Posts Tagged with ‘AI’

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about Powerset and their recent restructuring. Today, I talked with Barney Pell one of the founders and former CEO of the startup. As I have said before many times, Barney is an extraordinary person with a brilliant vision and Powerset has been one of my favorite topics of discussion. As far as my previous post, I had some concerns over the underlying causes for Steve Newcomb's absence and also Barney's shift [...]

StylePath is another venture aimed at marrying users to brands or products via Web technologies. Unlike recommendation engines we have seen, StylePath personalizes product recommendations to the individual rather than collaboratively. The focus for StylePath is on individual aesthetic preference and their patented visual search technology. The site is in private beta testing now, but is scheduled for launch next Tuesday. We thought you should have a look inside this interesting development before the place gets too crowded.
Humans and [...]

Hakia recently initiated “The Search for Better Search” initiative via a focused poll taken from some of Web 2.0's best technical blogs. The results reveal an overwhelming and compelling need for a better search capability. Make no mistake about it; raising the bar for the people at hakia has nothing to do with hype or beating Google really, but about the art of transcendence. The vision there is about elevating the world's expectations and thinking so that search and the Web can transcend [...]

Feelix Growing is exploring sensory robots!
BBC - February 23, 2007 - Making robots that interact with humans emotionally is the objective of a British led European scientific project. Feelix Growing is a research project that involves six countries and 25 robot scientists, developmental psychologists and neuroscientists.
Coordinator Dr. Lola Canamero says the aim of the project is to build robots that learn from humans and respond in a social and emotional manner appropriate to the situation. According to the press [...]