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"Tech questions for 2022" by @benedictevans may actually provide the answer to #digitalDisruption

"Tech questions for 2022" by @benedictevans may actually provide the answer to #digitalDisruption | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of areas where trillion dollar questions are wide open. These are the questions I wonder about today, from crypto to cars to fast fashion - there are others.

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WHY IT MATTERS: this list of technology questions for 2022 feels like an answer to the question "what is digital disruption?".

We have reached a moment in time where old technologies - eCommerce or videoconferencing for example - are finally breaking into established industries. And the impact, at scale, cannot be found in technology but rather in every single industry it disrupts.

Very thoughtful piece, very good questions.

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Self-driving cars: start south with driverless autonomous trucks lead seems to be the way to go via @Deloitte

Self-driving cars: start south with driverless autonomous trucks lead seems to be the way to go via @Deloitte | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Driverless trucks are already heading out to the highway, as shipping companies increasingly look to autonomous technology to meet rising demand for goods.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: interesting study from Deloitte about the future of self driving and the first possible market to be disrupted: delivery truck in southern USA.

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Voyage Commander is a state-of-the-art self-driving robot taxi that has a number of important limitations and sheds light into what is possible and what is not

Voyage Commander is a state-of-the-art self-driving robot taxi that has a number of important limitations and sheds light into what is possible and what is not | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

When Commander detects that something in the road ahead cannot be handled by itself, it gracefully transitions control to Telessist, our novel remote assistance technology. Telessist enables our robotaxi service to scale quicker, safely driving riders through any scenario that the world can throw at us.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: a very interesting article about a robot taxi system, how it works and its limitations. Fun read to understand what is possible and what is not in self driving tech today. This is important because many of digital transformation use case depend on this for profitability (for example eCommerce delivery cost should reduce drastically when this available).

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Self-driving cars from Tesla, Google, and others are still not here #weekendReading

Self-driving cars from Tesla, Google, and others are still not here #weekendReading | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Engineering teams at Tesla, GM, Honda, and others are struggling to make self-driving cars work properly.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: a great review of autonomous car state of the art as well as some thoughts on what cities may look like when self-driving cars are among us. Spoiler: it will bee great but it will take time... ;-)

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George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles via Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast @LexFridman @comma_ai @realGeorgeHotz

Here's my conversation with George Hotz (@realGeorgeHotz), founder of @comma_ai and an outspoken personality in the tech world.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: amazing to spend 2 hours prying into the brains of amazing individuals about technology, AI, and the future of self driving cars.

offworldnews's curator insight, August 21, 2019 10:28 AM
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8 Industries Being Disrupted By Elon Musk And His Companies

8 Industries Being Disrupted By Elon Musk And His Companies | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has plans to colonize Mars, and thinks AI may turn humans into its pets. Here's how Musk's companies are actually taking on virtually every industry.

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WHY IT MATTERS: impressive to see how ar and wide his impact has been.

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All the data #self-driving cars take in from cameras looks like this- and the Webviz tool to visualize it is now open-source: will this lead to faster adoption of self-driving car technology?

Robo-cars are picking up everything its sensors see, hear, and detect. So to corral all this information, Cruise — through a hackathon event — created an open-source data visualization platform called Webviz. Other autonomous vehicle companies offer different aspects of the self-driving process, like Baidu's Apollo open-source autonomous driving platform. Now Cruise is opening up its application for anyone who works with robotics.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: interesting to see all the data self-driving cars process. More interesting though is that tools and technologies required to make self-driving cars, trucks and other vehicles is becoming more readily available which should spark an even faster adoption cycle.

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Facial Recognition Is Already Here: These Are The 30+ US Companies Testing The Technology via @CBInsights

Facial Recognition Is Already Here: These Are The 30+ US Companies Testing The Technology via @CBInsights | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

US corporates are currently using facial recognition for everything from fast food orders to trying on makeup to issuing life insurance policies, and more.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTER: facial recognition used to be a very difficult thing to do but AI and machine learning specifically has blown this out the water opening the way for a slew of real world useful applications. 

The Media Lab's curator insight, June 12, 2019 8:48 AM
A great concept!
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Tesla Autopilot HW3 details from teslamotors describes a supercomputer in every Tesla cars to enable self-driving capabilities

Tesla Autopilot HW3 details from teslamotors describes a supercomputer in every Tesla cars to enable self-driving capabilities | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

For the past few months Tesla has been slowly sharing details of its upcoming “Hardware 3” (HW3) changes soon to be introduced into its S/X/3 lineup. Tesla has stated that cars will begin to be built with the new computer sometime in the first half of 2019, and they have said that this is a simple computer upgrade, with all vehicle sensors (radar, ultrasonics, cameras) staying the same. Today we have some information about what HW3 actually will (and won’t) be.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: this very detailed and technical article describes the hardware components that make up the Tesla computer that drives autopilot and that should be powerful enough to enable self-driving in every Tesla today as promised. 

