MIT review’s yearly list is here. 2017 list includes – Facial recognition has existed for decades, but only now is it accurate enough to be used in secure financial transactions. The new versions use deep learning, an artificial-intelligence technique that is especially effective for image recognition because it makes a computer zero in on the facial features that will most reliably...
Augmented reality to growing brain cells to large scale desalination, some of these technologies are already here, some give a lot of hope and we need a few of them yesterday. Here is MIT’s list for 2015.
Magic LeapNano-ArchitectureCar-to-Car CommunicationProject LoonLiquid BiopsyMegascale DesalinationApple PayBrain OrganoidsSupercharged PhotosynthesisInternet of DNA
Top 10 from MIT review.
“I think I’ve seen five or six computer demos in my life that made me think the world was about to change,” he says. “Apple II, Netscape, Google, iPhone … then Oculus. It was that kind of amazing.” By December, Oculus had closed Series B funding—with Andreessen Horowitz leading—for $75 million. Peter Rubin’s inside story on Oculus Rift and how virtual reality is coming of age...
Founder editor of Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly in his book The Inevitable, talks about some of the technology trends that will shape society and consumption over the next few decades. He identifies 12 patterns – Becoming, Cognifying, Flowing, Screening, Accessing, Sharing, Filtering, Remixing, Interacting, Tracking, Questioning , Beginning. Of these Flowing refers to the technology...
The three pillars of his strategy for Disney are – great content, great technology (distribution) and global expansion. Not path breaking, it’s the time tested inventory, conversion and traffic playbook. But what is pathbreaking are the big swings he made to build lasting advantages for Disney in these areas.
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Marketplaces in the Age of AI
Note – everything in this note is written by an AI. Jokes, if you find any, are mine The Tools List – Chat GPT Character.ai bard.ai Chat GPT – ChatGPT is a conversational agent based on the GPT-4 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4) architecture, developed by OpenAI. It’s designed to generate human-like text based on the input it receives, and it’s trained on a...
Average order volume, also known as average order value (AOV), is an important metric for e-commerce businesses, including food delivery apps like Uber Eats. Here are a few reasons why average order volume is significant: Revenue Generation: A higher average order volume directly translates to increased revenue. By encouraging customers to add more items to their order, businesses can maximize...