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ReconJet creates Google glass competitor with Apple connections

Posted on September 29, 2013December 24, 2013 by timbatchelder

Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection
John Koetsier, venturebeat.com

Google Glass competitor Recon Jet, which bills itself as the Google Glass for athletes and professionals, has secured an investment from Intel Capital.

In perhaps bigger news, the company announced that is has already shipped 50,000…

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Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection (venturebeat.com)
Competitors of Google Glass.. (virtual3dtravelresearch.wordpress.com)
Video Shows How Hilariously Awful It Could Be To Wear ‘Microsoft Glass’ (businessinsider.com)

Why steam punk is a usability testing tool for new technologies

Posted on December 28, 2012January 3, 2013 by timbatchelder

Being More Human | Next | Output
Kathleen Holt, oregonhumanities.org

Being More Human

Intel’s resident futurist on how the steampunk culture offers clues to building a better tomorrow

Easter weekend 2011, I was at the bar of the Doubletree Hotel at Sea-Tac Airport watching a parade of sorts: a…

Being More Human | Next | Output | Oregon Humanities http://flip.it/XHXlK http://flip.it/3LQ8l

SteamPunk Helicopter (cooloasis.org)

Talented workers bring their own devices

Posted on December 22, 2012April 19, 2013 by timbatchelder

Worried Workers: BYOD Or You’re SOL [Infographic]
Brian Proffitt, readwrite.com

It is a common perception around the world that Americans, by and large, have problems relaxing. We don’t take what little vacations we do get and increasingly use technology to blur the line between work and home life. But a new study shows that…

RT @RWW: A new study suggests emerging markets may be better practitioners of bring your own device (BYOD) than mature markets. http://flip.it/6Aej9 http://flip.it/hJ4Fo

BYOD Roundup: Lots of “Bring Your Own Device” Stats (globalnerdy.com)
BYOD Taking Over Business, but Security Issues Persist (eweek.com)
BYOD By The Numbers [Infographic] (readwrite.com)
Shedding Light on Growing BYOD Trend – Bringing Your Own Device to Work (business2community.com)
Working in 2016: 35pc of workers will no longer see work as a destination (siliconrepublic.com)
The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Party (visual.ly)

Intel futurist know what you want

Posted on August 20, 2012February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

Intel’s futurist knows what tech you’ll want tomorrow
by Brian Cooley, cnet.com

Brian David Johnson is Intel’s guy in charge of knowing what tomorrow will be like. No pressure. He shows CNET’s Brian Cooley what’s next.

Technological futurism to Intel’s Brian David Johnson is a lot more than engineering. …

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Is Intel’s Haswell A Has-Been? (seekingalpha.com)
Intel to shut down production of desktop PC motherboards (neowin.net)
Chip Shot: Watch Intel CES Press Day Via Live Webcast (newsroom.intel.com)
2013 CES on CNET: Five Full Days Of Streaming Video Including Live Press Conferences, Keynotes, Tech Product Spotlights, Interviews And Behind-the-Scenes Booth Tours At The Largest Tech Show (prnewswire.com)
Intel: Voice Recognition Will Phase Out Touch (tomshardware.com)
Intel shrinks its SSDs, aims for tablets, smartphones (networkworld.com)
This Company’s Venture Into the Mobile Industry (beta.fool.com)
Intel Corporation (INTC), what have you done for me lately? (optionsanimal.com)
Intel: Windows 8 makes picking either a tablet or a PC unnecessary (neowin.net)

Brian David Johnson and the Intel futurism department

Posted on October 10, 2011October 10, 2012 by timbatchelder

Brian David Johnson: Intel’s Guide to the Future – Forbes.

Biology vs. The Machine – Part 3: Conversations about Synthetic Biology (uk.tomorrow-projects.com)
Maker Faire New York: Brian David Johnson/Vintage Tomorrows (makezine.com)
Breaking Down Barriers – Part 1: Conversation with Ariel Waldman & Brian David Johnson (uk.tomorrow-projects.com)
Intel’s Futurist Brian David Johnson: Don’t Let The Future Happen To You! (singularityweblog.com)
Intel Labs documentary looks back at Steampunk era to build future (zdnet.com)
Intel Futurist: Three Things We Want From Tech (live.wsj.com)

SecuritySpy plus Mac Mini and IP webcam for home security

Posted on April 19, 2010February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder

Well and Booster Pump Automation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: A first generation design of the Mac ... — English: A first generation design of the Mac Mini by Apple. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

SecuritySpy.

With this software plus a mac mini, mac pro or iMac, networked webcam with motion detection and low light, some ethenet cable you can create a really sweet home automation and security system that integrates with Indigo for X10

Flickering Mac Minis to get a fix (reviews.cnet.com)
The next Macs: What we expect (reviews.cnet.com)
Mac Mini users unable to install OS X 10.8.2 (reviews.cnet.com)

Infoporn: Tap Into the 12-Million-Teraflop Handheld Megacomputer

Posted on August 29, 2008August 29, 2012 by timbatchelder

Moore's Law, The Fifth Paradigm. — Moore’s Law, The Fifth Paradigm. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Infoporn: Tap Into the 12-Million-Teraflop Handheld Megacomputer.

This article argues that each hyperlink in the internet is like a synapse in the brain which now results in the internet having the computational power of a brain.

Building a virtual supercomputer (thehindu.com)
AMD unveils teraflop FirePro GPU (zdnet.com)
The smartphone is the PC of tomorrow (itproportal.com)
Finland beefs up HPC oomph with Cray ‘Cascade’ super (go.theregister.com)
Five Tip Friday – BlackBerry PlayBook Browsing Tips (helpblog.blackberry.com)
What really drives Moore’s Law (cartesianproduct.wordpress.com)
Bend gas station has 30 microbrews on tap (kgw.com)
Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Receives 8.9 Million Dollar Grant To Design And Focus On Harm Free Hospital Care For Patients From The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation (ducknetweb.blogspot.com)
Semantic similarity in text (cs.stackexchange.com)
Questioning The Value of Handheld Games (thegreybackpack.com)

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