Smart Doll Fitted with AI Chip Can Read Your Child's Emotions
From: New Scientist - 06/20/2017
By: Timothy Revell

Researchers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain have developed a
doll equipped with a new computer chip that can run artificially intelligent
(AI) algorithms, and have programmed it to recognize emotions in facial
images captured by a small camera. The doll can recognize eight emotions,
including surprise and happiness, all while running on a small battery
without doing any processing in the cloud. "In the near future, we will see a
myriad of eyes everywhere that will not just be watching us, but trying to
help us," says University of Castilla-La Mancha professor and project leader
Oscar Deniz. He says one advantage of the new chip not needing the Internet
to function is privacy. In addition, Deniz says operating computer-vision
algorithms locally is important for other potential applications, such as in
self-driving cars. Boston University's Massimiliano Versace notes moving away
from dependence on the cloud is a vital step for AI.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2137835-smart-doll-fitted-with-ai-chip-can-read-your-childs-emotions

Links:
Oscar Deniz
http://visilab.etsii.uclm.es/?page_id=1065

Eyes of Things
http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/5/1173

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