Jun 01
The host talked a good game.
Jun 01
Bees need all the help they can get. Thus programmer Mat Kelsey created a bee counter to see just how many of his winged honeymakers are hanging out in his hives. His system, which uses a Raspberry Pi and a machine learning algorithm that recognizes the number of individual bees entering a hive, is used to see bee trends over time and see just how the bees are faring.
“The first thing I thought when we setup our beehive was ‘I wonder how you could count the number of bees coming and going?’” wrote Kelsey. “After a little research I discovered it seems no one has a good, non-intrusive system for doing it yet. It can apparently be useful for all sorts of hive health checking.”
The system looks at sets of pictures of the hive door taken every 10 seconds. It then extrapolates out the background, assesses the objects that have moved in the frame, and then counts the things that are likely to be bees. It’s a fascinating problem to solve since the bees are constantly moving and because it can also ignore bees that are coming out of the hive.
You can download the source on Github and check out his detailed blog post here. Given the need for bee protection as we enter an era of colony collapses, tools like this one are wildly important. Plus it’s cool to see a Raspberry Pi do something so complex.
Jun 01
Dodge is talking up a special auction that it has coming up this month in cooperating with Barrett-Jackson. The auction is a two-car package that will see one lucky buyer walking away with two last of their kind special sports cars. One of the rides is the very last of the limited production 2018 Challenger SRT Demon muscle cars. Dodge … Continue reading
Jun 01
Google’s Project Maven program for AI-based military drone image recognition program could net the company up to $250 million per year, according to internal memos seen by The Intercept. That’s a lot more than the $9 million Google reportedly told em…
Jun 01
The rumors of Apple planning on launching an ARM-based Mac computer isn’t new, but there seem to be an uptick in reports of late that suggests that Apple’s efforts are getting more serious with prototypes already being made. Now a new report from Oregon Live (via 9to5Mac) is fueling those speculations.
According to the report, they claim that Apple has been quietly poaching employees from the likes of companies such as Intel. The report also claims that Apple has a secret hardware engineering lab in Washington County, and that the employees Apple has been poaching have held senior research/engineering roles at Intel.
Given that Intel’s primary business is in making processors, it is safe to assume that Apple’s interest in these employees has to do with processors. Like we said, the rumors having been suggesting that Apple could be working on an ARM-based Mac computer so the hiring of engineers and researchers with extensive processor development knowledge makes sense.
That being said, assuming such a computer does become a reality, Apple would not be the first company to launch ARM computers. We have previously seem companies such as ASUS and Dell launch laptops that are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets, so such devices already exist.
Apple Reportedly Poaching Intel Employees, Fuels ARM Mac Speculation , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jun 01
At Google I/O 2018, Google unveiled more details about Android P, its next major Android operating system. One of the areas that Google is focusing on is something called “digital wellness” which aims to help users spend their time on their mobile devices in a more healthy manner, basically trying to curb smartphone addiction.
We’ve also seen some signs that Instagram could be introducing something similar, along with YouTube. This is why it doesn’t come as a surprise to learn that Apple could be looking to do the same as well, at least according to a report from Bloomberg whose latest report rounds up what we might be able to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2018 which takes place later this month.
According to the report, one of the things that Apple is expected to focus on is something they’re calling Digital Health. This isn’t to be confused with health tracking or digital medical records, but it will be focused on helping users better monitor how they spend their time on their devices. This is actually not the first time we’re hearing about concerns of smartphone addiction.
Earlier this year Apple investors Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System criticized how addictive Apple’s products are. Apple responded by saying that they would be adding more robust parental controls in the future, which now we learn could possibly be revealed at WWDC 2018.
Apple Could Focus On Digital Health At WWDC 2018 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jun 01
Sending files across WhatsApp is a pretty straightforward process. All you have to do is choose the person or group that you want to send the files to, select the file(s), hit send, and you’re good to go. However according to a report from WABetaInfo, it appears that the company could be rolling out a new feature called “Predicted Uploads”.
So how does this feature work? Basically it is designed to make the sending process more seamless and to cut down any waiting time. When you select the photo(s) that you want to upload, a copy is said to be sent to WhatsApp’s servers where it awaits confirmation that you want to send it.
Usually what happens is when you send a photo, you are brought to the editing screen first where you can crop it, add captions, doodle on it, and so on, but with this predicted upload feature, a copy is sent to WhatsApp’s servers in anticipation of you sending that file. The file remains on WhatsApp’s servers until you hit that “Send” button, which means if you decide not to send it, nothing will be sent.
At the moment it appears that this is only applicable to photos and videos and other files are not compatible with this feature for now. It is said to be rolling out to both iOS and Android users, but we have yet to see it on our end so maybe it will take some time before it reaches everyone.
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out ‘Predicted Upload’ Feature , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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“JR Smith should blame Ambien.”
Jun 01
Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by a long-running corruption trial involving members of his party.
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