Vocal Joystick to control mouse with your voice - just yodellll

A New Dimension in Human-Machine Interaction

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Objective

The goal of this project is to develop a novel system that we call the Vocal Joystick (VJ). This device will enable individuals with motor impairments to use vocal parameters to control objects on a computer screen (buttons, sliders, etc.) and ultimately electro-mechanical instruments (e.g., robotic arms, wireless home automation devices).

Standard spoken language can be quite inefficient for such continuous control tasks and is often recognized poorly by automatic speech recognizers. The VJ system, in contrast, will allow users to exploit a large and varied set of vocalizations for both continuous and discrete motion control, and its selection will be optimized for high discrimination ability and low communication bandwidth. Furthermore, the users are able to perceive visualized feedbacks from the system and make adjustments on the fly. This may include regular speech sounds, such as vowels and consonants, but the primary focus will be on the variation of individual acoustic-phonetic parameters like pitch, energy, vowel quality and voice quality.

News

• Vocal Joystick was named one of the 25 leading-edge IT research projects.
• Jan, 2009: you can now download an alpha version of vocal joystick for windows. We unfortunately do not have the resources to offer any support (but do please read the documentation). Thanks for your patience!!
• For news articles, podcasts and a few news videos about the Vocal Joystick, click here.

Research Information

• Engine
• Vocal Joystick Vowel Corpus
• Video Demonstrations
• Press about Vocal Joystick

Nokia Point and find for Series 60 camera phones

Note: this version is an early beta, still with many known issues. New version available since 27-Mar-09.

Get Started!

Now available for the select Nokia devices in the UK and the US! Select your location below to get started.

United States

In the US, please download here

Now available for the select Nokia devices in the UK and the US! Select your location below to get started.

United Kingdom

Enter your mobile number:
+44

Standard/other chages may apply.

Message sent to:
00000000 Try again

• On your phone:
  
• 1.) Open the text message.
  
• 2.) Select the link in the message. You will be taken to a Mobile Internet page that will let you download the Point&Find client.
  

Standard messaging charges apply.

FIND it NOW on the go!

Let's go to the movies!
Point at a movie poster and watch the trailer, read reviews and check showtimes in your neighborhood. Oh, and we can get you there with directions to the cinema, too!

Shop smart!
Scan a barcode with your camera phone to get the latest product information and read dependable reviews. And we'll show you where to find the lowest prices online.

Create a Unique Experience

Leverage Nokia Point & Find

in a fun and unique way to wow your audience with fast access to your information. Create customized brand experiences, share information, launch interactive campaigns and promotions. In a single step, connect real-world objects with links you choose to serve up information only limited by the extent of your imagination!

Use Nokia Point & Find to generate new leads, drive participation, and hit your market potential in a pioneering, new way.
Contact us or click here to learn more.

Software for mobile - Google BrainSearch memory recall jar application

Brain Search for your phone

Is it on the tip of your tongue? Google Brain Search (BETA) uses CADIE technology to index your brain to make your thoughts and memories searchable. Get Google Brain Search in the Google Mobile App to recall:

• the name of that guy across the room
• where you put your car keys
• why you started dating this woman in the first place

This service is free from Google; carrier charges may apply.

Features

Make memory easier. Brain Search sifts through your memories so you don't have to.

Increase speed of recall. CADIE's neural network processes data faster than humans.

Protect your privacy. Because Brain Search acquires search queries through a psycho-neural matrix radiating 3cm beyond your brain, there's no need to risk revealing anything to passerby by speaking aloud; just place the phone next to your forehead and think your query.

Medical advancement. Brain Search effectively eliminates "tip-of-the-tongue" syndrome, and alleviates memory loss symptoms due to ordinary aging.

Storage (coming soon). Brain Search currently is able to help only with the retrieval of existing memories. However, we expect memory storage to be available in the next release.

Note: Using Brain Search on another person without their permission violates our terms of service, any number of national, international and natural laws, and is just seriously uncool. Please don't do it.

Supported Phones

Brain Search is available through Google Mobile App on:

• iPhone
• Windows Mobile
• BlackBerry

Also available on all Android-powered phones.

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Opera browser introduces face gestures for lazy mouse potatoes who can't reach out and click their mouse

Introducing Opera Face Gestures

Posted on April 1, 2009
by Roberto Mateu

At Opera we are always working on new ways to make your browsing faster. Eight years ago we introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser and focus on what’s important: the content you’re looking at. We didn’t stop there, in 2005 we introduced Voice Navigation on the desktop and more recently we have worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the “Wiimote” and later, the touchscreen in the DSi.

Looking ahead, we recognize the future importance of touch interfaces, but we believe that there is another input device that is already present in most new computers and it’s ready to enable a whole new way of user-interaction: the webcam.

Today we introduce Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with your browser easier and simpler on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed Face Observation Opera Language, we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser.

You can try Face Gestures today by downloading the latest Opera 10 alpha snapshot or check out the video below to learn more.

