An intelligent robotic arm that selects and picks apples, precisely and gently…
BBC video of tech news for APR2021: Toyota+Lyft autonomous ride-hailing; drone deliveries; robotic arm harvests fruit
Case #14 (Part 2): Your Smart and Autonomous e-Creatures
When is a designer, maker, or operator of autonomous smart device liable for damage or cost? How is the world changing with more autonomous digital entities?
Case #14 (Part 1): Perspectives on Technology, Post-Covid
CASE #14 (Part 1): LinkedIn’s Dan Roth asks speakers on where technology will be… and the world? INSIGHTS+OUTLOOKThe digital buzz may distract us from noticing a marked divide between HAVE DIGITIZED’s and HAVE NOTS. Yet as we connect “everything and everyone”, the problem is quickly global. The concern is not merely an untapped market potential:…
Cases #08 and #09: Bots to Enhance, Extend, or Restore
CASE #8: ORCAM: a handheld smart device that seamlessly reads text for people with visual or reading difficulties. CASE #9: SKYDIO: Autonomous drone can see, understand its complex surroundings; plan and fly a path avoiding obstacles in close-proximity. INSIGHT+OUTLOOK: Virtual reality and Robotics:I have a Need. I either bring the Value (of the object or…
Cases #06 & 07: A John Deere Harvester and a MOFLIN AI pet?
CASE #6: John Deere X-Series: Smart Farming with GPS, AI, and IoT: autonomous equipment for use in the harshest conditions globally.CASE #7: MOFLIN: Your AI pet simulates a living animal’s emotions & development, for the human need for interaction, entertainment. Featured on the graphic, clockwise from top: John Deere, awardee; Samsung Ballie; MIT nanoemulsion gel;…
Case #01: Samsung SmartTV
Samsung: “using AI and human-factors design to make the TV the voice-interactive. intuitive command center for managing everything from access to a world of content beyond streaming, to controlling all connected home devices” .
Surely there’s a more meaningful challenge than this?