Category: Future Tech
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What mixed reality’s amazing new health frontier means for you
Microsoft Stories – 8.10.18 (8.8.18) 1992, scientist and technologist Louis Rosenberg created Virtual Fixtures, one of the first augmented reality systems ever developed. By using a full upper-body exoskeleton, the wearer was able to control two physical robots, while innovative optics aligned the robot arms as an overlay of the user’s own arms. In the nearly…
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Filmmaker and YouTube Reviewer Kitty Peters Tests Drone Photography Tools that Foster Creativity
Seagate Blog – 8.8.18 Kitty Peters is the founder and chief cinematographer of Atola Visuals, a video production and marketing agency that shoots projects from festival montages to clothing to tech, always striving to capture beauty and tell inspirational stories through the visual medium. Peters grew up in the Chicagoland area and obtained her degree in…
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Why Open Innovation is the Bedrock for the Future of Processing
Western Digital Blog – 8.6.18 Innovation is the lifeblood of most companies, and at its heart is data. But what’s required to drive innovation? The Office of the CTO at Western Digital discusses open innovation, the RISC-V Foundation and how it can help the company. Read more: Why Open Innovation is the Bedrock for the…
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Gig, Click, Crowd: What Will Work Look Like in the Future?
Dell Blog – 8.1.18 (7.26.18) Working independently is hardly a new development. There have always been professions in which workers don’t have a specific employment contract, and usually don’t take on employees for the most part, if at all. Architects, graphic designers, musicians, and freelance journalists are quite often self-employed. Read more: Gig, Click, Crowd:…
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NASA and Autodesk experiment with 3D-printing robots to build human habitats on other planets
Autodesk Blog – 8.1.18 (7.30.18) With multinational corporations competing against billionaire-backed startups to launch the first human mission to Mars, it seems inevitable that we’ll eventually see Earthlings attempting to colonize a new planet. Read more: NASA and Autodesk experiment with 3D-printing robots to build human habitats on other planets
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Adobe Think Tank: Navigating the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Adobe YouTube Channel – 7.31.18 (7.30.18) The future of artificial intelligence doesn’t rely completely on new ideas. Freelance science writer, Matthew Hutson, explains more at our Adobe Think Tank. Source: Adobe Think Tank: Navigating the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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NVIDIA to Collaborate with DARPA to Develop Systems for Post-Moore’s Law Era
NVIDIA Blog – 7.26.18 (7.24.18) NVIDIA has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enable near application-specific integrated circuit performance without sacrificing programmability for data-intensive algorithms. Read more: NVIDIA to Collaborate with DARPA to Develop Systems for Post-Moore’s Law Era
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Intel x Smithsonian American Art Museum | The Art of Access (Ep. 1)
Intel YouTube Channel – 7.24.18 (7.23.18) It’s her mission to share art with the world. Hear how Nora Atkinson, Curator of Craft at Smithsonian American Art Museum, is using emerging technology to reach a bigger audience, in partnership with Intel. Featuring their latest exhibition, VR is opening up a world of possibilities for museums, artists,…
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General Motors Drives Vehicles of the Future with Generative Design
Autodesk YouTube Channel – 7.23.18 (7.18.18) GM and Autodesk engineers apply generative design technology to reconceive a small, but important, vehicle component — the seat bracket where seat belts are fastened. The resulting part is 40 percent lighter and 20 percent stronger than the original part. Source: General Motors Drives Vehicles of the Future with Generative Design
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Intel at 50: Innovation Platform for a New Era
Intel News – 7.18.18 Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Intel, a company born at the dawn of the technology industry – the advent of the integrated circuit. Since that day — July 18, 1968 — Intel’s impact has been felt through a progression of tech waves, including the personal computer, the internet and the…