#2402 Drone Soccer, AI Driven Robots, and the 100 Layer Lasagna
Welcome to "Chaos & Amazement"! Discover CES highlights, AI innovations, and creative applications. Plus, enjoy weird and wonderful content and a special offer for my free online course.
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Tech News
Two highlights from this year’s edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the most powerful tech event in the world:
AI steals the spotlight with innovations like the rabbit r1, a $200 gadget acting as a universal smartphone app controller. It offers touch screen, push-to-talk, integrates with Spotify, Uber, features a computer vision camera, and can generate recipes and edit docs.
At CES, they also showcased something new and exciting – drone soccer, a groundbreaking sport that caught everyone's attention. https://interestingengineering.com/ie-originals/ie-explainer/season-7/ep-10-the-interesting-world-of-drone-soccer
Fresh AI
After the spotlight on Generative AI in 2023, it looks like 2024 is gearing up to be the year of robots with AI upgrades. Two cool examples I noticed this week:
Matthew Berman examines the Stanford/Google Mobile Aloha robot – offering a glimpse into potential advancements in household tasks, like ROSIE from "The Jetsons." Human-guided learning and innovative methods could reshape our interaction with robots.
It’s a trip watching how fast AI robot CyberRunner can run a marble through this wooden labyrinth maze.
Photographer Milie uses AI to recreate Simpsons characters with a more human look. https://petapixel.com/2024/01/08/photographer-recreates-simpsons-characters-using-latest-ai-technology/
Jurassic Park, but all the characters are dinosaurs. Created with @RunwayML GEN 2 image to video AI.
From my blog
Reeps One & the AI Beatbox Symphony https://bnox.be/2024/01/reeps-one-ai-beatbox-symphony.html
[in Dutch] In deze +KOO podcastaflevering onthult Thomas Rypens, Direct to Consumer Director bij Club Brugge, boeiende inzichten over datagedreven marketing en de impact van innovatie op de optimalisatie van de fanbeleving. https://wearekoo.be/podcast/thomas-rypens
Weird and Wonderful
We don’t often feature cooking videos. But when we do, it’s of a 100-layer lasagna.
Recently watched "THE DAY I MET ATTENBOROUGH" and found it truly inspiring as David Attenborough's deep passion for nature creates a calming and profound connection to the world.
