from the image database AVA (Aesthetic Visual Analysis) according to aesthetics. The results were very similar to … Continue reading →

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VR headset LooxidVR tracks both: eyes and brain waves

Posted on January 9, 2018 by hrehatschek

The new LooxitVR set from Looxid-Labs claims itself an emotion detector. It detects next to the eyes also brain waves (EEG in 6 channels) in real time. It needs a smartphone within the headset (google daydream compatible) and a macOS … Continue reading →

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