Physical Digital Computing

#PhysicalDigital

• Intel tech brings us closer to the world of ‘Minority Report’ [CNET]

“Intel CEO Brian Krzanich offered a glimpse into the company’s vision of the near future with a number of cutting-edge demonstrations including gesture controls, facial recognition security prompts, drones that know how to move around obstacles and a jacket that can help the visually impaired or blind sense what’s around them.

At the heart of many of the demonstrations was Intel’s RealSense 3D, the company’s depth-sensing camera technology.

Intel also made another push for wearables with Curie, a button-sized chip

“2015 is truly a unique year,” Krzanich said. “It‘s the beginning of the next consumer technology wave.”

Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality

• CNET’s Next Big Thing: How virtual reality goes beyond geeky [CNET]

Smart Car

#SmartCar

• Mercedes-Benz unveils connected, self-driving concept car [CNET]

Digital Manufacturing

#DigitalManufacturing

• Digital Manufacturing: A third industrial revolution [Economist]

Microsoft

• Report: Microsoft’s browser for Windows 10 won’t be Internet Explorer [Arstechnica]

“Instead, new Chrome-like browser codenamed “Spartan” will ship alongside IE11.”

• Skype Translator is the most futuristic thing I’ve ever used [Arstechnica]