Robots
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The document discusses how advances in computer chips are helping to close the divide between current conceptions of robots and the potential capabilities of future robots. It notes that chips from as early as 2010 have powered human-level chess playing abilities, and that companies are harnessing this processing power to enable more advanced hardware like Google Glass. The document suggests that future chips may allow for a robot app store with complex apps that could be useful when paired with the right hardware, shifting perspectives on what robots are capable of.
Robots
- 1. What do you usually think of when you think of what a robot is?
- 2. Do you think of hardware like this
- 3. this
- 4. maybe this while you relax on the sofa
- 5. or even software like this
- 6. regardless there’s certainly a massive divide from this
- 7. But there is something that’s helping us get there….
- 8. no, not because of this… does anyone know what this is?
- 9. …of course it’s the chip that powered …
- 10. but more because of these
- 11. well more specifically these
- 12. and the processing power they yield
- 13. …what does a 2010 HTC Touch have in common with Kasparoz …they are both chess grandmasters
- 14. there are companies trying to harness this power
- 15. future hardware like Google Glass only runs on a Android 4.0.4, a 2011 chip
- 16. so what will future chips make possible
- 17. …a robot app store
- 18. with processing power that allows you to launch complex apps
- 19. which becomes useful when paired with the right hardware
- 20. …so next time you think of your phone maybe this will be more front of mind
Editor's Notes
- #13: You’ve probably heard of Moore’s Law, the prediction made by Gordon E. Moore, the co-founder of Intel. In 1965, he said that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double every two years. He expected this to be the case for just ten years, but it’s still happening. This astounding progression of computing power is no better demonstrated than by your smartphone’s processor. To see how much things have changed, let’s take a trip down memory lane.
- #15: http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/09/19/circuit-training-the-amazing-evolution-of-smartphone-processors/