We’ve certainly covered facial recognition before, but it’s only in the past week or so that we’ve seen this intense, consistent level of news, development and controversy.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #682: It’s official: facial recognition is out of control
It’s that time of year, when more people spend time in clinics and doctors’ offices, as cold and flu season gets underway. Many of us…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #681: Will healthcare tech take giant steps in 2020?
Accessibility for those with disabilities is not a new idea, although it’s far from being a normative part of many planning processes (but it should…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #679: Accessibility and technology are still not a good match
Posted in 4cast, and facial recognition
We’ve certainly covered facial recognition in the 4Cast before, but a newer subset of that tech is causing some major waves. Now, technology can not only match a name and a face, but it can also (in theory) determine how the person with that face is feeling. Called “affect recognition,” but more commonly referred to as “emotion recognition,” it may be even more controversial than it’s broader cousin, facial recognition.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #677: Is emotion recognition technology a good idea?
If you’re a gamer, it’s likely that you’ve been hearing about Google forthcoming Stadia service for a while. Stadia proposes to be to gaming what…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #673: Is Google’s new Stadia gaming platform all that?
Educators and librarians have long had an ambivalent relationship with Wikipedia. While admiring the attempt to crowdsource all human knowledge, the authority of that knowledge…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #671: Wikipedia is still very much a battleground
They’re seemingly everywhere: they’re even in the subject line of the promotional emails I get from my car dealership nowadays. They’re such an established part…
If you’re not familiar with the concept of deepfakes, get ready to get nervous. Imagine being able to use artificial intelligence and deep machine learning…
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #667: Deepfakes aren’t going away–they’re getting better
Posted in 4cast, and Virtual reality
VR technology is no longer emerging, but it’s definitely evolving. There’s a lot of very interesting things going on in the VR space; here’s just a few.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #663: Virtual reality is expanding with unique uses
Map technology is changing all of the time; here’s a roundup of some recent developments. And, as you’ll see, map tech also has some issues that need to be addressed.
Read MoreOPLIN 4Cast #661: Is digital navigation going the right way?
