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Fjord's (in)famous innovation lab. Known for what we build -- and occasionally what we blow up. Stay tuned for SXSW 2017...

 Austin, TX
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Joined January 2010
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For #Instagram, it's #AI vs. Internet trolls wired.com/story/instagram-la…

Instagram Launches An AI System to Blast Away Nasty Comments

Instagram wants to turn itself into the friendliest place on the internet.

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Not sure parenthood is for you? Procreation via #VR could help you find out fastcodesign.com/90127895/no…
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Need to talk about your worries, fears... really weird childhood? Who needs a therapist when you have a #chatbot wired.com/2017/06/facebook-m…

The Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now

Meet your new therapist: a chatbot that runs inside Facebook Messenger.

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Pinterest #AI features let you snap your food & find the recipe (& you thought brunch pics were just for Instagram) fastcompany.com/40423739/pin…
Like Fitbit for the farm, #wearables for animals hit the world of architecture wired.com/2017/06/wearables-… via @WIRED

Wearables Reveal the Secret Lives of Farm Animals

The Internet of Animals has arrived.

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Scrap the niceties - an argument for why #chatbots shouldn't be polite fastcodesign.com/90127019/wh…
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A supersized Thursday—@Accenture shows off new tech + @fjord talks abt the importance of the human experience in #AI facebook.com/events/25445040…
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This bot with pro precision learned how to grasp via virtual objects technologyreview.com/s/60793…

Meet the Most Nimble-Fingered Robot Yet

A dexterous multi-fingered robot practiced using virtual objects in a simulated world, showing how machine learning and the cloud could revolutionize manual work.

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This neural network has got some serious game news.fastcompany.com/a-neura…
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They say a picture is worth 1,000 words - so could the camera replace the keyboard? wired.com/2017/05/camera-wan… via @WIRED

Your Camera Wants to Kill the Keyboard

Anyone who builds technology will tell you: The camera is the new keyboard.

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Sneaking in after curfew just got a lot tougher, kids technologyreview.com/s/60782…

Home Monitors Are Getting Smarter (and Creepier)

Startup Lighthouse’s home assistant-slash-monitor can tell you who’s in your house, and what they’re doing.

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Hear that? Not yet - Google’s #AI Invents Sounds Humans Have NEVER Heard Before wired.com/2017/05/google-use… via @WIRED

Google’s AI Invents Sounds Humans Have Never Heard Before

Using math to create thousands of new musical instruments.

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Documenting AI's unfolding via art fastcodesign.com/90124938/on…
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"The Surprising Repercussions of Making AI Assistants Sound Human" - featuring a little wisdom from @fjord wired.com/2017/05/surprising…

The Surprising Repercussions of Making AI Assistants Sound Human

Do you want a humanlike personality to chat with, or a utility to give you information?

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Think TL;DR done via tech - "A new AI algorithm summarizes text amazingly well" technologyreview.com/s/60782…
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Using AI to Detect Cancer, Not Just Cats - we'll take it wired.com/2017/05/using-ai-d… via @WIRED

Using AI to Detect Cancer, Not Just Cats

Neural networks are great at recognizing faces and objects in photos. Now they're being deployed to similarly identify signs of disease and illness.

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Teach a robot simple tasks (taking out your trash, perhaps?) -- no coding experience required theverge.com/2017/5/10/15596… via @Verge

Teach a robot simple tasks, no coding experience required

The system even allows robots to teach other robots

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This experimental smartphone could be a one-stop-shop controller and even replace the buttons on all your appliances fastcodesign.com/90124584/di…
This Intuitive prosthetic hand uses computer vision/external processing/neural networking to see what it's touching engadget.com/2017/05/03/intu…

'Intuitive' prosthetic hand sees what it's touching - Engadget

Even as we begin to wire prosthetics directly into our peripheral nervous systems and wield Deus Ex appendages with only the power of our minds, many conventional prosthetic arms are still pretty...

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The future meets futons: Ikea wants to know how you’d feel about a robot running your home theverge.com/2017/5/2/155139… via @Verge
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