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As Over Coffee® counts down to CES® 2019, we're posting some of our most popular podcasts recorded during the 2018 show.  Say it with me: "WHOA!" This Laundroid robot is designed to take over a job you're currently doing.  But you almost certainly won't object. That's because the Laundroid, which Tokyo-based Seven Dreamers Laboratories created, is the world's first fully automated laundry-folding robot. Laundroid was more than twelve years in the making, says Seven Dreamers President and CEO Dr. Shin Sakane.  (You'll recall that we first saw a prototype during CES ® 2016.) During CES® 2018, in Las Vegas, Shin shared the story of the "Laundroid" robot, and offered a preview of its official debut.   At the time we spoke, Seven Dreamers was planning to launch it in Tokyo and San Francisco.  A pilot program was also under consideration. We have an email in to Shin, with a request for an update!   We'll let you know as soon as we know--and hope to update you further from CES® 2019. UPDATED: Seven Dreamers will announce the update of Laundroid by March, 2019, which is the end of the fiscal year in Japan, according to an email from their PR manager.  Unfortunately, since CES® 2019 happens just before the end of their fiscal year, they will not be in Las Vegas this time. Meanwhile, this has to be one of the coolest robots we've seen! On this edition of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear: How Shin first came up with the concept for his laundry-folding robot; What was involved, in making his vision a reality; One of the most challenging hurdles, in translating the task of folding clothes into AI; How the Laundroid works, to sort and fold clothes; Shin’s “wow” moment in the creation process; How to contact Seven Dreamers Laboratories for information on their “pilot program”, in the U.S. And, follow the Laundroid on their Facebook page! CES 2019 happens Tuesday, January 8th, through Friday, January 11th, 2019, in Las Vegas.  

Jon and Eric chat about stuff completely unrelated to security, with bonus tangents! Links: Shadows Over Camelot: http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2010/06/shadows-over-camelot-noble-quest-for/ The Laundroid: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16865506/laundroid-laundry-folding-machine-foldimate-ces-2018 Crash of the Cryptocurrencies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/in-the-wild-malware-preys-on-computers-dedicated-to-mining-cryptocurrency/ Tangent! Electricity in Rural Alaska: https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/big-alaska-looks-to-small-nuclear/ Hawaii UX #Fail: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/14/hawaii-missile-alert-how-one-employee-pushed-the-wrong-button-and-caused-a-wave-of-panic/

Folding laundry is a lot of fun--not.  And that's where the Laundroid, created by Tokyo-based Seven Dreamers Laboratories, Inc.,  comes in. Laundroid is the world's first laundry-folding robot. Seven Dreamers president and CEO Dr. Shin Sakane was onsite at CES® 2018, to demonstrate how it worked. And Shin says, not only is the Laundroid premiering in Tokyo and San Francisco--it's on its way to becoming an affordable reality for the average person.  (Think "available on an everyday basis around 2019"!) Shin talked about the story behind the robot, what was involved in creating it and what we can expect in the future. Seeing the Laundroid ready for manufacture and marketing was an especially exciting part of CES® 2018. Two years earlier, at CES® 2016, we had met Seven Dreamers spokesperson Guy Hayazaki.  Introducing us to the Laundroid, Guy had projected that it would be on the market within the next few years. Fast-forward to 2018--with the Laundroid is scheduled to make its U.S. debut in San Francisco on January 25th of this year! On this edition of Over Coffee®, you'll hear: How Shin first came up with the concept for his laundry-folding robot; What was involved, in making his vision a reality; One of the most challenging hurdles, in translating the task of folding clothes into AI; How the Laundroid works, to sort and fold clothes; Shin's "wow" moment in the creation process; Where you can see the Laundroid in action; When you can expect to see it available for purchase; How to contact Seven Dreamers Laboratories for information on their "pilot program", in the U.S. Where you can see the Laundroid in the U.S. (it's just about to premiere)! And, follow the Laundroid on their Facebook page!

This week: pay with a smile, fake reviews and regulating AI. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week.   The stories this week: You can now pay for fried chicken by just scanning your face AI has learned to write totally believable product reviews How to regulate Artificial Intelligence   Other stories we bring up: Face recognition expected in the new iPhone 8 To pay just smile The smartphone's future is all about the camera AI makes it easy to create fake videos The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on fake reviews Tales of a “fake reviewer” How to spot fake reviews Google extracts more money from ads using AI Fake Russian Facebook accounts bought $100K in political ads Automated crowdturfing attacks and defences in online review systems 10 simple ways to spot a fake Amazon review Should AI be regulated? NAB's ‘virtual banker' chatbots to save millions Faster analysis for astrophysicists thanks to AI   Our robot of the week: Meet the Laundroid   You can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on Flipboard, Twitter, or sbi.sydney.edu.au. Send us your news ideas to sbi@sydney.edu.au For more episodes of The Future, This Week see our playlists

