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Humane is a mysterious wearable AI camera startup that’s raised $230M

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A company by the name of Humane, founded by husband and wife team Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, both former Apple executives, has raised $230,000,000. This figure is after the Series C round of fundraising that added $100m to its existing kitty. It’s a somewhat secretive company but their goal seems to be to bring to market wearable AI cameras. But beyond that, there aren’t really many details, save for a few blurry screenshots.

What is clear is that Humane has teamed up with Microsoft and OpenAI to leverage human AI experiences at a large scale. The company says they are also working with LG to develop potential R&D projects for future Humane products and their core technology. Exactly what it will offer, though, is still pretty unclear. Both figuratively and literally, from looking at the screenshots.

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This wearable camera will lip-read your secret Siri requests

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Have you ever needed to use your voice-activated assistant to ask something a bit embarrassing when you’re in a crowded place? Or what if you’re in a boring classical music performance and you want to ask how long this interminable piece is going to go on for, but can’t, because, well, noise?

Well don’t worry, this wearable camera will let you use Siri, Alexa and Google assist even when you have to be totally silent.

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These sunglasses take 8MP photos and HD video, and post them directly to social media

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After Snapchat Spectacles turned out not to be a really good idea, another company has taken a chance on a similar concept. However, their idea seems a lot better for now.  ACE Eyewear are also sunglasses with a camera, but instead of posting to Snapchat only, they let you post directly to Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. They don’t record round video, but the standard rectangular format. And they even look better, if you ask me. There are plenty more cool features, so let’s dive in.

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HTC Rumored To Join The Action Camera Market With A 16 MP Tube Camera

Many camera manufacturers are looking to snag their own part of the action camera market these days. We’ve seen more than several manufacturers (Sony, Polaroid, and Ricoh to name a few) take a crack at the fast-growing wearable camera market and now, HTC, the smartphone maker,  is rumored to be stepping up to the plate, too.[Read More…]

Panasonic Is Officially Stepping into the Wearable Market with their 4K Camcorder

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2014 is going to be a game-changing year for wearable technology. Google Glass is slowly making its way into the consumer market, having just finalized deals with companies like Ray-Ban, and then there’s independent companies like GoPro that have already popularized the action camera within the timespan of less than a year. Now, Panasonic is stepping into the ring with its announcement of the HX-A500 4K action camera.

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