Uber has hired Google’s Head Of communications and Policy Rachel Whetstone for a similar role. Whetstone will replace David Plouffe, who was Barack Obama’s campaign manager in 2008 and joined Uber in…
Day: May 14, 2015
New Device Could Greatly Improve Speech and Image Recognition
Researchers have successfully demonstrated pattern recognition using a magnonic holographic memory device, a development that could greatly improve speech and image recognition hardware. Holography is a technique based on the wave nature…
MIT’s new algorithm for removing reflections from photos taken through windows
It’s hard to take a photo through a window without picking up reflections of the objects behind you. To solve that problem, professional photographers sometimes wrap their camera lenses in dark cloths…