Claudio Marongiu's curator insight, April 27, 2019 10:59 AM
Tesla ha appena presentato sul mercato la nuova model3, l'auto che ufficialmente è in grado di guidare da sola. La parte interessante è che anche i vecchi modelli (quelli in grado di offrire un autopilot "parziale") potranno essere aggiornati con un chip che si trova dietro il volante, rendendo quindi potenzialmente tutte le tesla in grado di guidare senza autista. 

Ritengo che questa tecnologia sia ancora acerba, ma senz'altro riguarderà il futuro dei trasporti nelle nostre città.
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Elon Musk interview by MIT professor sheds light into how advanced Tesla Autopilot is to deliver self driving experience - he predicts end of 2019 or 2020 at the latest #ArtificialIntelligence #AI ...

This conversation happened after the release of the paper from our group at MIT on driver functional vigilance during use of Tesla's Autopilot. The Tesla team reached out to me offering a podcast conversation with Mr Musk. I accepted, with full control of questions I could ask and choice of what is released publicly. I ended up editing out nothing of substance. This was an insightful discussion on various aspects of Tesla Autopilot that I hope catalyzes further nuanced conversation on the future of AI-assisted driving. Starts at 2:35. The full outline of the video is as follows:
0:00 Introduction
2:35 Start of conversation: Autopilot motivation
4:01 Display the vehicle's perception of the driving scene
7:11 Algorithms, data, and hardware development
10:23 Edge cases and common cases in driving
12:18 Navigate on Autopilot
13:57 Hardware and software path toward fully autonomy
17:08 Driver supervision of Autopilot
20:13 Human side of Tesla Autopilot (driver functional vigilance)
23:13 Driver monitoring
24:30 Operational design domain
26:57 Securing Autopilot against adversarial machine learning
28:29 Narrow AI and artificial general intelligence
30:10 Physics view of love
31:53 First question for an artificial general intelligence system

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WHY IT MATTERS: this is a very geeky interview with Elon Musk on autopilot and the future of self-driving cars. Thoughtful, structured and informative it brings to light a very strong point: the value of a car lies in its capacity to self drive and every Tesla has this feature already builtin. Basically it means that cars will soon cross the threshold of autonomy, opening a whole new era for personal transportation. But more importantly I believe for businesses that rely on delivery logistics: ecommerce of course but also groceries, medical supplies, etc.

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A Beginner’s Guide and State of Self-Driving Cars provides insights why we still drive our cars today and will in the foreseeable future... via @sun_anyi @TheStartup

Driverless vehicles are hardly a novel concept anymore, but what is really going on in the autonomous car industry? How do self-driving cars work? Who are making these cars? Why is it taking this long? This article will answer these questions.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: this article provides a good overview of the current state of the art in self-driving cars, the players involved, an idea of the investments required and a list of challenges that explains why we are where we are and still have to drive our cars on the road today...

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How a #driverless car sees the road can have application way beyond cars on the road @TED #video #AI

Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes autonomous decisions about what to do next.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: great visual explanation of how driverless cars see the world. Applications of this technology are endless in business: self driving wheelbarrows on shop floors or construction sites, worker safety warning systems in dangerous environments, package delivery system in hospitals, etc. Content starts at 7m30s approximately

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Why we need High Definition maps for autonomous cars to become reality - and what @comma_Ai is doing to create an #openSource version for all to use #mapping #digitalTransformation

Why we need High Definition maps for autonomous cars to become reality - and what @comma_Ai is doing to create an #openSource version for all to use #mapping #digitalTransformation | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

The future of navigation will be centralized around HD maps. While plenty of companies exist to provide this type of data, all are limited by paywalls and strict Terms-of-Service. It is time for this paradigm to change. Comma.ai is releasing US interstate HD maps from our 5,000,000+ miles of data.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: to make digital transformation a reality we required to blend the digital and the real world. In particular it is essential to have high definition maps of the real world and this paper explains why this is important, and why they have made their model opensource for everyone to see and use.

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Obinna Odenigbo's curator insight, October 23, 2018 2:58 AM
The future of autonomous cars relies on HD maps that accessible to everyone.
 
