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Hallucinating Machines Generate Tiny Video Clips

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Hallucination is the erroneous perception of something that’s actually absent – or in other words: A possible interpretation of training data. Researchers from the MIT and the UMBC have developed and trained a generative-machine learning model that learns to generate tiny videos at random. The hallucination-like, 64×64 pixels small clips are somewhat plausible, but also a bit spooky.

The machine-learning model behind these artificial clips is capable of learning from unlabeled “in-the-wild” training videos and relies mostly on the temporal coherence of subsequent frames as well as the presence of a static background. It learns to disentangle foreground objects from …read more

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My Take on Assistive Tech for the Hackaday Prize

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We’re in the last few weeks for entries in the 2016 Hackaday Prize — specifically the challenge is to show off your take on assisstive technology. This is a hugely broad category and I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I’m sure there’s a ton of low-hanging fruit that’s not obvious to everyone. This would be a great time to hit up the comments below and leave your “hey, I always thought someone should make…” ideas. I’m looking forward to reading them and it might just inspire someone to spend the next couple weeks hammering out a prototype to …read more

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Add Robotic Farming to Your Backyard with Farmbot Genesis

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Growing your own food is a fun hobby and generally as rewarding as people say it is. However, it does have its quirks and it definitely equires quite the time input. That’s why it was so satisfying to watch Farmbot push a weed underground. Take that!

Farmbot is a project that has been going on for a few years now, it was a semifinalist in the Hackaday Prize 2014, and that development time shows in the project documented on their website. The robot can plant, water, analyze, and weed a garden filled with arbitrarily chosen plant life. It’s low power …read more

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Prospera raises $7 million to put computer vision and AI to work on the farm

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 A Tel Aviv-based startup called Propsera has raised $7 million in new venture funding to build out systems that will monitor and help farmers improve the health of their crops, and optimize their operations. Bessemer Venture Partners led the Seri… Continue reading Prospera raises $7 million to put computer vision and AI to work on the farm→

The ‘WTF Is That’ Bot Tells You What’s in Your Photos. Well, Sometimes

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When it’s right, the WTF Is That bot for Facebook Messenger is impressive. When it’s wrong, it’s hilarious. The post The ‘WTF Is That’ Bot Tells You What’s in Your Photos. Well, Sometimes appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading The ‘WTF Is That’ Bot Tells You What’s in Your Photos. Well, Sometimes→