Counting the Top Ten "Black Science and Technology" of Visual Shock in 2017 [Full Text]
Scientific and technological developments from CES show in early 2017 to the end of the World Internet Conference, during the year, people in science and technology has a new Open.
Behind the black technology is the self-innovation of human thinking, technology, and even the logic of business operations. AlphaGo under artificial intelligence has overturned people's perception of Go. The television set called Sunset Industry also brings new surprises. Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things are accelerating the use of scenes in automobiles and homes. Autopilot, Super High Speed ​​Rail And flying cars are ready to change the way humans travel.
Black technology is no longer an advocacy category; it is transforming concepts and patent documents into people's lives.
Alpha Go: The end of the game, the AI ​​era has just begun
On May 27, 2017, Ke Jie and Go's artificial intelligence AlphaGo's board game ended with a score of 0:3. Ke Jie defeated the team. After this game, AlphaGo's developer DeepMind announced that this will be the last event AlphaGo participated in.
In fact, as early as 2016, AlphaGo beat Korean player Li Shishi 4:1. Then he became the "Master" and connected 60 cities in just one week, sweeping the chess world. At that time, Ke Jie had spoken for this, and early buried the cause and effect of the battle against AlphaGo.
“We are proud of what we achieved in 2017 and we know there is still a long way to go. After we played against Ke Jie in Wuzhen for five months, we let AlphaGo retire from the competition and call it The fourth paper, AlphaGo Zero's new system, published a fourth paper that does not require any human knowledge,†said DeepMind earlier this month in a year-end summary on his blog.
Beyond Go, AlphaGo's R&D team has begun to focus on other major challenges and develop more advanced general-purpose algorithms that help scientists solve the most complex problems, including finding new ways to treat diseases, significantly reducing energy consumption, Invention of revolutionary new materials, etc.
In this summary, DeepMind stated that artificial intelligence as a multiplier for scientific tools and human intelligence can do the same for other complex problems. The AlphaGo team is already facing the next major challenge. They hope that they will get algorithmic inspiration through Go is just the beginning.
Hyperloop One: Just one hour from Beijing to Shanghai
According to the British "Daily Mail" report, Hyperloop One completed the third phase of the test on the DevLoop race track in Nevada, USA on December 20, reaching a speed of 387 kilometers per hour, which is 310 kilometers per hour compared with August this year. The speed of the speed increase by nearly 25%.
Elon Musk first proposed the concept of a vacuum pipeline transportation system. In August 2013, he announced on his SpaceX a white paper titled “Hyperloop a†which mentions five types of human transportation – —Aircraft, trains, cars, boats, and Hyperloop. According to Musk's assumption, the Hyperloop can reach a maximum speed of 6,500 km/h, which means that it takes only one hour to travel from Beijing to Shanghai by Hyperloop.
The Hyperloop principle is very simple. A vacuum is drawn from the pipeline, the transport capsule is suspended by magnetic levitation technology, and the turbine is powered by the tail of the transport capsule. In the next two years, Musk has been on Twitter to endorse this open source Hyperrail project.
Hyperloop One is one of those companies that is transforming the magical vision of Musk’s science into reality. They write on the publicity page: “We are not selling traffic but we are selling time. It takes only 55 minutes from Melbourne to Sydney. Driving takes 10 hours and 45 minutes."
Hyperloop One covers the entire vacuum decompression tube, reducing the friction between the cabin and the air. Electromagnetic levitation technology also reduces the running resistance of the train, so the kinetic energy required for the train to maintain high speed advances is greatly reduced. Hyperloop One’s estimated speed of 700 miles per hour (about 1127 kilometers) has reached high subsonic speeds, completely surpassing the typical cruise speed of Boeing 747 aircraft around Mach 0.85 (approximately 1000 kilometers per hour).
In May, Hyperloop One conducted the first full-system test in Nevada, achieving a speed of 113 km/h; on the 2nd of August, the XP-1 cabin was tested and the operating speed was increased to 309 km/h. But at the time there were some crises in the company. Executive CEO Shervin Pishevar was briefly detained in London on charges of a sexual assault. After that, some people questioned the entire Hyperloop One as a scam.
The emergence of Virgin Atlantic rescued Hyperloop One. In December, Virgin Atlantic founder and CEO Richard Brandson announced that he would succeed Hyperloop One as the CEO. Together, he also came to a further $50 million in financing. Also changed its name to Virgin Hyperloop One.
The hyperloop One, which is reviving, is gradually approaching the goal. Their small step is a big step forward in the future.
LG W7: 2.57mm "Wallpaper TV"
In 2017, the TV can be attached to the wall like a wallpaper.
