This startup replaces your entire live-streaming production crew with AI

Jul22
by on July 22, 2021 at 9:22 pm
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LiveControl is an interesting company. Its mission is to take the incredibly complex and ridiculously expensive world of video production and distill it to a format that just about anyone can use and afford. And, because it’s 2021, that means it’s an AI startup. We love startups here at Neural, but the vast majority of pitches we get come from crappy companies pushing pie-in-the-sky misrepresentations of what predictive algorithms and computer vision can accomplish. It’s refreshing when we come across a little company with a big AI idea that seems genuinely helpful. LiveControl provides livestreaming production services to venues. Their…

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Google’s new crowd predictions for Maps may coax me back onto subways

Jul21
by on July 21, 2021 at 8:02 pm
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Subways have never been my favorite mode of transit, but the onset of the pandemic made them even less appealing. Sixteen months later, Google Maps may finally have found a way to lure me back underground. The service is now piloting the option to see live data on the crowdedness of individual train carriages. Up front: Google initially launched transit crowdedness predictions in 2019, when people were more worried about finding a seat than catching a potentially fatal infection. The feature uses a combination of AI, historical location trends, and user contributions to estimate the seating and standing capacity on buses,…

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The RadRover 6 Plus reimagines one of the most popular ebikes in the US

Jul20
by on July 20, 2021 at 9:55 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


Rad Power Bikes‘ RadRover might be the most popular ebike in the US. In fact, according to the company, it’s ‘North America’s best-selling ebike,” and I see the fat-tire ebike all the time when riding around town. Now the company has gone ahead and completely redesigned the bike, bringing a more premium design (and price) with the new RadRover 6 Plus. For reference, here’s the old bike: And here’s the new one: That’s a big improvement, if you ask me. Long story short, here’s what’s new: Hydraulic disc brakes (instead of mechanical ones). A new 750W geared motor with 25 percent…

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