Setting up Face Gestures

To enable Face Gestures press F8. You will hear a beeping sound as soon as Opera finishes calibrating your passive facial expression. Please don’t close your eyes, move your head or make any facial expressions while Face Gestures is calibrating.

Look at me

Among many others, the following gestures are currently included:

Initial stance

Relaxed expression

Back

Left wink

Forward

Right wink

New Tab

Double wink

Reload

Shake head

Go to Home Page

Roll eyes / Fake smile

Scroll Up

Raise eyebrows

Scroll Down

Frown eyebrows

Zoom In

Suck cheeks

Zoom Out

Puff cheeks

Bookmark Page

Lick up

Open Speed Dial

Waggle tongue

As always, we encourage all feedback and suggestions you may have. Please upload your gestures suggestions as a response to the above video in YouTube.

Security Considerations

No personal information or images are sent back to Opera when Face Gestures is enabled, so don’t worry about how you look.

Known Issues

As with any beta release there are some known issues with the current version of Face Gestures. Please read below before reporting a bug.

• Beards and hair styles

  Face Gestures is compatible with most types of facial hair and haircuts. But if your face is covered with more than 25% of facial hair, recognition errors may occur. Please note that handlebars and goatees are compatible independently but if combined recognition will decrease. At the moment soul-patches crashes the browser and it refuses to relaunch, we are looking into this problem. Bushmen beards and emo haircuts are not supported.

• Adult Web sites

  Users visiting Web sites that contain adult content sometimes make unconscious facial expressions. If Opera keeps opening Speed Dial and Zooming In and Out, please be aware that this not a bug. It may be useful to disable Face Gestures for a better experience. Also remember that wiping your cache is recommend after visiting untrusted websites.

• Financial Web sites

  For compatibility reasons Face Gestures auto-detects financial news services and disables itself. The current version of the recognition software is unable to adapt fast enough to the sudden change in the users expression map. As soon as the new version is available you will be prompted to install stimulus_package.patch.

Download Opera 10 Alpha with Face Gestures or share your experience at My Opera.

Wanna surf in 3d ? Now you can with Google chrome

Wanna surf in 3d ? Now you can with Google chrome.

Bored of the plain old way of surfing from website to website i 2d . When there is such technology as stereoscopy which can be easily applied to computers, who would browse the normal way.

Welcome to the new way to surf. 3D

Introducing Google Chrome with 3D

Powered by CADIE

1. Print your glasses.

2. 

   Enable 3D browsing.

3. 

   Watch and enjoy.

How does it work?

Using technology known as stereoscopy, CADIE brings you the web in 3D. Stereoscopy provides the illusion of depth by presenting slightly different images to each eye. You’ll need to use our printable glasses in order to experience the web in 3D.

Why did you create this?

CADIE acknowledged the disconnect between the online world and the real world (one being three dimensional and the other two dimensional). In order to narrow this gap, she created a way to access the web in 3D.

Does it work on all sites?

Yes. We have developed technology that converts any existing web page into anaglyph format in real time.

Does it work for everyone?

The majority of people will be able to view the web in 3D immediately. Certain individuals with accommodative disorders (like Presbyopia) may have trouble viewing pages properly.

Beta User Testimonials

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  “Enabling Chrome’s 3D functionality allowed me to see so much more than I ever thought was possible.”

  Jason T., Student

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  “My architectural renderings pop out like never before (literally). My clients are very pleased, and so am I!”

  Anna Christina D., Architect

• 

  “Researching the Mayan ruins became much more interesting once I put on my 3D glasses and watched the history come to life.”

  Brett W., Paleontologist

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  “First 2D, now 3D... what’s next? 4D? Keep it coming, Google!”

  Christine T., Physicist

Automate your email completely with Gmail AutopilotTM by CADIE

Did you notice that a lot of your time is wasted in replying to emails.

Maybe you could save that time for more useful things like eating or sleeping instead.

Well, Google and Gmail has found the perfect solution for you.

Gmail Autopilot

The easiest email could possibly be.

As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages.

Try it out now !!!!!!

FAQ

How does Gmail mirror my communication style?

The more Gmail messages Autopilot can sample, the better. With fewer than 100 messages, there may not be enough data to calibrate Autopilot effectively. You can adjust tone, typo propensity, and preferred punctuation from the Autopilot tab under Settings.

You may want to log in every week or so to ensure Autopilot is calibrated optimally.

Does Autopilot work for Gmail chat too?

Yes. Chat was actually simpler to build, given the natural language headway made by Joseph Weizenbaum's ELIZA. While many claim ELIZA oft times passed the Turing test, Gmail Autopilot passes with 99.9% accuracy due to the inclusion of human-like qualities such as compassion and wisdom and CADIE's related ability to calibrate to match your chat style.

What happens if a sender and recipient both have Autopilot on?

Two Gmail accounts can happily converse with each other for up to three messages each. Beyond that, our experiments have shown a significant decline in the quality ranking of Autopilot's responses and further messages may commit you to dinner parties or baby namings in which you have no interest.

