While Netflix didn’t win big at the Oscars this year, it still has been making headlines. The streaming service has known for some time that the streaming wars would eventually heat up, and some recent news make it evident that Netflix is ready for the competition.
Author: Laura Solomon
We’ve certainly covered facial recognition before, but it’s only in the past week or so that we’ve seen this intense, consistent level of news, development and controversy.
It’s that time of year, when more people spend time in clinics and doctors’ offices, as cold and flu season gets underway. Many of us…
Accessibility for those with disabilities is not a new idea, although it’s far from being a normative part of many planning processes (but it should…
OPLIN 4Cast #677: Is emotion recognition technology a good idea?
Posted in 4cast, and facial recognition
We’ve certainly covered facial recognition in the 4Cast before, but a newer subset of that tech is causing some major waves. Now, technology can not only match a name and a face, but it can also (in theory) determine how the person with that face is feeling. Called “affect recognition,” but more commonly referred to as “emotion recognition,” it may be even more controversial than it’s broader cousin, facial recognition.
If you’re a gamer, it’s likely that you’ve been hearing about Google forthcoming Stadia service for a while. Stadia proposes to be to gaming what…
Educators and librarians have long had an ambivalent relationship with Wikipedia. While admiring the attempt to crowdsource all human knowledge, the authority of that knowledge…
They’re seemingly everywhere: they’re even in the subject line of the promotional emails I get from my car dealership nowadays. They’re such an established part…
If you’re not familiar with the concept of deepfakes, get ready to get nervous. Imagine being able to use artificial intelligence and deep machine learning…
OPLIN 4Cast #663: Virtual reality is expanding with unique uses
Posted in 4cast, and Virtual reality
VR technology is no longer emerging, but it’s definitely evolving. There’s a lot of very interesting things going on in the VR space; here’s just a few.