Data Roundup: Top Trending News in the Digital Sphere
In the ever-evolving world of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make significant strides, leaving a lasting impact on various industries. Let's explore some recent developments in fashion, art, and urban planning.
In the Netherlands, AI engineer Stan van der Vossen has launched a revolutionary fashion service that uses AI to design unique sneakers. Trained on 50,000 images of unusual sneakers, the AI learns to recreate original designs, taking into account outline, brushstrokes, and texture.
In the realm of art, AI is being used to recover lost masterpieces. By analysing existing fragments or related visuals, AI models learn artistic styles and structural features from vast datasets. They then infer missing parts or simulate stylistic elements to restore or recreate the artwork. Techniques like image segmentation and edge detection, combined with neural networks, help identify the geometric structure and key contours from partial or degraded images. Style transfer algorithms, such as those used in DeepArt.io, are employed to mimic painterly effects, while generative models like StyleGAN and BigGAN can simulate fine details of brushwork and texture.
City officials in Las Vegas are partnering with Cityzenith and Terbine to build a digital twin of the city. This digital twin aims to monitor air and water quality, improve mobility, and reduce carbon emissions.
IBM has open-sourced an inference platform to help AI systems operate and respond to requests more efficiently. Meanwhile, in San Antonio, the Parks Foundation and Geomedia have launched an app for the historic Japanese Tea Garden, featuring six augmented reality features, including a flying dragon and educational exhibits on the garden's history.
Lastly, researchers at Stanford University have developed a self-navigating walking cane for individuals with visual impairments. Utilising lidar technology, GPS, sensors, AI, and an actuator, this innovative device promises to revolutionise mobility for those with visual impairments.
As AI continues to evolve, its applications in diverse fields are becoming increasingly apparent. From fashion to art, urban planning to mobility, AI is not just replicating but artistically interpreting and transforming the world around us.
- In the realm of fashion-and-beauty, AI is being utilised to design unique sneakers by Stan van der Vossen, with the help of 50,000 images of unusual sneakers, considering outline, brushstrokes, and texture in the design process.
- AI is being employed in the art industry to recover lost masterpieces by analysing existing fragments or related visuals, learning artistic styles and structural features from extensive datasets, and then inferring missing parts or simulating stylistic elements to restore or recreate the artwork.
- Cityzenith and Terbine are partnering with city officials in Las Vegas to build a digital twin of the city, aiming to monitor air and water quality, improve mobility, and reduce carbon emissions.
- IBM has open-sourced an inference platform to help AI systems operate more efficiently, responding to requests more readily.
- In San Antonio, the Parks Foundation and Geomedia have launched an augmented reality app for the historic Japanese Tea Garden, featuring interactive elements such as a flying dragon and educational exhibits on the garden's history.
- Researchers at Stanford University have developed a self-navigating walking cane for individuals with visual impairments, leveraging lidar technology, GPS, sensors, AI, and an actuator, which promises revolutionised mobility.
- As AI continues to advance, its applications in diverse fields like fashion, art, urban planning, mobility, and even environmental-science are becoming increasingly prominent.
- AI is not just replicating the world but artistically interpreting and transforming it across various sectors, from data-and-cloud-computing to climate-change mitigation efforts and lifestyle improvements.
