Machine Learning & AI
Two researchers at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, have recently developed a new machine learning-based method for understanding images of ancient coins. Their study, pre-published on arXiv applies computer vision ...
Mar 18, 2019 feature
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Consumer & Gadgets
A blog at Microsoft is dedicated for those who can benefit from or are just interested in technologies to see and hear. The Microsoft Accessibility Blog has news this month to update its audience on what is going on with ...
Mar 15, 2019 weblog
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Software
This may sound like a mouthful but it really means much. Mozilla is talking about the "largest to-date public domain transcribed voice dataset." Translation: Over 14,000 people. In 18 languages. Of almost 1,400 hours (1,368 ...
Mar 01, 2019 weblog
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Security
The Chinese database Victor Gevers found online was not just a collection of old personal details.
Feb 19, 2019
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Computer Sciences
A team of researchers at Universite du Quebec a Montreal and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM) have recently developed an approach for machine transliteration based on recurrent neural networks (RNNs). Transliteration ...
Feb 06, 2019 feature
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Software
Customer: "Hello." Barista: "Hello. What can I get you?" Customer: "I would like tea." For many, this is the most mundane, forgettable exchange between two humans. For those who know limitations confronting the deaf and hard ...
Feb 05, 2019 weblog
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Engineering
Researchers at NIT Silchar, India, have recently developed a new dynamic hand-gesture-based keyboard character recognition system. This virtual keyboard system, presented in a paper published in Springer's Journal of Ambient ...
Jan 24, 2019 feature
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Engineering
A team of researchers at the University of Pretoria and City University of Hong Kong has recently developed a continuous smartphone user authentication system based on gait analysis. This system, outlined in a paper presented ...
Jan 18, 2019 feature
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Security
Imagine walking into a store where a robot greets you by name, lets you know that your online order is ready, and then suggests other products you might want pick up.
Jan 10, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence is already a part of everyday life. It helps us answer questions like "Is this email spam?" It identifies friends in online photographs, selects news stories based on our politics and helps us deposit ...
Jan 03, 2019
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Security
Facial recognition tech added to video-laden doorbells to track "suspicious" people? Sounds like a thorny concept, as people are still reeling over privacy and the lack thereof in very recent times. "Face" it, facial recognition ...
Dec 17, 2018 weblog
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Machine Learning & AI
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have recently explored the use of machine learning for emotion recognition based solely on paralinguistic information. Paralinguistics are aspects of spoken communication ...
Dec 11, 2018 feature
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Machine Learning & AI
Microsoft said Thursday it was adopting a set of principles for deployment of facial recognition technology, calling on industry rivals to follow suit and for new laws to avert a dystopian future.
Dec 07, 2018
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Machine Learning & AI
Researchers at Stanford have recently explored the use of machine learning to measure the severity of depressive symptoms by analyzing people's spoken language and 3-D facial expressions. Their multi-model method, outlined ...
Dec 04, 2018 feature
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Security
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.
Nov 06, 2018
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