At the CES 2017 Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, LG’s latest W7 “Wallpaper†series of OLED TVs became the most popular product. The media called it the final form of television - the thickness of the W7 is only 2.57 millimeters, which is three quarters of the thickness of ordinary OLEDs.
The emergence of wallpaper TV will undoubtedly benefit from OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode). This revolutionary display technology has been recognized as the ideal choice to replace LCD technology. Because of its self-luminous nature, the structure is very simple, and it possesses the physical advantages unmatched by LCD technology. The ultimate ultra-thin, flexible display, infinite contrast, zero delay, etc., these are beyond the reach of LCD.
LG has also spared no effort in improving the user's visual effects. With "ULTRA Luminance" and HDR (Active HDR) technology, users can get enough bright images without losing image details. In addition, the W7 also incorporates Dolby Dolby Atmos technology, which guarantees sound effects.
The "full screen" year of mobile phones
Following the "curved screen", "full screen" has once again become the label of high-end smart phones. From millet mix to iPhone X, the wave of full screens continues throughout 2017.
Sharp has always considered himself a "full screen" leader because Sharp launched a mobile phone called AQUOS Crystal in 2014, much like MIX did in 2016. From today's perspective, AQUOS Crystal does meet the full screen design. Unfortunately, Sharp’s propaganda language at the time was “three sides without bordersâ€.
On October 25, 2016, when Xiaomi released the first-generation MIX mobile phone, he first put forward the concept of “full screenâ€. This year, the entire industry will use the full screen as the development direction of the mobile phone's future. Meizu, Nubia, Huawei, and OnePlus will all adopt the full screen as the focus of publicity. The iPhone X also uses a full screen in the copy. This concept.
The iPhone X was the first cell phone to have its chin removed. Unfortunately, its "bangs" became the object of being ridiculed. The true full-screen, but also need to use special-shaped cutting, IC component position adjustment optimization, for the further compression of the screen frame, and so on.
Flexible screen: smashing the phone
On October 26 this year, BOE Chengdu announced the production of the sixth-generation flexible AMOLED production line, and the first production line to achieve mass production came from Samsung, a large panel maker. In addition, BOE has also demonstrated a series of crooked concept machines, let us see the future of the cell phone smashed into a pocket.
Although still far from a truly bendable mobile phone, it is in line with the quest for thinness and thinness of mobile devices, bendable displays, and lower power consumption.
At present, people can buy the floor of the product is a curved display, from a visual point of view, the curved display can give the user a better sense of visual open than the ordinary display, it avoids the ends of the line of sight is too large, to ensure the surface The curvature of the screen is equal to that of the human eye, and Samsung has also introduced a curved screen Galaxy Edge smartphone with an attractive appearance, but these products cannot be bent at will.
The biggest problem is that the screen can bend, but it does not mean that the chip, motherboard, battery, etc. can bend. The technological problem of electronic components bending is much more difficult than that of the screen. In 2014, LG had spent a lot of effort to make a curved battery to match curved screen mobile phones, but the effect was not satisfactory.
For now, the most practical compromise is to bend the screen and let the components gather in parts that cannot be bent. In Microsoft’s patents that have just been exposed, their use of flexible screens has made the gap between the two foldable screens almost amazing. There are also rumors that Samsung will use this technology in the Note series in the second half of next year.
Brush Face: From Science Fiction to Popularity
On February 21st, the authoritative scientific magazine MIT Technology Review (MIT Technology Review) released the top ten global breakthrough technology list in 2017. In the list, in addition to Google, Microsoft, IBM and other global technology giants, as well as Alipay's black technology "face payment."
The MIT Technology Review commented that as the world’s first on-line face recognition technology country, China’s face recognition technology has reached the level of financial transactions and the face payment has entered a mature period.
Although this technology is not new, but this year, brush the face began to be widely used - in August, Suning country's first "unmanned store" in Nanjing, Jiangsu officially opened, consumers enter the store after buying goods, no need to pay in line, When you go through the payment channel, the system can automatically identify the user's identity, and then through Suning Financial to achieve payment transactions.
At Peking University, more than 3,000 freshmen can also “bring their faces and reportâ€. This month, the Agricultural Bank of China has also launched ATMs with “face-lift withdrawals†in places like Zhejiang. Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd. has also recently announced with Alibaba and Ant Financial that the three parties have reached a strategic cooperation. Alibaba’s newly developed voice ticketing, face-to-face station, and intelligent passenger flow analysis technologies have made appearances in Shanghai. At present, these technologies have entered the prototype development stage and will be gradually applied to the Shanghai Metro in the future.
Brushing the face is fashionable, but there are still some loopholes in this new technology, especially for eager financial institutions, the extremely minor risks are hard to ignore. It may take some time for the face to be fully popularized as if it were paid for.