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Google has way more experience driving a car than I do: Waymo reaches 5 million self-driven miles

Google has way more experience driving a car than I do: Waymo reaches 5 million self-driven miles | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

This experience combines footage and real-time data from a trip around Metro Phoenix, Arizona in one of our Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans. It puts you at the very heart of the technology, letting you see through the “eyes” of our state-of-the-art sensors, including LiDAR, radar, and cameras. It brings to life how Waymo sees the world around it, recognizes objects like cars and pedestrians, predicts what those things will do, and then plans a safe path ahead.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: I've been reporting on this since 2013 and thought useful to share that Google waymo is now actively self-driving cars in the Phoenix area. Today. Wow. Just follow the links to see what it feels like to ride a self-driving car in 360 degrees.

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The world’s first crewless cargo ship will launch next year #digitalTransformation #WhyItMatters

The world’s first crewless cargo ship will launch next year #digitalTransformation #WhyItMatters | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

The world’s first crewless, automated cargo ship will launch in 2018, reports the Wall Street Journal, and is expected to be fully autonomous by 2020.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: we think of autonomous vehicles as self-driving cars. But we are more likely to see business and professional applications such as this self-driving cargo ship appear first.

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On the way to self-driving cars: Phantom Auto Demonstrates First Remote-Controlled Car on Public Roads #CES2018

On the way to self-driving cars: Phantom Auto Demonstrates First Remote-Controlled Car on Public Roads #CES2018 | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

A remote pilot drives a Lincoln MKZ past Vegas casinos from his desk in Mountain View. Phantom currently has five control systems set up in Mountain View. At each system, one human could oversee perhaps five automated vehicles. Training on the system takes about a week, starting with simulated driving, then teleoperation on a closed course before the driver passes a test to drive a car on public roads.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: self-driving cars are possible but some time in the future. This is because they need to be completely autonomous in all situations, something very difficult with the current state of AI technology. However, cars equipped with sensors and cameras and telecommunication can allow remote operators to drive them - they do it for drones already and for heavy machinery in mines. This article explains how a new startup does it. Interesting to grasp just how complex the whole thing is. Moreover, self-driving vehicles appear to be doing the same to get their self-driving cars out of complex situations the AI cannot deal with. 

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Waymo’s #self-driving cars have 300 years of driving experience under their belt (4 million self-driven miles)

Waymo’s #self-driving cars have 300 years of driving experience under their belt (4 million self-driven miles) | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

When it comes to developing self-driving cars, experience is key to making the technology safe and ready for the road. That’s why we’ve been working to make Waymo the world’s most experienced driver…

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WHY IT MATTERS: teach one human to drive and you are safe. Teach one self-driving car to drive then all other cars benefits from the experience. I predict that soon - if not already - Google self driving cars will be safer than human drivers - just because they will have covered more roads and encountered more driving situations. And it will not stop there and will keep improving every day. This is true for cars but will also be true for all other areas in which AI will be applied: medecine, law, agriculture, etc.

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45 Billion Cameras by 2022 Fuel Business Opportunities for better and for worse #security #privacy #AI #robots

45 Billion Cameras by 2022 Fuel Business Opportunities for better and for worse #security #privacy #AI #robots | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Exclusive research by us at LDV Capital is the first publicly shared, in-depth analysis which estimates how many cameras will be in the world in 2022. Key Findings include:

  • Most of the pictures captured will never be seen by a human eye.
  • A paradigm shift will take place in the meaning and use of a camera.
  • Over the next five years there will be a proliferation of cameras integrated into products across industries and markets.
  • Where there is growth in cameras there will be tremendous business opportunities in the capture, analysis and interpretation of visual data.
  • Depth capture will double the number of cameras in handheld cameras.
  • By 2022, the number of cameras will be nearly 12X the 2012 figures.
  • Your smartphone will have between 4 and 10 cameras by 2022.
  • The Internet of Eyes will be larger than the Internet of Things.
  • In the next five years, robotics will have 20X more integrated cameras.
  • By 2022, all new vehicles will be equipped with more than 25 cameras and this does not include Lidar or Radar.
Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: cameras will become ubiquitous and AI systems will analyze those images to provide business services but also track our every move. This reports presents trends in this area.

