Photo by Michael Martine, 2016

Michael and Michael get together to cover a wide span of stories, somehow managing to not mention Star Wars at all (except for this writeup), taking the listeners on an AI, robotic and mind-controlling journey through space and time.  Staring with the new AI innovations from Microsoft to guide presentation rehearsals for success through the ways that AI is being trained, such as with Mannequin Challenge videos to AR stories like the new Harry Potter game and the Apollo 11 experiences celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, the pair do cover significant ground.

All this leads up to a pair of intriguing advances in the field of robotics, where researchers from Carnegie Mellon and UC Davis showcase mind control without surgery, and biosensing robotics that can taste what they touch.   You won’t want to miss this del.icio.us episode of Games At Work! 

Selected Links

TechCrunch article: Microsoft PowerPoint gets an AI presentation coach — https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/microsofts-powerpoint-will-use-ai-to-make-you-a-better-public-speaker/ 

Clippy — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant 

Clippy on Twitter — https://twitter.com/TheClippy 

The Verge article: Microsoft resurrects Clippy and then brutally kills him off again — https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18276923/microsoft-clippy-microsoft-teams-stickers-removal 

Engadget article: Google researchers trained AI with you Mannequin Challenge videos — https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/27/google-researchers-trained-ai-with-your-mannequin-challenge-vide/ 

The Verge article: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will launch on Friday — https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18684546/harry-potter-wizards-unite-release-date-announced 

TechCrunch article: NASA’s historic Apollo 11 launch comes to your phone in AR — https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/20/nasas-historic-apollo-11-launch-comes-to-your-phone-in-ar/

Lego Lunar Lander — https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/NASA-Apollo-11-Lunar-Lander-10266 

Games At Work episode 234 with the Statue of Liberty AR experience — https://gamesatwork.biz/2019/05/28/episode-234-bots-in-cars/ 

TechCrunch article: Researchers create first mind-controlled robot arm that work well without surgery — https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/20/researchers-create-first-mind-controlled-robot-arm-that-works-well-without-surgery/ 

Carnegie Mellon University news:  Researchers Develop First Mind-controlled Robotic Arm Without Brain Implants —