Toy racers get a modern twist with AI 17 October 2013 Last - TopicsExpress



          

Toy racers get a modern twist with AI 17 October 2013 Last updated at 09:31 BST The slot-car racing games of the 1980s are being revisited with a modern twist. San Francisco start-up Anki is releasing a new type of gaming concept, which fuses real-world robotics with the artificial intelligence made possible by smartphones. A smartphone app wirelessly communicates with toy cars, equipped with cameras and sensors to help them beat human competitors. The start-up has already received $50m (£31m) of venture capital for what it sees as a new area of consumer entertainment to exploit. But is the $200 (£125) racer a game-changer? The BBCss North America technology correspondent Richard Taylor went along to Anki HQ to find out.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:23:40 +0000

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