Penn State University pals Brad Bogolea and Mirza Shah were living in Silicon Valley when they pitched Jeff Gee on their robotics concepts. Fortunately for them, the star designer was working at the soon-to-shutter Willow Garage robotics lab. So the three of them — Shah was also a software engineer at Willow — joined together Read article >

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Brendon Cassidy, CTO and chief scientist at Super Hi-Fi, uses AI to give everyone the experience of a radio station tailored to their unique tastes. Super Hi-Fi, an AI startup and member of the NVIDIA Inception program, develops technology that produces smooth transitions, intersperses content meaningfully and adjusts volume and crossfade. Started three years ago, Read article >

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Much of 2020 may look best in the rearview mirror, but the year also held many moments of outstanding work, gems worth hitting the rewind button to see again. So, here’s a countdown — roughly in order of ascending popularity — of 10 favorite NVIDIA videos that hit YouTube in 2020. With two exceptions for Read article >

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2020 served up a global pandemic that roiled the economy. Yet the startup ecosystem has managed to thrive and even flourish amid the tumult. That may be no coincidence. Crisis breeds opportunity. And nowhere has that been more prevalent than with startups using AI, machine learning and data science to address a worldwide medical emergency Read article >

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AI is transforming businesses across every industry, but like any journey, the first steps can be the most important. To help enterprises get a running start, we’re collaborating with Amazon Web Services to bring 21 NVIDIA NGC software resources directly to the AWS Marketplace. The AWS Marketplace is where customers find, buy and immediately start Read article >

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And you think you’ve mastered social distancing. Selene is at the center of some of NVIDIA’s most ambitious technology efforts. Selene sends thousands of messages a day to colleagues on Slack. Selene’s wired into GitLab, a key industry tool for tracking the deployment of code, providing instant updates to colleagues on how their projects are Read article >

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A giant toaster with windows. That’s the image for many when they hear the term “robotaxi.” But there’s much more to these futuristic, driverless vehicles than meets the eye. They could be, in fact, the next generation of transportation. Automakers, suppliers and startups have been dedicated to developing fully autonomous vehicles for the past decade, Read article >

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When it comes to future mobility, you may not have to pave as many paradises for personal car parking lots. This week, autonomous mobility company Zoox unveiled its much-anticipated purpose-built robotaxi. Designed for everyday urban mobility, the vehicle is powered by NVIDIA and is one of the first level 5 robotaxis featuring bi-directional capabilities, providing Read article >

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Once the founder of a wearable computing startup, Arye Barnehama understands the toils of manufacturing consumer devices. He moved to Shenzhen in 2014 to personally oversee production lines for his brain waves-monitoring headband, Melon. It was an experience that left an impression: manufacturing needed automation. His next act is Elementary Robotics, which develops robotics for Read article >

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Pinterest now has more than 440 million reasons to offer the best visual search experience. That’s because its monthly active users are tracking this high for its popular image sharing and social media service. Visual search enables Pinterest users to search for images using text, screenshots or camera photos. It’s the core AI behind how Read article >

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Each morning millions of bleary-eyed people pour milk into their bowls of cereal or cups of coffee without a second thought as to where that beverage came from. Few will consider the processes in place to maintain the health of the animals involved in milk production and to ensure that the final product is fit Read article >

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Explore virtual collaboration and photorealistic simulation with NVIDIA Omniverse open beta, available now. NVIDIA Omniverse is an open, cloud-native platform that makes it easy to accelerate design workflows and collaborate in real time. Omniverse allows creators, engineers and researchers to collaborate in virtual worlds that are all connected — the beginnings of the term Neal Read article >

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NVIDIA researchers are defining ways to make faster AI chips in systems with greater bandwidth that are easier to program, said Bill Dally, NVIDIA’s chief scientist, in a keynote released today for a virtual GTC China event. He described three projects as examples of how the 200-person research team he leads is working to stoke Read article >

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Stuttgart’s supercomputer center has been cruising down the autobahn of high performance computing like a well-torqued coupe, and now it’s making a pitstop for some AI fuel. Germany’s High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), one of Europe’s largest supercomputing centers, has tripled the size of its staff and increased its revenues from industry collaborations 20x since Read article >

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It can take a puppy weeks to learn that certain kinds of behaviors will result in a yummy treat, extra cuddles or a belly rub — and that other behaviors won’t. With a system of positive reinforcement, a pet pooch will in time anticipate that chasing squirrels is less likely to be rewarded than staying Read article >

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Whether talking with banks, cell phone providers or insurance companies, customers often encounter AI-powered voice interfaces to direct their calls to the right department. But these interfaces typically are limited to understanding certain keywords. Onvego, an Israel-based startup, is working to make these systems understand what you say, no matter how you say it. Before Read article >

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Anima Anandkumar is setting a personal record this week with seven of her team’s research papers accepted to NeurIPS 2020. The 34th annual Neural Information Processing Systems conference is taking place virtually from Dec. 6-12. The premier event on neural networks, NeurIPS draws thousands of the world’s best researchers every year. Anandkumar, NVIDIA’s director of Read article >

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What are the fundamental laws that govern our universe? How did the matter in the universe today get there? What exactly is dark matter? The questions may be eternal, but no human scientist has an eternity to answer them. Now, thanks to NVIDIA technology and cutting-edge AI, the more than 1,000 collaborators from 26 countries Read article >

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AI is the largest technology force of our time, with the most potential to transform industries. It will bring new intelligence to healthcare, education, automotive, retail and finance, creating trillions of dollars in a new AI economy. As businesses look ahead to 2021 priorities, now’s a great time to look back at where the world Read article >

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Bill Dally — one of the world’s foremost computer scientists and head of NVIDIA’s research efforts — will deliver the keynote address during GTC China, the latest event in the world’s premier conference series focused on AI, deep learning and high performance computing. Registration is not required to view the keynote, which will take place Read article >

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