{"id":20809,"date":"2025-09-27T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20809"},"modified":"2025-09-27T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:04:08","slug":"pakistani-roads-get-smarter-robots-get-handsy-and-keyboards-get-a-light-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20809","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani roads get smarter, robots get handsy, and keyboards get a light diet"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pakistan\u2019s V-SenseDrive takes on road safety with AI<\/p>\n

Created using Gemini<\/p>\n

Road accidents are a daily threat in Pakistan\u2019s chaotic traffic mix, but a new local project aims to change that. Researchers have unveiled V-SenseDrive, the country\u2019s first privacy-preserving driver behavior dataset, built entirely from Pakistani roads.<\/p>\n

Instead of invasive face recordings, the dataset combines smartphone sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS) with road-facing video to capture three driving styles: normal, aggressive, and risky. Tested on everything from city streets to motorways, it mirrors the messy reality of local traffic.<\/p>\n

By structuring the data into raw, processed, and semantic layers, the project gives developers and policymakers tools to train ADAS systems, fleet safety platforms, and insurance models tailored to Pakistan\u2019s driving culture.<\/p>\n

One step closer to Skynet<\/p>\n

Source: REUTERS<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already talked about augmented reality glasses and how Meta and Amazon are both rushing ahead with their own designs, but Meta\u2019s taking it one step further.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, Sources\u2019 Alex Heath reports that Meta is getting deeper into robotics. Not for competition\u2019s sake, but to make software that companies will license.<\/p>\n

Bosworth says that software is the main limitation for advanced robotics, and he hopes that with Meta\u2019s robotics team and their \u2018Superintelligence Labs\u2019 can come up with a solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For now they\u2019re focused on giving robots the ability to animate a hand, but they will move on to more complex forms of movement later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019re safe from being completely replaced (or enslaved), for now.<\/p>\n

Logitech\u2019s new light-powered keyboard doesn\u2019t even need the sun<\/p>\n

Created using Gemini<\/p>\n

After leaving solar keyboards to collect dust for more than a decade, Logitech is back with the Signature Slim Solar Plus K980, a light-powered keyboard that never needs a USB cable or disposable batteries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, its solar cell slurps up sunlight or even office lighting (200 lux or brighter) to charge a battery that Logitech claims can last up to ten years!<\/p>\n

Once topped up, the K980 can keep clacking away for four months in total darkness. It\u2019s a full-size keyboard with all the usual perks, media controls, customizable shortcuts, even a mic mute button, but the real showstopper is the brand-new AI Launch key.<\/p>\n

Out of the box, it\u2019ll trigger Copilot on Windows or Gemini on ChromeOS, but you can reassign it to ChatGPT, Perplexity, or whatever AI tool fuels your workflow.<\/p>\n

Add in the ability to pair with three devices over Bluetooth (or via Logitech\u2019s Bolt dongle, sold separately), plus a slick universal design in graphite or a Mac-specific off-white, and you\u2019ve got a keyboard that\u2019s equal parts eco-friendly throwback and AI-era upgrade. Hopefully, the final device lives up to these claims.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s V-SenseDrive takes on road safety with AI Created using Gemini Road accidents are a daily threat in Pakistan\u2019s chaotic traffic mix, but a new local project aims to change that. Researchers have unveiled V-SenseDrive, the country\u2019s first privacy-preserving driver behavior dataset, built entirely from Pakistani roads. Instead of invasive face recordings, the dataset combines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}