Forget virtual Minecraft castles levitating on tabletops or virtual TVs floating in midair. NASA is taking Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality goggles to space, for the purpose for which they were originally designed: as a tool. On June 28, NASA will launch Project Sidekick, a program that will launch a pair of Microsoft HoloLens goggles to the International Space Station as part of a scheduled resupply mission. HoloLens will be part of a test to determine whether augmented reality and virtual reality devices can assist astronauts in outer space. “HoloLens and other virtual and mixed reality devices are cutting edge technologies that could help drive future exploration and provide new capabilities to the men and women conducting critical science on the International Space Station,” said Sam Scimemi, director of the ISS program at NASA Headquarters in Washington, in a statement. “This new technology could also empower future explorers requiring greater autonomy on the journey to Mars.”
There’s a concept I’d like to discuss with you today called “Flanderization.” If you’ve never heard this term before, here’s the TVTropes definition: “The act of taking a single (often minor) action or trait of a character within a work and exaggerating it more and more over time until it completely consumes the character.” And yes, it comes from Although it’s primarily a TV-centric trope, I bring it up to kick off this
Joining the ranks of other Windows 10 universal apps this summer will be Microsoft’s lightweight content-creation tool, Sway. Before that, however, it’s making the leap to the iPad.
Finnish company Uros has launched an LTE version of its wireless hotspot that can be equipped with 10 SIM cards to make roaming abroad easier. It’s slowly becoming more common for operators to let traveling users surf the Web and access email and apps via LTE networks, but the practice is nowhere near ubiquitous. Enter the Goodspeed 4G mobile hotspot, which was launched and demoed this week at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam. The device is the world’s first commercially available 4G hotspot that can accommodate and switch automatically between 10 SIM cards, making it easier for busy travellers to cross borders, Uros said. Users only need to do two things to use it: switch it on and charge it, according to Tom Lindblad, vice president of global sales and marketing at Uros. Only the SIM cards provided by Uros can be used.
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Amazon just announced two major initiatives for its Alexa voice assistant, which should make it much more useful and widespread. Currently, Alexa acts as the voice-activated virtual assistant behind Amazon’s Echo interactive speaker, letting users play music, listen to news and weather reports, ask questions, set reminders, control various smart home products, and shop from Amazon’s online store with voice. Echo
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After As expected, the MX4 is only available in Europe, but even if you meet the geographical requirements, getting your hands on one takes legwork. Meizu has set up