Learning Resources Crowdfunding Snapshot: 4 Campaigns for Immersive Technologies By Sri Ravipati 02/21/17 With virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) hardware sales on the rise, it comes as no surprise that many software developers, inventors and educators are trying to get in the game. THE Journal has highlighted a few grassroots VR, AR and […]
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The great thing about the new Amazon Fire TV Stick is that it comes with the Alexa voice remote feature. It is not a secret that this company rules the voice assistant market. Adding Alexa on its newest Fire TV Stick represents a huge advantage for the device. Amazon’s Alexa is way ahead other rivals,
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Target recently reopened its showroom for Internet-connected devices in downtown San Francisco with an unusual twist: one item for sale is the retail giant’s own app-controlled smart lamp. Target is selling the $50 lamp under its Threshold home furnishings brand, possibly the first time a retailer has attempted to design and sell its own Internet-connected
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The Continental Automated Buildings Association is pleased to announce that it has completed its “Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of the Internet of Things” research project. This landmark research study was a major initiative of the CABA Research Program, which offers a range of opt-in technical and advisory research services designed to provide industry stakeholders
By Ashley SteebTheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is preparing for the future of flying cars and self-operating washing machines by investing in what tech gurus call “the Internet of Things.” Gov. Eric Holcomb and Bill Stephan, vice president for engagement, supports the creation of the Indiana IoT Lab-Fishers. Photo by Ashley Steeb, TheStatehouseFile.com The goal behind
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With greater levels of attention being focused on edge computing over the past year, discussions about cloud computing have moved out of the forefront of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). But that doesn’t mean the cloud has been relegated to the past. Even as edge computing applications move more front and center in IIoT
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February 21, 2017 —Facebook users in participating countries can now send money internationally from within the social media giant’s Messenger application. The London-based startup TransferWise on Tuesday launched a program on Facebook’s chat platform that uses an artificially intelligent “chatbot” to process wire transfer requests from users. The newest feature, which expands Facebook’s existing domestic
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Children are insane. Or, more precisely, they don’t think logically as adults do. Children aren’t burdened by hardened adult preconceptions and expectations, so suffer fewer roadblocks to learning new things. This different way of seeing things is why children adapt so easily to high tech that confuses the rest of us. That’s the theoretical basis
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Artificial intelligence, natural-language processing, and bots integrated into messaging apps will create new opportunities to interact with users via their mobile devices. (Image: Just East) Mobile technology like smartphones will be changing in ways many users can’t even imagine today, and much of this change will come from trends such as the rise of the
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The channel’s interest in the Internet of Things (IoT) market is at an all-time high, but partners are still wondering how to make money off the market, and many say they aren’t finding they help they need from vendors. Several solution providers that CRN talked to said they still aren’t getting the right amount of