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It’s often surprising to discover which problems are hard for AI. We hear stories about artificial intelligence being better than the most skilled humans at go, chess, Jeopardy, and better than many at driving a car, and we assume that computers will be as smart as we are very soon. Then we discover how hard it is for AI to fold the laundry. Shin Sakane and his team at Seven Dreamers have been working on this particular problem for 12 years, and they are now rolling out the first commercially available laundry-folding robot. They will be first to the global market and have secured a production partnership with Panasonic. Shin and I talk a lot about AI and innovation in Japan, and also cover his rather unusual corse to innovation here. Seven Dreamers is not your typical venture-backed startup, and they might just provide a blueprint for innovation that many existing Japanese firms can follow. It’s a great interview, and I think you’ll enjoy it. Show Notes for Startups Why AI can drive a car but not fold socks Why starting a company in Japan is different today Shin’s formula  for developing innovative products How to work with large Japanese companies Why the future of laundry is more disrupting than you imagine Why big data wants to hack your washing machine The need to go global quickly Can Japan once again lead the world in AI Links from the Founder Everything you ever wanted to know about Laundroid Friend Shin  on Facebook Seven Dreamers Homepage Find out more about Laundroid on Facebook or Twitter Nastent website Find out more about Nastent on Facebook or Twitter The carbon-fiber golf shafts on the Web and on Facebook [shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="7994466"] Leave a comment Transcript from Japan   Disrupting Japan, episode 81. Welcome to Disrupting Japan, straight talk from Japan’s most successful entrepreneurs. I'm Tim Romero and thanks for joining me. You know, the term artificial intelligence is thrown around far too loosely these days. Every start-up using decision trees, Bayesian algorithms, or the simplest machine learning techniques, label themselves as world leaders in AI. Now there’s no question that projects like Google’s driverless cars and IBM’s Watson have pushed the limits of what’s possible, and have introduced astounding innovations in AI over the past few years. But sometimes it’s surprising to take a look at the kinds of problems that are extremely difficult for AI. It turns out that folding laundry is one of those problems. Today we sit down with Shin Sakane, CEO of Seven Dreamers and inventor of the Laundroid. The first commercially available fully automatic laundry folding robot. We talk a lot about AI in general. And the importance and the risk of attacking the really hard problems. And what he and his firm had to go through to make Laundroid a reality. It’s also worth noting that Seven Dreamers is not your typical venture back start-up. And Shin and I talk a lot about the role that mid-size companies have to play in kick-starting the Japanese economy and returning Japan to the global leader in innovation she was in the 60s and 70s. But you know, Shin tells that story better than I can. So let’s hear from our sponsor and get right to the interview. [pro_ad_display_adzone id="1404"  info_text="Sponsored by"  font_color="grey" ] [Interview] Tim: So I’m sitting here with Shin Sakane of Seven Dreamers, and we’ve been bumping into each other for a long time now. Shin: Right. Tim: So thanks for finally making time and sitting down with me. Shin: Thank you very much for coming. Tim: We’re here to talk a lot about the Laundroid. Now it’s a robot that folds clothes, which I guess is the simple way of explaining it, but why don’t you tell us more about what it is. Shin: Okay. We’ve been working on this project for the last 12 years almost. Tim: Wow. Shin: Yeah.

Shin Sakane. He’s the founder and CEO of Seven Dreamers. Seven Dreamers is daring to create technology that has never been seen in the world. Shin has a PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Delaware. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Path What CEO do you follow? –  Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Facebook Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Get global experiences, visit so many different countries, cultures...”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:44 – Nathan introduces Shin to the show 02:20 – Seven Dreamers creates technology that the world has not seen yet 02:30 – First product is the fully automated carbon golf shaft 02:35 – Second product is the nascent nasal airway stent 02:58 – There’s no connection between the products 03:16 – Seven Dreamers wanted to develop something that is not yet available anywhere 04:00 – Seven Dreamers was launched in 2011 04:20 – Seven Dreamers has raised over $75M 04:29 – The money was mainly spent on product development 05:05 – The nasal stent currently has more sales than the golf shaft 05:27 – The golf shaft price is $1200 - $120K 05:53 – The most popular model sells for $1800 06:10 – The golf shaft was launched in 2014 06:30 – 400 shafts/month are being sold 07:35 – The way to make a golf shaft 09:06 – Team size 09:45 – 2016 total revenue 10:30 – It took Seven Dreamers 11 years to develop laundroid 11:15 – Seven Dreamers has spent $15M for product development 11:33 – Shin shares how they came up with the idea of laundroid 12:13 – Laundroid was initially limited 12:50 – Laundroid’s price is $15K 13:38 – The 3 products are completely different—from the suppliers to the technologies 14:08 – Most of the product ideas come from Shin 14:43 – The last round they raised 15:03 – Shin shares the valuation of each of their products 15:30 – “Everything counts” 16:12 – The nasal airway stent is currently their biggest money maker 16:25 – Average MRR $1M 16:53 – 2017 goal is $80M 17:07 – Seven Dreamers are working on their sales and marketing 17:14 – “We do our own marketing” 17:34 – Advertising cost 18:40 – Seven Dreamers spent money on sponsoring athletes 19:09 – The number of golf shaft complete sets that have sold 21:15 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Think outside the box—have a solution to a problem, then create a product. Study and know your market well so that your product speaks directly to a need. Be creative and innovative.   Resources Mentioned: Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books. The Top Inbox  – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives