Yamaha’s latest concept motorcycle, The Motoroid, utilises built-in artificial intelligence to foster a more seamless interaction between man and machine. The Motoroid is self-balancing, with a unique articulated movement that keeps it from falling over and allows it to park itself on its kickstand. It can also move autonomously based on hand gesture commands for short distances. Check it out in action below.
The rise in online shopping is very real, and for most shoppers it’s due to the endless range of products and sales you can conveniently get on the Internet. E-commerce conglomerate, Alibaba, has used the decline in brick and mortar store visits as an opportunity to think outside the box and create a more immersive customer experience with the introduction of FashionAI. Currently installed in some Chinese shopping centres, FashionAI allows people inside fitting rooms with a screen to identify the clothes they have chosen via a chip. The system will then suggest complimentary pieces, in which sales assistants can retrieve for you with a click of a button. The move by Alibaba aims to give offline shoppers the capabilities of e-commerce, so they can find more of the things they want easily.
| Program | Station | Audience |
| The Good Doctor | Ch7 | 1,128,947 |
| Doc Martin | ABC | 1,126,161 |
| The Good Doctor – Thurs | Ch7 | 1,072,159 |
| The Ashes: First Test – Australia V England Session 3 | Ch9 | 868,439 |
| Have you been paying attention? | Ch10 | 780,133 |
| Seven’s 2017 Rugby League World Cup Semi Final | Ch7 | 675,839 |
| Home and Away | Ch7 | 671,311 |
| Hard Quiz | ABC | 664,005 |
| The Wall | Ch7 | 659,682 |
| Instant Hotel | Ch7 | 633,405 |
19/11/2017 – 25/11/2017
“What do you want for dinner?” is a question that plagues many households and often makes food choices a rather tricky situation. UberEATS’ latest update has taken the guesswork out of the equation and will now provide users with suggestions based on their past orders, even pinpointing specific dishes they think they’ll enjoy. To tackle the lack of cuisine variety distribution in some neighbourhoods, UberEATS will also work with local eateries to fill gaps in demand. The company plans to use consumer data to determine the demand for types of cuisine within specific areas, and then give local eateries the chance to open ‘virtual restaurants’ to supply dishes that there is a proven desire for.
In an attempt to create new and immersive advertising formats for brands, Snapchat recently introduced Augmented Reality (AR) Trial ads. The development has transitioned the fun feature to provide a functional purpose, with the format allowing users to overlay and play with an AR version of a product within their own surroundings. BMW is the first brand to trial the feature with their new X2 vehicle, with users being able to change the vehicle’s colour and walk around it like it’s really there. Users can then swipe up to view BMW’s website.
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Google plans to implement its AI-powered Lens tool in the Google Assistant feature on their range of Pixel phones. Lens allows users to identify objects around them, and while it can’t pick up everything, it can help users identify text and save information on things like business cards, movie poster titles, phone numbers and even open maps with written directions to an address. It’s every day “shazam” like capabilities can also spot and pull up information and media for landmarks, artworks, books and movies when the camera is directed at posters, covers and installations.
The new facial recognition Animoji feature on the iPhone X sparked a large Twitter trend, where users were belting out their favourite tune with their favourite emoji following suit. The plethora of results was pretty entertaining, so Apple decided to capitalise on the fad by creating a new video advertising the feature. The end result is a combination of fun and kitsch – was Apple too late to the party?
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