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FanboyOf91 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-in-china-classroom-cameras-scan-student-faces-for-emotion-stoking/ Quote A Chinese school has equipped several classrooms with cameras that can recognize the emotions of students, introducing a potent new form of artificial intelligence into education, while also raising alarms about a novel method of monitoring children for classroom compliance. The cameras, installed at Hangzhou No. 11 High School, are designed to automatically take attendance and track what students are doing at any moment, including reading, writing or listening. But they also promise to provide real-time data on students’ outward expressions, tracking whether they look scared, happy, disgusted, sad, surprised, angry or neutral. The system has been touted as a way to ensure students are attentive and happy, learning quickly and, ultimately, scoring well on tests. Using the system, installed in March, the school can place students into six behaviour categories: Some might be immersed in learning, while some might be distractions. “We have a minimum score. If a student’s classroom score is lower than that, it means this student is failing to focus during class time,” said vice principal Zhang Guanchao in an interview with The Paper, a Chinese state-run online news outlet. The system will then notify the teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheGreatBuzz Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 So what were the drones doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Destino Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 12:15 PM, FanboyOf91 said: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-in-china-classroom-cameras-scan-student-faces-for-emotion-stoking/ Technology intended to monitor humans actively like that is absolutely terrifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Lots of interesting chatter about parallel/convergent technologies based on graphene research.... https://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4565 Graphene-Perovskite Solar Cells showing promise IMO And graphene super capacitors https://www.graphene-info.com/graphene-supercapacitors Normal battery storage tech is essentially centuries old, even with lithium ion improvements the same limitations remain. Capacitors can charge/discharge far faster, don't "wear out" the way batteries do. The two combined offer the possibility of really going off the grid, offering the capacity to generate and store your own electric power without outside connections. In addition a leap in capacitor storage would make electric cars far more feasible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PleaseBlitz Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, FanboyOf91 said: And if they all die in a horrible car crash, you've only lost a few old WalMart people. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Welcome to the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Quote Facebook intended to use long-duration high-altitude aircraft similar to the Airbus Zephyr for its internet program but recently shut down the project because it failed to function as planned after four years of trying. It is seeking new partners to move that project forward. Perhaps it should place a call to the folks at Airbus? Never change, Zuckerberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Hail...cannons... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 As if organic food consumers couldn't get anymore insufferable... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAVs_in_the_U.S._military Had to do a double-take there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Anyone else remember this? I was at their "base camp" when it happened. Things got busy quickly. Quote In what can only be classed as a “Skynet moment“, one of the U.S. Navy’s flying drones went rogue earlier this month. https://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/navys-flying-drone-goes-rogue-heads-for-nations-capital-1280041/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said: Anyone else remember this? I was at their "base camp" when it happened. Things got busy quickly. https://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/navys-flying-drone-goes-rogue-heads-for-nations-capital-1280041/ Even the machines don't want Kavanaugh confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Even the machines don't want Kavanaugh confirmed. pssst...........it happened it 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said: pssst...........it happened it 2010. I'm sure they have algorithms that could predict what would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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