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Tech we hope hits the public sector
X-ray vision,
for real
Government agencies have myriad reasons to want to see through walls, and a new solution from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could address both technology limitations and privacy concerns. RF-Pose uses a neural network to analyze radio signals that reflect off people’s bodies and creates a stick figure representation that shows the subjects’ movements behind closed doors or in low-light situations.
AI for the rest of us
For those whose missions don’t require X-ray vision, Dialpad’s VoiceAI solution addresses a far more pervasive need: ensuring all those conference calls translate into actionable information. The service includes real-time transcripts, sentiment analysis, “smart notes” that highlight the conversation’s central points and auto-generated action items for tasks that were discussed and assigned on the call.
No roads needed
A little more than a year after the prototype was unveiled (see GCN’s May 2017 “Wish List”), Kitty Hawk’s single-passenger flying car is in production. The all-electric ultralight flyer now boasts 10 rotors (up from the prototype’s eight) and flies low over water or open areas at speeds of up to 20 mph.
Image credits (clockwise): Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL, Dialpad, Kitty Hawk
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