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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Notes and quotes: Skin in the game – real looking robots
"They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything" (Kyle Reese, Terminator) An article described what appears to be the next step in making robots more realistic - skin for robots made from real skin cells. Main point: "…living skin is the ultimate solution to give...
Ambition and work ethic lessons from Taylor Swift
I saw an excellent article about Taylor Swift and her work ethic. Plenty of life lessons for young people in the article. It merits close reading. Main point: "But there was one more thing that Taylor Swift sold to adoring crowds...
Becoming a professional drone pilot
A DJI blog item contained advice for aspiring drone pilots.Main point: The path is straightforward - "The journey begins with a clear understanding of the rules for being a compliant, responsible operator, and ultimately – getting the necessary training to help...
AI and concerns about the workforce
In an article about her using AI as a tool to help her with her dyslexia, Tabitha Goldstaub offered some ideas and suggestions for adapting to changes wrought by AI.Main point: "We are hurtling towards AI, machine learning and robotics at breakneck speed and...
AI and dyslexia
What can't AI do? Check out an article by a successful tech entrepreneur who started out with dyslexia and found AI a useful tool.Main point: "I think it was my dyslexia and my need to see things from a different angle that enabled me to be open to the rewards...
Taking on robot vision
An article about a startup working on robot vision may offer ways to enhance robot capabilities in industry.Main point: As important as the manual abilities of robots are, they need the ability to properly see their environments before they can take a...
Follow your guide
It looks like progress on the assistive technology front with Google's Project Guideline, "an artificial intelligence system designed to help blind and vision-impaired people to run races by themselves." Main point: It's "an attempt to give those people more...
Learning from the movers and “shapers”
It takes one to know one. I saw an article where Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, shared some things he learned from getting to know top movers and shakers like Elon Musk and Bill Gates.Main point: "Dalio often sees common threads in these leaders’...