Justin Lin, director of Fast and the Furious and Star Trek Beyond, made a commercial for Arconic framed as a live-action recreation of Hanna-Barbera's The Jetsons. Arconic is a rebrand of the Alcoa manufacturing division and the Jetson characters work for Arconic in the year 2062. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37waZeR4isc A website for the brand/commercial explains … [Read more...]
Google Search in 2016
2016 can be summarized pretty easily based on what people searched the web for. Google has a perfect perspective for that data and summarizes each year with their Year in Search. Many have said 2016 has been a rough year and are looking forward to the fresh start in 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIViy7L_lo8 So to celebrate the end of 2016, here’s a peek at some of … [Read more...]
Intel demos Merged Reality
We have had reality, virtual reality, augmented reality, and now Intel is introducing Merged Reality. From the description, it entails bringing more into the virtual content so that it is reacting to you rather than running from the script. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIIk89cmcsU Intel's interest in virtual reality comes with the launch of Project Alloy, an all-in-one … [Read more...]
Intel uses a tiny house to demonstrate its Smart Home
Intel demonstrated a "smart home" at Amazon re:Invent utilizing the Alexa skills and using AWS as the cloud connectivity for their IoT integration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLO7R_caNnY Intel joined Amazon to unveil two technology initiatives to advance the Smart Home ecosystem and extend natural language capabilities to consumers everywhere. The first is enabling … [Read more...]
Staples Easy Button uses Watson to allow easy ordering
Staples today announced the Staples Easy System pilot program has reached a new phase. The button is a bit like the Amazon Dash Buttons and Amazon Echo in one device for ordering office supplies replacements. Using IBM's Watson, this can translate your requests into orders from Staples with knowledge from your previous orders to determine what you want. It can be done using the … [Read more...]