Solar beads can make some very cool lamps and flashlights
To showcase this technology, Kyosemi has taken two Sphelar-powered portable lighting products to Kickstarter: the water-resistant Sphelar Lantern and the Sphelar Stick flashlight. Both devices feature a clear acrylic base with a cylindrical web of Sphelars on the inside, which is both prettier and more effective than a tiny flat solar cell.With its Sphelar side facing upward on a clear day, the Lantern takes four to six hours to be...
Facebook wants to demystify AI
“We want to tell people it’s not magic,” says Yann LeCun, Facebook’s director of AI research. “This is not The Terminator. It’s real technology that’s useful.” In a blog post released today, LeCun and Joaquin Candela, Facebook’s director of applied machine learning, wrote that there is nothing artificial about AI: “AI is a rigorous science focused on designing intelligent...
Facebook wants to demystify AI
“We want to tell people it’s not magic,” says Yann LeCun, Facebook’s director of AI research. “This is not The Terminator. It’s real technology that’s useful.” In a blog post released today, LeCun and Joaquin Candela, Facebook’s director of applied machine learning, wrote that there is nothing artificial about AI: “AI is a rigorous science focused on designing intelligent...
Samsung Pay won’t reach the UK until sometime next year
Samsung first touted a 2016 launch for its payment service at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. It then reiterated that desire at the unveiling of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 in August. The company already allows customers in the USA, Canada, Korea, Spain, China, Australia, Singapore, Puerto Rico and Brazil to use Samsung Pay.While Samsung Pay, like Apple and Google’s mobile services, supports NFC for contactless...
Russian government turns to the ghost of Nokia’s mobile OS
Instead, the move is another step along the geopolitical cold war that’s beginning to spread out across the technology world. Russia — as well as regimes like China — feel that the west has too much influence in the digital sphere. A few years back, both nations began pushing for homegrown alternatives to Windows, Android and iOS. That way, leaders could burnish local industry, reduce western cultural dominance and...
