'RedEye' app could let your phone to see and hear to your every move

Siri and Cortana are helpful with answering questions and searching the web, but fall short when it comes to recognizing and anticipating someone's needs. Now researches have unveiled a new application that could be deemed a true virtual assistant for your smartphone. Called RedEye, this technology uses machine learning to see and hear what users are experiencing in order to provide them with specific information - like people they've seen or places they've been. Rice has unveiled a new application that could be deemed a true virtual assistant. Called RedEye, this technology uses machine learning to see and hear what users are experiencing to provide them with specific information -- like people they've seen or places they've been RedEye assists mobile CPU/GPU systems by replacing the image sensor, nearly halving the system energy consumption by moving convolutional processing from the digital domain in the analog domain.