With $1.8 billion financing, Magic Leap finally came
In December of this year, Magic Leap officially released its first AR headpiece, Magic Leap One. This product includes Lightwear headlights, a controller with 6 degrees of freedom, and a Lightpack that can be worn on the waist.
Currently, the consumer version date, price, GPU, CPU, and even battery life of this device are all unknown. Magic Leap also stated that in the end this device may not be the same as the posters it currently sees. They are still present. We work hard to reduce weight and increase life.
Since many times before he claimed that his AR technology is very advanced but has not yet launched products, Magic Leap has received many bad reviews. With reference to the scale of its financing, Magic Leap's previous promotional videos and various displays are indeed unsatisfactory, leaving Magic Leap One more meaningful.
Seven years since its establishment in 2010, it has experienced four rounds of financing. The most recent round was completed in October 2017. It was led by Temasek, a Singapore investment company, with financing amounting to US$502 million. At present, Magic Leap's total financing has exceeded US$1.887 billion and its valuation is as high as US$6 billion. Investors also include giants such as Google and Alibaba.
Magic Leap can prove its technical capabilities, but also wait until Magic Leap One is officially released.
DJI SPARK, drones that grandmother will also use
In May of this year, DJI released the SPARK “Helloâ€, the smallest drone ever built. The drone's size is only 143 × 143 × 55 mm, 170 mm diagonal length - almost as large as the iPhone 7. Take off weight 300 grams, can easily put into the palm.
Similarly, for the first time, DJI has placed the face recognition function into a palm-sized drone. The user can perform SPARK control by hand gestures and hover, shoot, and recycle by waving the drone.
DJI's technical team also built a “one-click movie†function for SPARK. This function is pre-configured with four modes: “climbingâ€, “go farâ€, “surround†and “spiralâ€, and can be automatically generated after shooting. 10 seconds of short video - completely let the drone out of the remote control, this is the first time that consumer drones introduced these technologies.
SPARK stand-alone version is 499 US dollars, China region sells for 3299 yuan. The all-in-one package containing shoulder bags, remote controls, extra paddles, smart flying batteries, paddle guards, and charge housekeepers costs US$699, while in China it costs 4,599 yuan.
The only drawback is the battery life. SPARK's maximum battery life is only 16 minutes. Of course, the battery bottleneck also plagues all consumer electronics products.
Flying Taxi: This is really heaven
In September of this year, German start-up company Lillium completed a round of financing of $90 million in Series B, led by Tencent, followed by LGT, Atomico, and Obvious Ventures.
This company, founded in 2015, is focusing on the development of a five-seater “flying taxi†and intends to launch “flying taxi†commuter services under regulatory approval for several decades. In April this year, they announced The aircraft prototype Lillium jet has completed the test flight, which is the first electric aircraft capable of switching between levitation mode and horizontal flight.
Lillium executives said that the use of wing lift-flight, electrically-powered flight modes allows the aircraft to continue driving at 5-6 times the distance of the drone. He estimates that a 20-kilometer journey, such as from Manhattan to JFK, takes only about five minutes.
Similarly, Uber confirmed at the Elevate summit in Dallas in April this year that they plan to test and operate their Elevate Network air taxi network by 2020. Another German company, Volocopter and Tesla, is also conducting research on flying cars. However, today, when drones are not widely available, the days when flying cars can become consumer-grade products are not expected to come so soon.
Overturned Robot Atlas
On November 16, 2017, a video of Atlas's jumping, spinning, and backflips captured the circle of friends. Although other robots have performed backflips in the past, Boston Power's bipedal robot Atlas has never tried it. To underscore this achievement, Boston Dynamics has played this action twice slower in a YouTube video.
In the video, the coordination and balance of the Atlas robot are all very good. The action pattern looks very similar to a real person. After jumping through a series of obstacles in a row, it ends with a beautiful 360° backflip action—for a pair of two. In terms of foot robot products, the ability to use both legs to support the body's smooth combat and walking is a great test in itself, let alone being able to make such difficult moves.
In 2013, Google’s parent company Alphabet acquired Boston Dynamics and other small robot companies. But four years after being hatched, it was sold to Softbank in June of this year because of cost issues. When the industry was sorry for the uncertainty of its business prospects, they once again used technology to shake the public.
In fact, the company had previously developed a variety of robotic products for the U.S. military, such as the Big Dog that transports ammunition, food, and other supplies to soldiers in areas with limited traffic, and where no external support is required. He will be able to stand and walk, and Petman will be testing protective clothing for the US military. In Boston, they have begun to try to use robot dogs to send courier. (Original title: 2017 Top Black Science and Technology: Robot flips, 2.5 mm “Wallpaper TVâ€, and it takes only one hour from Beijing to Shanghai)
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