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Artificial Intelligence: The second sixth day - Part 1

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On The Sixth day man created . . . AI If you are a Christian (like me) or a Muslim or a Jew you believe that on the 6th day of creation God created Man - the first man. This first man was a notch above all other creature's - made in the image of God himself. 'Man' and his companion 'Woman' were the epitome of Gods creation, given dominion over all creation - animate and inanimate. Together they formed Humanity. Whether you believe this or not, you will agree that humanity has studied and tried to explain the world he lives in through creation of the distinct Natural Sciences - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. There is one other science though. It grew out of the first four sciences and represents a fundamental shift in the paradigm of science - from the search for truth and understanding to creation of the truth.                                                This new science is Computer Science - and the epitome of the paradigm shift it repres

New World Order: Augmented Reality - The Players

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Augmented Reality is gonna be big. Bigger than smart phones and more revolutionary too. If you read my last blog post you now have an idea what AR is. And if you're a 'technophile' like me, your mind is probably extrapolating the possibilities. But AR is not quite there yet - its close though. There's a lot of really intelligent engineers, scientist and product designers working hard to make it a reality. Sadly (LOL) we may never know most of there names, but lets look at the companies rolling the dice and hoping to win big. Google Yes, the ubiquitous Big Brother-esque Google was one of the first players to see the potential of AR. Their first roll of the dice was with Google Glass , who could forget that awesome promo video. . . . reality however turned out to be quite un-awesome. It was un-attractive, had no clear day to day use cases, the gestures made people around you uncomfortable and it seemed to be in Beta-phase for a long time. Google is bouncing b