How Mixed Reality And Machine Learning Are Driving Innovation In Farming - Weekly Mash-Up 163

How mixed reality and machine learning are driving innovation in farming
TechCrunch

Farming, one of mankind’s oldest industries, is receiving a much needed update. Dating back to the dawn of civilization, farming has been refined, adjusted and adapted — but never perfected. With the right formula of AR and AI, users can monitor and nurture plants from virtually anywhere in the world. Regardless of where these plants are growing, they will be assisted with the latest information on a plant’s acidity, nutrient, watering levels and more in an environmentally sound manner. This has major implications for feeding the world’s population. Read more

Want to conquer fear? Artificial intelligence can come to your help
Hindustan Times

Using AI and brain scanning technology, a team of researchers has developed a novel method to remove a person's specific fears. The technique reads and identifies a memory or fear, and can pave way of treating patients with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias! Read more

Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
MIT News

Although computers have become exceptional experts at recognising speech and images, they have yet to breach the recognition of natural sounds. However, thanks to researchers at MIT, they have found a way to train computers to learn via videos. First, existing computer vision systems that recognize scenes and objects categorized the images in the video. The new system then found correlations between those visual categories and natural sounds. Not only is this a more efficient method, but it also cheaper in comparison to the existing method, training data. Read more

Augmented reality billboard at Canberra Airport invites visitors to pat cheetah, spot whales
ABC Australia

Visitors to Canberra Airport are now greeted by a new state-of-the-art augmented reality advertising while waiting for their plane. It invites people to pat a cheetah at the National Zoo & Aquarium or spot a virtual whale on the Sapphire Coast off New South Wales. Cameras provide detailed analytics to advertisers about those who interact with the screen, down to the detail of whether they are smiling or not. Read more