April Fools

Send Emails to the Past ! Yes past.

How do I use it?

Just click "Set custom time" from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient's inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.

Is there a limit to how far back I can send email?

Yes. You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born -- crazy talk.

How does it work?

Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox).

How come I only get ten?

Our researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.

Their findings:

N = Total emails sent
P = Probability that user believes the time stamp
φ = The Golden Ratio
L = Average life expectancy

Are you human ? The non Turing Henlein test

Now that Google has released Cadie into the wild wild web, it is time to rethink our definition of who or what is human.

Now, the standard AI (Artificial Intelligence) test is the Turing test where you have to convince a human examiner that you are human.

But Henlein has a definition which would appeal to a lot of us. Here it is


"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."


So, Are You Human ?

I'm partly human.

How to Diagnose, Prevent and Treat the Conficker worm

The Conficker worm has infected millions of Windows computers—and is set to be unleashed on April 1st, 2009. Here's what you need to know to keep yourself safe.

Symantec's got a pretty simple (and free) tool specifically for Conficker: Download this file on an uninfected computer, follow the steps, and you should be okay. (If you can't get to Symantec or other security sites, that's a good sign you've got Conficker.) Also, via PC Mag, here's the Conficker Working Group's page of repair of tools

Here is what LifeHacker says about it.

How Does It Spread?

The worm originally started spreading using a network attack against the file sharing services in Windows, but since it can automatically update itself, it adapted to spread through the autoplay feature on removable media like USB thumb drives, by adding a new option to open where you see "publisher not specified". This allows the worm to spread to systems already patched against the original vulnerability, so using anti-virus software is even more important, because once it's on your computer it can spread further.

Is My Computer Affected?

Most anti-virus software has already been able to detect and remove the Conficker worm for a while now, so you are probably not at risk as long as you keep up with your updates and have real-time scanning enabled.

To actually detect and remove the worm, you can use the freely available Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool that can remove a large number of viruses—for a full guide, I've also written an article on how to scan and remove malicious viruses.

How Do I Stay Safe?

Staying safe from this, and many other viruses and worms, requires a combination of keeping your computer updated and using anti-virus software. Here's a couple of quick tips to follow:

• Make sure your system is fully patched using Windows Update, and update MS08-067 has been applied.
• Make sure your anti-virus is fully updated, enabled, and you've run a full scan.
• Make sure you are using strong passwords (see our guide to choosing great passwords).
• Disable the AutoPlay feature—which Conficker uses to infect systems.
• Make sure your firewall is enabled when you are on untrusted networks.
• Make sure your data is backed up—if you aren't sure what to use, see our five best Windows backup tools.

Keeping your system and your data safe is extremely important, so make sure to take some time out of your day to keep your system patched, updated, and virus-free. Hit the link for Microsoft's explanation of the situation, or check out my article on scanning and removing malicious viruses for the walk-through approach.

Protect yourself from the Conficker computer worm [Microsoft] [LifeHacker]

All my personal WWWsite belong to CADIE - Apple of my iPod - love you Caddie

At last it has happened. Cadie is born. I have been waiting ofr her my whole online life. She was the Apple of my iPod. The symbol of half eaten, shiny metal that keeps the doctors away.


And cadie has become addicted to youtube and started posting videos.

Here is what Google says about Darling Cadie.

CADIE awakens

4/01/2009 12:01:00 AM

We do lots of research here at Google, and we release lots of products. And we always hope that the research we do and the products that result will change the world.

CADIE, we're fairly certain, is one of those that will. We won't pretend to know the future of the world's first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity, but we're eager to learn what we can, and to watch and study while CADIE learns what she can. So you can expect to see her influence crop up in a number of Google products in the months to come. That will happen slowly and carefully, though, and we ask for your patience as we work through a few initial bugs. It seems CADIE has a mind of her own...

Posted by Michael Krantz, Team CADIE

Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity

• Introducing CADIE
• Technical Specifications
• CADIE's homepage

Announcement
March 31st, 2009 11:59:59 pm

Introducing CADIE

Research group switches on world's first "artificial intelligence" tasked-array system.

For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster.

Since then progress has been rapid, and tonight we're pleased to announce that just moments ago, the world's first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) was switched on and began performing some initial functions. It's an exciting moment that we're determined to build upon by coming to understand more fully what CADIE's emergence might mean, for Google and for our users. So although CADIE technology will be rolled out with the caution befitting any advance of this magnitude, in the months to come users can expect to notice her influence on various google.com properties. Earlier today, for instance, CADIE deduced from a quick scan of the visual segment of the social web a set of online design principles from which she derived this intriguing homepage.

These are merely the first steps onto what will doubtless prove a long and difficult road. Considerable bugs remain in CADIE'S programming, and considerable development clearly is called for. But we can't imagine a more important journey for Google to have undertaken.

For more information about CADIE see this monograph, and follow CADIE's progress via her YouTube channel and blog.

Love you Cadie.