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Projects at Google X
These past couple weeks, there have been a few videos released from the group I work in at Google. Congratulations to the many people in X who's hard work has gone into each of these.
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Ceres: solving complex problems using computing muscle
Today, Sameer Agarwal and Keir Mierle (as well as a couple others I'm sure) at Google open sourced the Ceres Non-Linear Least Squares Solver.Since coming to Google, this is probably the most...
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Yay for learning
See, learning can be cute and fun!I donated "one truckload of gravel to pave a school yard" because I personally believe the truckload is an under utilized unit of measure, and it's satisfying to be...
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3 Remarkable Feats in 16 days
When surfing the web and catching up on technology news, it is incredibly easy to become accustomed to the rapid pace that new products are announced, new features are offered, and new capabilities are...
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UIST 2012 Student Competition!
It's that time of year again. The Student Competition for the conference on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST). The goal of the contest is to invent new interactions on state-of-the-art...
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Brave New World
3D printed lower receiver for an AR-15 assault rifle.This is the only legally regulated component of the weapon.It's hard not to like 3D printing. It allows you to transform nearly any 3D form you can...
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Curiosity has landed.
Congratulations, to everyone at NASA, JPL, and anyone else who may have been involved. It couldn't have gone anymore smoothly. High res images within minutes of landing. Amazing. I am in awe.If you...
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Technology and Art in Perfect Balance
I'm currently in LA for Siggraph 2012, which is the leading conference for computer graphics - but the community here includes artists, animators, modelers, movie studios, games studios, camera and...
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Massive Linked-In FAIL! BEWARE to users.
I don't normally post negative reviews about products and services. I generally try to celebrate the things I really enjoy and share that with others. But, I had an astoundingly destructive...
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Robots: Cute and Less Cute
When it comes to robotics, I typically jump to the technical aspect of planning, kinematics, and tracking. It can get nitty gritty really fast. But, it's great to see what just a little bit of artistic...
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Industrial R&D + Academic Research = MOAR Future!
A little less than than a year ago, I transfered to a new group within Motorola called Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) which was setup after the Google acquisition of Motorola last year (yes,...
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The User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2013 conference just posed this year's student competition. UIST is one of the best conferences to see new research in interface technology and sensing...
View ArticleHappy Robot Holidays!
A great video from some friends at the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH.
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In case you guys have been wondering what I've been working on.It's nice to finally be able to share.The future is awesome. g.co/ProjectTango
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Project Tango goin' to Space!
Read about our collaboration with NASA Ames (just next door) to put autonomous robots on the International Space Station using Project Tango. Robots = cool. Robots in space = cooler.Source: Gigaom...
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I posted about our collaboration with NASA a few weeks ago. But, now we've had chance to finish out video showing how we are prepping the Project Tango devices for the trip!It'll be really exciting to...
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Fun time to be in tech...
Microsoft HololensMagic LeapSamsung Gear VROculus Crystal CoveProject Tango
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Project Tango Update and Contest!
I know it has been a bit quiet on this blog. Apologies, I've been busy helping moving things forward with Project Tango. If you missed our Google IO 2015 talk, here it is: We have opened up...
View ArticleProject Tango - Google 2016
Hi everyone, the video of my talk on Project Tango at Google IO just posted. Good update on where we are.
View ArticleProject Tango - Google IO 2016 videos
Hi everyone,For reference, here are the videos we used for Google IO 2016. See you at Lenovo's Tech World next week!Technology ReviewContent ReelResearch Progress
View ArticleTango Phone Launch!
Hello everyone, I am very pleased to announce that we have officially launched our first Tango consumer product with the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. We also have 35 Tango-enabled apps that launched created by...
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Robots!
It's been a few years since I've made a post here. I got caught up in Google's AR/VR push. About a year ago, I decided to start a new program in the area of robotics. The NYT just posted an article...
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Low-cost Ventilators
In the event that COVID-19 hospitalizations exhaust the availability of FDA approved ventilators. I started documenting a a process of converting a low-cost CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)...
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I posted a video of the project so far to make the information a bit more accessible.
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