AI Inspiration #16: VRs Killer App Camera; How to Work with Machines; Computer Vision for Laundry

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How to Work With Machines Today (and Tomorrow)Machines might be taking your job, but theyre also giving you a new one. Albert Technologies, which uses AI to set up, run and optimize digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels including Facebook and Google, is a fascinating early implementation of the ways that marketing and advertising professionals and machines will work together in the future. What does this collaboration look like?

To find out, we spoke with the companys Chief Technology Officer, Tomer Naveh.The VisionaryWhy This Camera Could Be the Killer App for User-Generated VRMaking VR on the fly just got a little bit easier, thanks to computer vision. Pisoftech and Panasonic unveiled at CES last week the Pilot Era, a 360-degree camera that uses in-device object recognition to automatically stitch 8K video together into panoramic footage, which can also be edited locally, then uploaded to the cloud as a finished product.

This brings user-generated VR one step closer to mass appeal, as previously creators needed special software and an external device, like a smartphone or laptop, to stitch and edit their experiences.VRFocusClothes, But No CigarFolding laundry is increasingly the holy grail for robotics innovators, if the various autonomous devices created for that purpose on display at CES 2018 were any indication. The latest iteration of the Laundroid laundry folding robot uses computer vision to identify what item of clothing it needs to tackle, but at $16,000, it would be nice if it could handle each individual item in less than 10 minutes.

But if you think of it as an overnight, water-saving and eco-friendly dishwasher for folding clothes, then maybe it is a tedium saver.Houston ChronicleNo More Mystery MeatThe mobile phone is increasingly the center of everything, and the smart diet and home are no exception. Samsung unveiled a food recognition service that utilizes its Bixby Vision virtual assistant to identify food via your smartphones camera, which then syncs up with the companys health, nutrition and cooking software, doing everything from tracking your health automatically to providing recipes, shopping lists and preheating commands via its various smart refrigerators, ovens and other kitchen appliances.

EngadgetTackling World Hunger With Robots and Computer VisionUniversity of Missouri researchers have developed sensor- and camera-equipped robotic towers that roam cornfields grabbing data on temperature, humidity and light, as well as heights and other measurements in order to create 3D images of the crops. The images are then used for research to help develop drought-resistant corn with the aim of reducing world hunger, a problem that definitely needs a solution. ZDNetAnyone you know interested in computer vision?

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RELATED QUESTION What is the best cloth material to use to wrap medical equipment while sterilizing in a steam-type autoclave? Traditionally reusable linen / cloth (as we know it) has been used for this purpose. However this has its own challenges, (a) examining the thread count after every wash and before wrapping a new set every time, (b) maintaininging a protocol for doing this, (c) even after the instrument tray/pack has been sterilized, there are chances of microorganisms from the air getting into the small pores of the linen and contaminating it while it is lying on the shelf unused.

Hence globally and even now in India, several hospitals are shifting to single use non-woven fabric wraps, these are made of SMS/ SMMS. (Spunbound-Meltblown-spunbound/ Spunbound-Meltblown-Meltblown-spunbound, respectively). The advantages of using these are (a) they have an extremely high rate of BFE (Bacterial Filteration Efiiciency), (b) the tray /pack remains sterile until the point of use (post sterilization) and (c) are easily drapeable (like linen).

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