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Algorithms · December 2012Gaffe level: Typo

Retail Pricing Bots Change Prices Minute by Minute

Software repriced goods around the clock, so the same item could cost wildly different amounts an hour apart. The sticker price is just a suggestion now.

Source: Marketplace

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AI Avatars Translate Speech Into Kenyan Sign Language in Real Time

Accessibility · October 2026 Kudos level: Bravo

Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia built Terp360, an AI platform that translates speech into Kenyan Sign Language in real time using 3D avatars, with more than 2,300 signs recorded alongside deaf Kenyans. It won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and the team has released an open dataset of nearly 12,000 sign-language motion sequences.

Source: The Eastleigh Voice

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