Target_is_New - Issue #115

I am totally into the notion that AI (or ML) is not useful only and first to replace human behavior or take a role in any human-driven activity. Better optimize things like battery development.

With some real benefits: “Unleashing AI on battery development is good news for a warming world. Battery storage is a key factor in increasing the amount of renewable energy on the grid, and when it comes to decarbonizing our energy supply, time is of the essence.”

Another example of tool-enhancing AI application.

“A new Guided Edit will help you create perfect landscape images.”

This is a common topic in conversational interfaces for some time. But with an interesting take: “Using child language to improve the ux of conversational design within the context of VUIs and digital assistants.”

A nice concept: social sidetone; recreate the feeling that someone is really in the same room when having a remote conversation.

“Artificial brains are far in the future, but computer chips that work like brains could keep computers advancing when today’s silicon transistor chips reach their limit.”

The ultimate human-machine merge?

The candidate for the interesting longread-that-I-did-not-managed-to-read-yet goes to this article. Interesting premise: “Reflecting on our undying urge to recreate a primal experience of intimacy with the surrounding world, David Abram offers notes on technology and animism in an age of ecological wipeout.”

“3D Printing Wireless Sensors Without Electronics” is a very nice promise and the examples are playful.

I keep following project Jacquard from Google as I was a bit more focused on haptics a couple of years ago. If I understand well, this application is again just a remote control. A bit disappointing to me. 

“Samsonite has unveiled its Konnect-i backpack with Google Jacquard touch-sensitive fabric integrated into its left shoulder strap.”

New Apple events area happening so the speculations are getting wild as ever. I think that the premises that mixed reality are the next big thing is true and also not true as the next thing; it is already here for quite some time. Nevertheless the way it will be unlocked, the interfaces, are still in development. Glass can be, but AR audio-cues or other forms are possible too. I expect maybe a hunch more than an introduction. The developers and creators need to be ready for making compelling services to make it a success. Apple wants to wait for that I guess and tickles everyone first. 

Just like the last 13 years or so I visited The Next Web conference. This year it took place in an online space and that made the experience kind of different. To contribute to a report on the conference by INFO together with some of my colleagues, I collected my impressions. I share them here without…