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3 stories filed under artificial intelligence on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “A bird feeder that IDs 11,000 species while you're stuck at work”, “The Arrowmax S1 picks the bit and torque so you don't have to”, and “This ePaper frame feeds on sunlight, not hype”. A bird feeder that IDs 11,000 species while you're stuck at work. The Arrowmax S1 electric smart driver looks at the screw, identifies the bit you need, sets the torque, and then just waits for you to hold it steady. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every artificial intelligence story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
A bird feeder that IDs 11,000 species while you're stuck at work
A bird feeder that IDs 11,000 species while you're stuck at work. That's the pitch, and it's a strange little knot to untangle. Birdwatching has gone digital, with smart feeders sprouting cameras and smartphone connectivity, and some people will tell you that defeats the whole point: the quiet, the patience, the break from screens. Fair. But consider the alternative. A smart feeder might be your best chance of spotting a rare bird in your backyard while you're busy with your 9-to-5, logging the visitor your own eyes missed. That's not nothing. It's a trade, attention for automation, and whether it's worth it depends on how much you trust the machine to notice on your behalf.
The Arrowmax S1 picks the bit and torque so you don't have to
The Arrowmax S1 electric smart driver looks at the screw, identifies the bit you need, sets the torque, and then just waits for you to hold it steady. That's basically all the dumb human has to do, drop the bit in, hold the driver to the head, and let the powered head do the work. It's a step or two removed from a fully autonomous robo-driver where you sit back and watch. The HD camera system doing the bit-spotting is the razor clam here: everyone else is selling you more torque, and Arrowmax is selling you less thinking. I genuinely love the audacity of calling this "self-driving" for screws. It's on Kickstarter, so we'll see if it ships, but the idea itself is already a win.
This ePaper frame feeds on sunlight, not hype
A solar-powered ePaper frame that doesn't need to be plugged in? That's the kind of detail that makes you stop scrolling. This new gadget claims to be the first ePaper display capable of showing art and photos using nothing but sunlight. No cord, no battery anxiety, just the sun doing the work. That's clever. It means you can hang it wherever the light hits, not wherever the outlet is. The frame feeds on sunlight, not hype, which is refreshing in a category usually drowning in glossy promises. It's a Kickstarter project, so we'll be watching to see if it actually ships. If you're the type who circles back for the honest take, you might also enjoy our look at whether the MIRA X laser engraver cuts through its own crowdfunding hype.