So I just read an article stating that AI is nowhere near supplanting artists due to computers inability to “decide what is relevant”. I think that might be giving us AI researchers too much credit or going too soft on us. We have yet to develop non-noisy inputs in order to simulate the emotional and… Continue reading AI and Creativity
Category: HCI
gait creation for humanoid robots.
EMG for robot gait creation.
Touchscreen for touchpads
Would be neat to have a color touch screen that acted as the touchpad for a laptop. It could make gestures easier, allow you to maybe see your clipboard, show your password here instead of on your monitor (less easy for someone to observe this way). I’m sure there would be a lot of superficial… Continue reading Touchscreen for touchpads
Braille with ultrasound
So, 2 ideas 1. use that ultrasound based display to act as a braille display, so blind people could use it as a way to read and interact with the device. Then the other idea is to have a smartphone app that converts pictures of braille into english alphabet words… I think computer vision would… Continue reading Braille with ultrasound
Generating human friendly plans?
How can plans that a computer is constantly changing be effectively and without disruption to the workflow be communicated? In a dynamic environment an online planning algorithm could be continuously improving plans. However, we humans are not that flexible. So, one way is to be able to set a threshold on how much the new plan… Continue reading Generating human friendly plans?