Artificial Intelligence on a Stick for Under 100

Consider the plight of your average camera-equipped computer, like your laptop, phone, or security camera. It might want to be smart, but for its lenses to really learn, it has to have access to a learning system-- a neural network or artificial intelligence. Many of these systems are shared in the cloud. Now, thanks to a new product released this week by Movidius, camera-enabled computers can be locally empowered with intelligent visual processing. It doesn't need to be cooled, barely uses energy, and learns locally. Says CEO Remi El-Ouazzane, "The reason we have introduced the Fathom Neural Compute Stick is that it allows a much wider segment of companies, researchers and hardware hackers to be able to implement machine learning without needing to be a multibillion-dollar OEM device manufacturer."