Day: January 7, 2025

The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…] In this article, we present a comparative analysis of the carbon emissions associated with AI systems (ChatGPT, BLOOM, DALL-E2, Midjourney) and human individuals performing equivalent writing and illustrating tasks. Our findings reveal that AI systems emit between 130 and 1500 times less CO2e per page of text generated compared to human writers, while AI Read more about The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans[…]

Neural Lab’s AirTouch brings gesture control to Windows and Android devices with just a webcam. Unfortunately charges huge subscription, dooming it to failure.

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Some of the best tech we see at CES feels pulled straight from sci-fi. Yesterday at CES 2025, I tested out Neural Lab’s AirTouch technology, which lets you interact with a display using hand gestures alone, exactly what movies like Minority Report and Iron Man promised. […] Neural Lab’s software is compatible with tablets, computers Read more about Neural Lab’s AirTouch brings gesture control to Windows and Android devices with just a webcam. Unfortunately charges huge subscription, dooming it to failure.[…]

HDMI 2.2 debuts, but not really, with an ‘Ultra96’ cable and not very impressive specs

Posted on by Robin Edgar

About seven years after the HDMI 2.1 specification was introduced, the HDMI Forum has announced the next generation: HDMI 2.2, which will require new cables to take advantage of its most high-performance features. It will not require a new connector, though, thankfully. Though the HDMI Forum is officially calling the new specification HDMI 2.2, the Read more about HDMI 2.2 debuts, but not really, with an ‘Ultra96’ cable and not very impressive specs[…]