Banjo founder Damien Patton explains how he decided to focus on building the world's first "crystal ball" after identifying a suspect during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Embedded systems can be characterised by connectivity and the internet of things (IoT). Whether they are smart, low energy, edge devices, intermediate gateways or compute nodes, all based on multicore system-on-chip (SoC) architectures requiring performance, reliability and security. As a result the embedded systems industry seems to be headed into two key areas: intelligence and autonomy. A couple areas of interest are machine learning and what I call the "Robotics of Things." In the area of machine learning, a new category of computing architectures called neuromorphic processors, or brain-inspired computing, will become mainstream.

Artificial intelligence is getting a kickstart for the holiday season with an elf-themed chatbot launching at Mall of America. E.L.F, or Experiential List Formulator, is an IBM Watson-enabled platform, created in collaboration with Watson developer partner Satisfi, which helps visitors plan a more personalized shopping experience. It understands and interprets their queries using the Watson Conversation API and AlchemyLanguage API, both through Facebook Messenger or online on mobile and desktop via elf.mallofamerica.com. Visitors to the shopping center in Bloomington, MN, are guided through a series of questions from E.L.F to understand things like how much time they have and what activities they prefer. The service then presents them a series of suggestions, including ideal stores, theme park rides and shows.

One of our greatest challenges in today's society is responding to the impact of technology automation. Over the last decade, technology has increasingly displaced jobs resulting in a reduction of the middle class and the widening gap of income inequality. Other factors such as offshoring play a role in job loss but the impact of technology is in full steam and there is no end in sight. My concern is that our society hasn't come to appreciate the extent of the issue and doesn't have a thoughtful plan to address it. The future of the middle class depends on our ability to comprehend the changing world technology has presented, and how we respond to close the jobs gap.

"A breakthrough in Machine Learning would be worth ten Microsofts." – Bill Gates Machine Learning has been defined, by Arthur Samuel, as "A Field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed." In essence, the approach draws upon the tremendous computing power at the disposal of today's "machines" to compare vast amounts of data and iteratively improve decision making from instance to instance as more and more data gets available, and analysed. Clearly data is not in short supply today – there are more than enough scarily large numbers floating around to drive home that point adequately. This availability of data and a desire to leverage it is driving the market for Machine Learning northwards. BCC Research estimated that by 2019 this would reach $ 15.3 Billion, growing at close to 20% annually on average.

A company's logo is an important part of its identity, but the processes behind defining, registering, and protecting these trademarks is a convoluted and rather archaic one. A startup called TrademarkVision aims to simplify it by replacing that laborious and arcane process with what amounts to a machine-learning-powered reverse image search. This isn't in some lab, either: the EU just switched their whole image trademark system over to it. Most people probably haven't had to do many trademark and logo searches. Well, why don't you take the USPTO's version for a spin so you know what it's like? Try to find the Nike "Swoosh" or something.

Ramamurthy Sivakumar is a vice president and managing director at Intel Capital. He oversees investments in immersive sports, healthcare and perceptual computing. At a popular hotel nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, two long-separated technologies came together not long ago -- all in the name of toothpaste. A small robot, outfitted with 3D cameras, was loaded up with a bath kit, a newspaper and a spare towel. It then took the supplies, rolled out of the lobby, called for the elevator and delivered the items to a guest room.

Microsoft reveals'what if' face mashup system that can you show everything from Voldemort in Kiss to Donald Trump in Game of Thrones The chatbot has since taken the internet by storm, with users creating'what if' images for every imaginable situation. This includes'What if Trump is Cersei Lannister' proposed by Twitter user Jeremy Randall Pictured is a terrifying baby-Yoda mashup it created when asked'What if Yoda were BB-8?' The bot created an image to visualize'What if Chewbacca were Yoda?' There are often those moments in life that cause us to wonder, 'what if' – but, Microsoft's new chatbot might make you wish you never had. The new bot called'Murphy' generates mashup images for any hypothetical face combination, with hilarious, and often terrifying, results Twitter user Stephen Bell asked the bot, 'What if Voldemort was in Kiss?' Valley Stream Best Buy associates gift a teen with a Wii U'I'm going to wing walk!' Schofield talks to Duke about wing walk Prince Philip reminisces about expansion of Duke of Edinburgh awards Homeowner trolls bungling burglar with Mission Impossible theme'They make each other laugh': Countess Sophie on the Duke and Queen Hunters forced to shoot a wild bear dead as it charges towards them'I wanted the painting!': Joanna Lumley jokes about Duke's artwork Documentary director attacked by gang of immigrants in Stockholm Adorable baby dressed as Lion comes face to face with real one Hammer wielding thugs smash car windows and threaten man Adorable dog won't allow owner to stop scratching his belly Ferrari crashes into pedestrians while racing near Battersea Dogs Home Adorable dog won't allow owner to stop scratching his belly Terminally-ill boy, five, dies in Santa Claus' arms after... Missing North Carolina girl who was last seen aged 15... Trump's Iran stance could threaten a WORLD WAR and the... Woman left with huge bill after Plenty of Fish date eats... Model, 32, claims her MIT-grad hedge-funder boyfriend, 29,... Blood-spattered walls, unbearable odours and houses where... Best Buy employees in Long Island chip in to buy a $300 WiiU... Nothing like retail therapy!

By bringing artificial intelligence to its wearable tech, PIQ is looking to improve on its design. Until now, sports wearables have largely boiled down to high-tech sensors recording basic data. With the addition of GAIA Intelligence, the company will be able to make the PIQ Robot that much better at improving your performance. Both the PIQ Robot and GAIA Intelligence give coaches and athletes the ability to analyze every movement during a game or match. This data can then be compared with any previous performances as well as with a community's performance overall.

The corpus is intended to serve as a reference for training and evaluating methods for anatomical entity mention detection in life science publications.