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Artificial Intelligence In Space: The Amazing Ways Machine Learning Is Helping To Unravel The Mysteries Of The Universe

Bernard Marr

CIMON 2 is a robot designed by Airbus and can be thought of as a mobile, Amazon Alexa-style virtual assistant for astronauts in space. The data that’s gathered is also used in forward planning for a number of hypothetical future missions, including landings on Venus and Europa, an icy moon orbiting Jupiter.

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Delivery Hero and AWS: Cost Optimization in the Cloud

Bernard Marr

This is because the cloud enables companies to create efficiencies in their IT infrastructure spending by moving to “pay-as-you-go” and subscription models, rather than having to buy and maintain expensive on-premises servers and data centers, along with the skilled and expensive staff needed to operate them.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

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To give a bit of context, voice-based assistants have been around for over 60 years, but it wasn’t until recently that they picked up popular use with the introduction of smart home devices such as Google Home, and Amazon Echo. “It’s It’s a very different way for people to interact with technology and data.

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OpenSim active users hit all-time-high for the holidays

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Hypergrid Business Data.). Kitely Market data). Kitely has been around since 2011 without any major outages, and DigiWorldz has been around since 2015 and is also well-known for its stability. The raw data for this month’s report is here. Total OpenSim virtual land area in standard regions over time.

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SDCC 2017: Comic-Con’s VR Con Is Still A Work-In-Progress

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Hotels are taken over by large companies like Netflix and Amazon, large courtyards are converted to a series of exhibits. debuted the long-awaited first trailer for the Steven Spielberg-directed Ready Player One film based on the 2011 Ernest Cline novel by the same name. Then on the VR side of things Warner Bros. Room For Growth.

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Sofa Sports and the Rise of Live Gaming

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A modern twist on the “people watching” genre appeared with the Twitch platform back in 2011. Live streaming is one part of what casino operator bgo dubbed the “casino of the future” in a recent blog post , along with skill-based games, virtual reality (VR), and big data.

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Can AR Counteract Industrial Automation’s Dark Side?

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Amazon — no stranger to automation and robot-assisted warehouse facilities — recently made global headlines when they announced a $700 million investment to re-train a third of its workforce with technical skills like coding. Yes, there will be more robots at Amazon, not fewer. Just ask Amazon.).

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