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This paper explains how #self-driving cars can identify cars, humans and other obstacles #AI

This paper explains how #self-driving cars can identify cars, humans and other obstacles #AI | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

The latest paper shows that two Apple scientists have devised a new technology called VoxelNet for detecting small obstacles using LiDAR.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: the paper referenced in this blog post explains in great details how neural networks are used to detect moving objects. Fascinating. Also very technical, weak heart should abstain... ;-)

Alan Bradshaw's curator insight, November 26, 2017 8:15 AM

WHY IT MATTERS: the paper referenced in this blog post explains in great details how neural networks are used to detect moving objects. Fascinating. Also very technical, weak heart should abstain... ;-)

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The Robots are Here: a 30min video on the state of #robots & #robotics in 2017 @su_globalsummit

The robots are indeed already here. I work at a university where my job is teaching students and doing research and robotics and so I really what I want to convey to you today is the trends that I see robotics research going that will ultimately turn into actual products and directions that you might be able to take advantage of in the future.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS : the video provides a great review of the state of technology when it comes to robots and robotics today from one of the leading researcher in the field. The talk is peppered with short videos of actual robots so you get a good sense of what's possible today. But remember that we live in an exponential growth era, so things improve very fast.

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Future is here: no driver in the car. Zero. None. Nada. Google Waymo’s fully #self-driving vehicles in Phoenix

Future is here: no driver in the car. Zero. None. Nada. Google Waymo’s fully #self-driving vehicles in Phoenix | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

After more than eight years of development, we’re taking the next step toward unlocking the potential of fully self-driving technology. Starting now, Waymo’s fully self-driving vehicles — our safestmost advanced vehicles on the road today — are test-driving on public roads, without anyone in the driver’s seat.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: we expected it to happen in the future, a few years from now. Not today, not so soon. Especially not in the USA, the country of frivolous lawsuits. This goes to prove how confident Google must be about its self-driving technology. Anyone planning for digital transformation in its business must consider self-driving cars as something to "trial" in the coming years - not as something to "watch for" anymore. WOW.

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Under the Hood of a Self-Driving Taxi @Voyage

Under the Hood of a Self-Driving Taxi @Voyage | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

To give a car the ability to Sense, Plan & Act (SPA) requires a complex system of hardware and software, all of which works together in (hopeful) harmony to form a self-driving car.

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WHY IT MATTERS: a glimpse behind the hardware that is required to power a self-driving car. Of course it comes from the folks that initially worked for an online school (Udemy) that was started by Google self-driving genius Thurun.

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Where Driverless Cars Brake for Golf Carts: watch for #selfDrivingCars in gated communities

Where Driverless Cars Brake for Golf Carts: watch for #selfDrivingCars in gated communities | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

The start-up Voyage is testing its self-driving taxi service in a gated community of about 4,000 residents where the average age is 76. There's another benefit to testing in a retirement community: It's private property. That means Voyage doesn't have to share ride information with state regulators, freeing it from some bureaucracy. But testing in the community meant different obstacles, like insurers requiring Voyage to have double California's $5 million in coverage funds and to hand over all driving data. To reassure the retirement community, Voyage gave them as much equity as they give to a new hire. That aside, retirees have a lot to gain from self-driving cars. Losing the ability to drive often cuts folks off from the outside world, so it's interesting to see Voyage explore where other self-driving leaders haven't been yet.

Farid Mheir's insight:

WHY IT MATTERS: it makes perfect sense when you think about it: deploy self-driving cars on private property instead of on the open road. Here, the use case is a retirement community. Next I assume it may be on a vacation resort (think self-driving golf carts) or a remote wilderness fishing property (more self driving all-terrain trucks). And why are businesses with large properties not deploying self-driving vehicles? Oops not true they are: Codelco has 4 fully autonomous copper mines in Chile!. Take a few minutes to watch he Voyage experiment video: https://news.voyage.auto/voyages-first-self-driving-car-deployment-29c7688c6a1 or more on mining automation http://sco.lt/4qCRLV 

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What is Generative Design?

What is Generative Design? | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

If you’re a designer or engineer in the building, infrastructure, or manufacturing industries, you have probably heard about generative design, and maybe you’re excited—or skeptical. Or maybe you’re wondering, what is generative design? Will it pave the road for a new future of making things? Or will artificial intelligence usurp entire governments to become the overlords of 

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Very simple explanation of generative design with lots of practical examples of its use.

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Neodriven is a rearview mirror replacement that can make your car semi-autonomous

Neodriven is a rearview mirror replacement that can make your car semi-autonomous | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

A small company called Neodriven, led by former Tesla employee Matt Schulwitz, is announcing a product of the same name that goes on sale today for $1,495. It’s a modified version of the Comma Neo plans that Hotz open sourced, but if Schulwitz has his way, it will be an early player in that revolution.

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You can now buy hardware to turn your car into a self driving car. Makes me think of the Homebrew project where Jobs and Wozniak created the first Apple computer and started a revolution. Guys at comma.ai and neodriven.com are doing the same and it seems that the technology is there to enable this revolution: 3G/LTE, GPS, mobile phone, universal car interface, AI and image recognition. Interesting years ahead.

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