Ever get that feeling where you don’t want to go to the office but have physical tasks that need to be done there? Well, help is on the way. Japanese researchers have developed Telesar V, a robot that can function in the place of a person. Unlike other virtual connections, this one comes with a 3D body suit, so the bot can mimic your motions and you can stay home.
I'm guessing that we all knew this was going to happen. I remember watching the Jetsons a loooong time ago and wondered if there would ever be real flying cars. And voila (http://www.terrafugia.com/about_us.html)
I'm imagining how weird it would be to come into the office and interact with Kim's robot...
Imagining? You don't think this is really me, do you?
Actually, seriously, I think it would be cheaper to outsource myself. I am surprised this isn't already common practice. If I can find someone to do my job for 5% of the pay, I'm laughing.
"Then I wondered whether I could get a robot to attend the next uncomfortable/boring family gathering for me."
Hi Mary:
What if everyone of you decides to send a robot to this "boring" gathering? That will be the gathering of the family bots and that will certainly be fun.
Dating myself but voice recognition was once considered weird. Anyone remember the 2002 movie "Minority Report"? Tom Cruise would walk by an ad, it would recognize him, and then try to entice him to buy its product. I thought that was quite weird then. Now, it is basically smartphone ads. Was "Avatar" another precursor? Maybe.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Big-data has become a big point of emphasis for many businesses. While the technology is available to deploy these applications, the needed personnel often is not. As a result, analytic engineers' salaries have blown past the six-figure mark, and hiring these experts has become a challenge for IT managers.
Increasingly, companies are using videoconferencing technology to help employees collaborate with co-workers, partners, and customers. As a result, demand for technicians is rising, and companies are finding it difficult to retain their quality workers.
Software-defined networks, which deliver virtualization functions to enterprise networks, have the potential to dramatically change network design and significantly reduce costs and maintenance.
A recent survey by Endace found that 23% of companies experience some type of network problem daily and another 25% have a serious problem each month. Enterprise networks are still very unreliable and probably will continue to be in the near term.
ITRC found that more than 600 security breaches took place in 2012. Flaws were found in some of the nation's most respected companies: Apple, Citibank, and Wells Fargo. So, it seems the bad guys are doing better than the men in the white hats.
A survey by JD Powers found that customer interest in product features is lessening as phones evolve. Rather than features, price is driving purchases, and that change could have a dramatic impact on how IT departments secure these devices.
By 2015, according to ABI Research, seven out of every ten smartphones will support the emerging 802.11ac standard, allowing users to stream HD video and support other high-bandwidth mobile apps.
The iPad Mini is the latest iteration of the exploding tablet category. Because most tablets are WiFi-only, they create a new kind of mobile network. The problem is that we don't have issues like roaming and security defined for this new world.
The FBI recently issued a warning to smartphone users, highlighting two mobile malware applications: Loozfan, which steals personal information, and FinFisher, which is spyware that takes over a smartphone's functions.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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