Google's Project Glass

Augmented Reality glass provides you an opportunity to live in both real physical world and the information world simultaneously.. Watch this video..

BBC Horizon - Hunt for AI

A good documentary on current approaches to Artificial Intelligence. How far are we from real Strong AI?? Watch this BBC Horizon documentary..

Microsoft's own streetview

Looks like Microsoft is coming up with its own version of Google Streetview! Will that be better? Wait and watch!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/microsoft-street-slide-its-electric-video/

Here, take a look.


I stumbled upon this only now.. apparently its old news (2010).

Recognizing Scottish accent!

What can voice recognition do to you?

A personal assistant on your iPhone

SIRI is your personal assistant which is capable of providing you information on businesses like restaurants, cafes etc near you. It can also book tables for you and recommend how to spend time on a Saturday. All these interaction can be done by speaking to it just like you would to your personal assistant (i.e. human). You can now download this on your iPhone as an app from the iTunes store. Now isn't this nice :)



More: www.siri.com

Buffalo buffalo..

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"

This buffalo sentence looks nonsensical but actually it is both syntactically correct and makes sense. It is not just a bunch of buffaloes. Try to decode it. The key to understanding this sentence lies in correctly identifying the parts of speech of the constituents.

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Language

Language is an exciting object of study. Questions like how languages originated and evolved, how is that only humans are capable of such complicated system of communication, how easy it is for us humans to use it as a means to various ends, are intriguing. I have been interested in Languages and how to recreate the magic of Language capability in machines for quite sometime. In this blog I will try to write about my own and other world views on Language.