Pakistan’s V-SenseDrive takes on road safety with AI
Created using Gemini
Road accidents are a daily threat in Pakistan’s chaotic traffic mix, but a new local project aims to change that. Researchers have unveiled V-SenseDrive, the country’s first privacy-preserving driver behavior dataset, built entirely from Pakistani roads.
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.
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’s driving culture.
One step closer to Skynet
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We’ve already talked about augmented reality glasses and how Meta and Amazon are both rushing ahead with their own designs, but Meta’s taking it one step further.
Speaking to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, Sources’ Alex Heath reports that Meta is getting deeper into robotics. Not for competition’s sake, but to make software that companies will license.
Bosworth says that software is the main limitation for advanced robotics, and he hopes that with Meta’s robotics team and their ‘Superintelligence Labs’ can come up with a solution.
For now they’re focused on giving robots the ability to animate a hand, but they will move on to more complex forms of movement later on.
We’re safe from being completely replaced (or enslaved), for now.
Logitech’s new light-powered keyboard doesn’t even need the sun
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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.
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!
Once topped up, the K980 can keep clacking away for four months in total darkness. It’s 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.
Out of the box, it’ll trigger Copilot on Windows or Gemini on ChromeOS, but you can reassign it to ChatGPT, Perplexity, or whatever AI tool fuels your workflow.
Add in the ability to pair with three devices over Bluetooth (or via Logitech’s Bolt dongle, sold separately), plus a slick universal design in graphite or a Mac-specific off-white, and you’ve got a keyboard that’s equal parts eco-friendly throwback and AI-era upgrade. Hopefully, the final device lives up to these claims.
