Archive for July 18, 2017

Prosthetic Reality Augmented Art Show Coming To House Of VR

Posted in Commentary with tags on July 18, 2017 by itnerd

Come see the future with art that comes to life! House of VR is proud to announce an interactive showcase on Aug 1-15 from the viral hit art book, Prosthetic Reality. Utilizing cutting-edge AR (Augmented Reality) technology, the experience allows viewers to digitally interact with physical artwork through their mobile phones and provided tablets. The exhibit showcases the work of 30 international artists, digital animators and sound designers. Please bring earbud headphones for the best experience!

In partnership with Crayola Canada, House of VR will be featuring a playful AR colouring zone for kids! With Colour Alive 2.0, colouring flies off the page with characters that come to life through Augmented Reality, giving kids an interactive experience and fusing real-world creativity with digital play. Kids can colour for free in the Kids Zone and books (including free crayons) will be for sale.

EYEJACK
EyeJack is an Augmented Reality App and platform that specializes in the curation and distribution of augmented art. EyeJack is currently representing 45 AR artists from around the world and is dedicated to building a community around augmented art. www.eyejackapp.com

HOUSE OF VR
House of VR is Toronto’s premier Virtual Reality lounge + event space. Located in trendy Queen West (at Bathurst), House of VR has quickly become a central hub of futuristic technology in the city. House of VR has been featured on CBC, CTV, CityNews, the Toronto Star, blogTO, Toronto Life and many more.

House of VR will be curating and updating content on a weekly basis so every visit will have some fresh new experiences. www.houseofvr.com

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/771212363039846/?ref=br_rs

View a promotional video here:

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Data Science On The Go With Docker & Raspberry Pi

Posted in Commentary on July 18, 2017 by itnerd

Scott Edenbaum, a recent graduate of the NYC Data Science Academy, has built a portable data science development and training platform for $20 using a Raspberry Pi and Docker.  The goal of the project was to configure and setup a Raspberry Pi computer as a self-contained Data Science development and training platform with a web interface usable by nearly any computer/tablet/etc with a web browser.

The result is a powerful, fully functional powerful data science platform that can connect to almost any device.  In a Raspberry Pi case, it measures roughly ¼ the size of US dollar bill, allowing teachers, business analysts, data scientists, or anyone with a need for mobile (and cheap) data science to use it on the go.  All of the software on the Docker image is open source, meaning anyone can use Scott’s creation for:

  • Education – learn programming in R, and Python on your tablet with a Raspberry Pi connected to the same wifi network.
  • Development testing environment – Easily fire up multiple Raspberry Pi computers with the Docker image to test Python and R code in a standardized environment.
  • Business – Analyze, manipulate, and visualize datasets with the Raspberry Pi through any networked desktop, laptop or tablet.
  • Web scraping – Use Jupyter Lab to run a headless web scraper in Python or R without tying up resources on your main computer.
  • Machine Learning – Train basic regression and classification models

To learn more about the project: http://blog.nycdatascience.com/student-works/data-science-go-docker-raspberry-pi/

 

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SURE Universal Introduces Software-Defined IoT Platform Based On Open Connectivity Foundation Standard

Posted in Commentary with tags on July 18, 2017 by itnerd

SURE Universal Ltd. introduces the Software-Defined IoT (SD-IoTTM) platform as the next-generation software solution for digital media, Smart Home, and IoT. At MWC Shanghai in July 2017, SURE Universal demonstrated an Android based Set-Top Box (STB) that includes both Smart TV and IoT gateway functionality based on OCF protocol.

With the introduction of the IoT gateway, SURE achieves a complete SD-IoT solution including the smartphone universal remote client, cloud platform for communications data, and micro-controller software for smart appliances. The SURE SD-IoT platform enables any manufacturer to turn their legacy appliances into smart appliances that are compliant with the OCF standard and therefore interoperable with other Smart Home products.

The novel solution is based on the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) protocol, which is the leading open-source standard for IoT vendors to allow their appliances and smart devices to work seamlessly together, regardless of brand. OCF originated in 2017 from a merger of three different IoT standards developed separately by Microsoft, Samsung, and Qualcomm. Currently, OCF has close to 500 members including most leading appliance vendors in the world. SURE Universal delivered the first software solution to receive OCF mobile client certification.

The consumer part of the solution is the award winning SURE Universal Remote app for digital media and legacy infra-red appliances. It is available for Android and iOS smartphones and has millions of active users. The latest version of SURE Universal Remote for Android announced at MWC Shanghai, features Amazon Alexa voice assistant integration. Future versions of SURE Universal Remote will also include support for Google Voice and Apple Siri, making SURE Universal Remote the only smartphone application needed to control any connected device with voice commands.

The SURE Software-Defined IoT separates the control layer from the underlying hardware. So now, industry players including smart appliance vendors, STB manufacturers, and Multiple-System Operators (MSOs) can provide compelling IoT systems using inexpensive off-the-shelf devices from multiple vendors, and be assured of their interoperability. They will no longer be dependent on a single supplier for smart devices, and still will be able to provide their customers with a coherent, universal, and simple user experience.

Currently, SURE Universal is integrating the SD-IoT technology with some of the biggest appliance manufacturers in the world to assist them with implementation of the OCF protocol and to achieve interoperability with other IoT vendors. The appliance vendors benefit from fast time-to-market because of the proven SURE Universal technology. In addition, the SURE SD-IoT solution is future-proof because of its compliance with the OCF standard.

 

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Euronews launches “All Quotes” To Combat Fake News

Posted in Commentary with tags on July 18, 2017 by itnerd

n line with its new digital strategy around verticals, after the launch of www.livingit.com, and within the battle against ‘fake news’, Euronews launches All Quotes in partnership with Storyzy

Since January 2017, ‘All Quotes’ is an automated service using Storyzy’s natural language processing (NLP) technology.

The new vertical revolutionizes news consumption through the direct quotations of notable people and is enriched by the Quote Verifier, an essential feature to fight against fake news on social networks.

With the ‘Quote Verifier’ users can easily verify if the quotes they read are authentic or not. Enter the quote and the tool provides an instantaneous result. The quote could be authentic, incomplete or dubious.

This performance is made possible by Storyzy’s database composed of +15 million authentic quotes from the news since 2015 (enhanced by +50,000 new authentic quotes daily), and of the 96,000 quotes from notable, historical figures. All of these indexed quotes come from reputable media sources.

Already hundreds of topics have been curated for Euronews’ consumers, from the conflict in Syria to Facebook; from Brexit to Climate Change. Currently, 111,000 global experts in various fields from science to entertainment, have individual pages with their archived authentic quotes. The automated system creates on average 400 new people pages daily.

These pages are automatically generated and permanently stored and updated by Storyzy’ssystem. The A.I. program not only extracts quotes from Euronews articles, but from news articles all around the web, which are organised by speaker and occupation.  Already available in English, Euronews and Storyzy aspire to launch this initiative in other languages.

Users can see a snapshot of the service and also follow what people say in the news on the Twitter account @AllQuotes_enws.

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