Encausse.net - Weekly #127

Water Writing 🌊, Electric Mini Racer 🏎️, Baidu's LLM 🤖, Roblox's Virtual Worlds 🌐, Meta's Smart Glasses 🕶️, TikTok's In-App Shopping 🛍️, FM Radio 📻 and more!

Hello everyone,
This week, buckle up for some exciting tech updates! German physicists have found a way to write in water, and a nifty electric mini racer is breaking records!

In AI news, generative chatbots are revolutionizing call centers, while Baidu’s Large Language Models are making waves in China. In the world of alternate realities, Roblox has an AI assistant for creating virtual worlds and there's a hint of a Nintendo and Google VR collaboration.

IoT is not far behind with Meta's smart glasses, Apple's user identification headphones, and 3D printing transforming mass production. In business, TikTok is introducing in-app shopping and Coca-Cola is using AI to create a futuristic soda. For DIY enthusiasts, ESP32 brings the smallest FM radio. Lastly, don't miss out some insights into futurology with Philippe Cahen. Stay tuned for more!

By the way, I tear down a Smart Frame I talked about in previous Newsletter. Lot's of low-tech ideas to combine with GenerativeAI :-)

Next weeks, I 'll go to BIG BPI event in Paris any body else ? And we will attend to CES 2024 let's connect if you are interested.

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🪄 Technologies

• German Physicists Develop Technique for Writing in Water

• Electric Mini Racer Breaks Acceleration Record

• Zinc-ion Batteries: A Solution for Renewable Energy Storage

☁️ Cloud

• Generative AI Chatbots Revolutionizing Call Center Operations

🧠 Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI's Impact on Different Industries

• Baidu’s Large Language Models Leading the Way in China's AI Infrastructure
  Very interesting takeway : too many, bad data, hard to improve

• Stability AI Introduces Stable Audio for Text-to-Audio Generation

• Efficient AI Model for High-Resolution Computer Vision Developed by MIT

• Automated Audiobook Creation on a Large Scale

🕹️ Alternate Realities

• Roblox Introduces AI Assistant for Streamlined Virtual World Creation

• US Army Orders More Improved Microsoft AR Headsets

• Nintendo and Google Might Collaborate on a VR Headset

• Bigscreen Beyond VR Headset Shipping to US Customers, Expands to 13 New Countries

🤖 Internet of Things

Shanghai Airport Transformed with Cherry Blossoms by JCDecaux, Output & Shane Fu

• Thunderbolt 5 by Intel to Offer Up to 120Gbps Speeds in 2024
  Awesome ! I will jump from eGPU Thunderbot 3 to 5 !

• Meta's Next Generation Smart Glasses May Be On The Horizon

• Introducing the 3D TOF Depth Camera: A Low-Cost 3D Sensor for IoT Applications see also this device with camera

• Apple's New Patent: User Identification Through Headphones
  Very interesting and GDPR friendly ? Should be cross with Nike tracker

• 3D Printing Poised to Revolutionize High-Volume Consumer Products
  3D Printing for the mass production could kill the China ?!

• Kenyan Company Innovates with Off-grid Solar Energy Systems using E-waste

🚀 Business

Top 250 Fashion & Beauty Online Retail Champions in Europe

• Digital Transformation Trends in Hospitality Industry

• Hermès Launches Game Dedicated to Its Tutti Twilly Perfume

• Legal Industry Eager yet Unprepared for Generative AI Adoption

• TikTok Launches In-App Shopping Feature in the US

• Coca-Cola Uses AI to Create a Futuristic Soda, 'Y3000'
  My bullshitometer is on alert !

• SES-imagotag and HowGood Team Up to Deliver In-store Sustainability Metrics
  That's so smart to bypass all packaging and display Food Fact data !

• Amazon Introduces Supply Chain Services for Physical Retail Stores

• Asia's Tech Adoption: A Window to the Future

• Budweiser's 'Ground Cooler' Fridge Works Without Electricity Even in Extreme Heat
  Fighting the climate change with beer ?!

• Nike Introduces Aerogami, an Adaptive Venting System for Runners
  Well, so many marketing ... not sure the result is so amazing.

• Leveraging Custom Clothing in Multichannel Marketing Strategy

💡 Inspiration

Understanding Self-Serving Bias: Its Impact & Implications

🔨 Do It Yourself

• ESP32 Powers Smallest FM Radio
  Very cool but have to figureout a usecase.

• Scaled-Up Matches Are Hilarious And Moderately Effective
  Size is not the only thing !

🎧 Podcast

Debunking DeepFakes with Ari. Working on the same topics at Nagarro :-)

• Louis Vuitton Makes Podcast Debut with 'LV [Extended]' Series
  The journalist voice is not very clean. They should use a AI NeuroVoice

• Navigating the Chaos of Futurology: Philippe Cahen's Insights
  A new old job but the hardest part is timming to predict the future

🎮 Gaming

• Voyager: The First LLM-Powered Lifelong Learning Agent in Minecraft

• Snap's New Venture: An Image-Based Valuation System
  Quality identification like coins

📈 Stats & Quotes

• Roblox CEO's Top 10 Predictions for the Next 5 Years
  Interesting to read the 10th to understand it's vision

• Japan's Labor Shortage Solution: Hiring Workers Over 70

• Analyzing Changes in Daily Routines from 2019 through 2022

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