Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 16. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last two weeks. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Stunning: #Intel sets a world record for flying over 2,000 #drones at once. A gig for celebrating their 50th company anniversary, it is still a remarkable achievement, showing what's possible in #dronetech. https://t.co/iW1JgustmN #innovation pic.twitter.com/uZMTHDR08P
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) July 22, 2018
Sounds to me like a key milestone on the road to widespread #5G radio network utilization for mobile devices. #Qualcomm unveils first #mmWave 5G antennas for smartphones; claims that the #QTM052 antennas will make ultra-fast gigabit 5G a reality. Exciting! https://t.co/8t8DAGfXgy pic.twitter.com/lct3E9VJ14
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) July 23, 2018
This one here might seem bizarre in the first place, but there is incredible #TensorFlow #AI work behind it. Check out #Google's #MoveMirror. So far stuff like this required expensive hardware. Here this all happens in a browser, with just a webcam. Rad! https://t.co/AiZLm4L680 pic.twitter.com/oA1Wnmi88p
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) July 23, 2018
Here's #Google's impressive new #AI automated voice system handling natural language like #GoogleDuplex. They position it to "help in call centers", but not killing jobs. Let's wait & see what comes after augmentation phase of human skills. #automation https://t.co/WCS9Wkb04x pic.twitter.com/W7DJlrvMSt
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) July 27, 2018