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[_Katie_]

A thread for people interested in robots and stuff.

This is kind of insane:

New e-glove gives prosthetic hand users sense of touch and temperature

Someone using a prosthetic hand could soon be able to experience the sense of touch in their device thanks to a new electronic glove.

www.siliconrepublic.com

 

[Lili Marlene]

Did you read To be a Machine? It says 99% of what needs to be said about those post-human lunatic mega-capitalists.

anyway,

Smile-to-pay: Chinese shoppers turn to facial payment technology

New technology is rolling out across the country, despite concerns over privacy

www.theguardian.com

 

[ann post]

My sat nav tries to direct me to the pub at 7pm on thursday so well it knows me

 

[_Katie_]

Did you read To be a Machine? It says 99% of what needs to be said about those post-human lunatic mega-capitalists.

anyway,

Smile-to-pay: Chinese shoppers turn to facial payment technology

New technology is rolling out across the country, despite concerns over privacy

www.theguardian.com

No, I haven't. Sounds really good!

 

[pavlos]

Did you read To be a Machine?

Great book that.

 

[_Katie_]

HmmmmMMMmmm thank you robot doctor.

AI equal with human experts in medical diagnosis, study finds

Research suggests AI able to interpret medical images using deep learning algorithm

www.theguardian.com

 

[_Katie_]

Mind-reading tech? How private companies could gain access to our brains

Social media companies can use online data to make reliable guesses about pregnancy or suicidal ideation – and new BCI technology will push this further

www.theguardian.com

Bonus: according to Marc Slutzky, professor of neurology at Northwestern University, this technology is still a long way from what most people commonly understand as “mind-reading”.