Check out this great list of publicly available datasets, like world map shape files, Formula 1 data, 6 months of NYC Uber pickup data in 2014, Ireland's Open Data portal, and Google and Amazon's open data sites, among others.
Two recently published papers have demonstrated significant advances in neuromorphic computing. The brain on a chip systems use conductive plates separated by a switching medium in order to emulate the synapse structure of the brain, which allows data to be both stored and processed in situ.
Snap has released the second version of its Spectacles smart(?) glasses. These ones are $150, shoot HD video and, new to this version, can take HD photos. According to The Verge, they are less bulky and easier to use. If predictions come true, we'll all be wearing glasses like these, or better ones from Apple, in the next few years.
The National Monuments Service of Ireland manage a Ship Wrecks website that shows the location and details of all the catalogued ship wrecks within Irish territorial waters.
According to Connie Chan, runners of the Shanghai marathon can use a facial recognition product to easily buy photos of themselves running the marathon, automatically sourced from every photo of the race.
Face recognition commercialization:
A high-decibel noise from a gas based fire suppression system knocked out Nasdaq servers in Sweden. Apparently, the vibrations caused by 110dB+ can affect some hard drives.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research have developed a relatively cheap system of creating a touch wall using electrodes and conductive paint called Wall++. The smart wall system can operate in two modes; the first capactive sensing mode to detect touch; and the second electromagnetic sensing mode to detect and track an EM device's location on the wall.(H/T to Mikael for sharing this)
James Fisher highlights a loophole in how Gmail disregards dots in email addresses, which could be engineered to trick someone into paying for your Netflix.
Google are releasing AI toolkit sets (available in Target stores in the U.S.) that include a Raspberry Pi Zero WH to allow you to quickly get your AI on.
