Issue 18

Swipe File is for people who want more from their work. Why China will win the global race for AI dominance. 🕺🏽

Apr 17, 2018

🤖 I SAY GUNDAAAAAMN.

It's been a great week for the robots. With huge developments coming out of China and Japan we can say that the center of tasty robots links has shifted.

After 25 years we have a new JPEG format; finally. JPEG XS is faster, simpler, and open-source. 🤗

I also found 4 fabulous font links. There's something for everyone, even if you don't like fonts (hint: the showcase is for you guys).

Remember Super Mario? He's back but this time he got no physics.

Now, I clocked Super Mario back in the day, but I got nowhere with this game.

Finally, I am really excited about three new podcasts from Gimlet. The pick of the three is The Habitat which starts tomorrow (18th April). It's the true story of six volunteers picked to live on a fake planet.

📰 Newsletter of the Week

Swipe File is for people who want more from their work.

Billed as an exploration of the awkward time between college and retirement.

Admittedly it has a strong marketing focus, but I love that it avoids the trends. Instead, Jimmy aims more for timeless internets wisdom. I am a pretty big fan, and I picked up with some sweet productivity tips from JD.

Recommended.

jimmydaly.com

🤖 Robots et. al.

Why China will win the global race for AI dominance. 🕺🏽

We are already seeing some pretty impressive implementation of tech in China.

Just this week a concertgoer was picked out of a crowd by A.I. The fugitive was among 50,000 people at the pop concert in Nanchang.

The company mentioned in the article is Sensetime which became the world's most valuable AI startup last week. Total valuation of $4.5 billion.

Couple this with the news that China outspends the U.S. on renewables by 3 to 1 and it feels like a historical pivot point.

wired.co.uk

There's an AI running for mayor of Tama City, Tokyo.

While we're in Japan: An engineer built an 8.5-meter (28-feet) 7 tonnes robot as a homage to Gundam.

Damn.

otaquest.com

💉 From the good news department: AI has managed to find 6,000 previously unknown species of virus.

As a new father, I am very happy to hear these viruses now have names. It makes everything easier for Dr. Google.

nature.com

What's in the box? A self-cleaning robot kitchen. 🛀

Natch.

Future food is a big field at the moment with robots taking over Bovine U.

We're also starting to see the vision of the late, great Homaro Cantu realized by his proteges in Silicon Valley.

newyorker.com

🕷️ Design & Development Arena

Color: From Hexcodes to Eyeballs. 👁️

Visually rich explanation of how we perceive colors.

All your favorites are here: electromagnetic radiation, optical biology, colorimetry, and display hardware.

jamie-wong.com

🙃 Backwards talking dreams - Fun stuff

Jelly Mario is Super Mario sans physics. 🐢

jellymar.io

Meet the cartographer mapping the size of video games.

His YouTube channel is here. Check out the 8 hours spent on Just Cause.

theoutline.com

Outro

Oh boy. What a week.

I have a few more links in the queue that weren't right for this week, but I will punch them out via Twitter. Like the best Zuck memes from the past week.

As always forwarding is cool and tweeting is fun.

Stay awesome,

Chris.