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Emotion Reading Technology Matures

July 11, 2011 By
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Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have been developing a suite of technologies to analyze social interactions that are now hitting the market. In one project, actors mimed emotions and volunteers interpreted their expressions. The majority answers were added to a database that serves as a visual library of expressions which is compared  to realtime footage using 24 feature points on the face. Researchers incorporated this technology to glasses with … [Read more...]

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What will your Laptop will look like in 2015?

July 25, 2009 By
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CIO magazine recently published a great review of laptop technologies titled "Meet the Laptop You'l Use in 2015" (available here: article). With this post I'll provide a review of that article and insert some thoughts from a technology early adopter and disruptive IT analyst.   First some concepts from the CIO Magazine article: The Slider Much like a sliding cellphone, this laptop is two OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays that slide … [Read more...]

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The CTOvision.com list of Top Ten CTO Videos

June 15, 2009 By

For your viewing pleasure I provide below ten "must see" videos I recommend to any enterprise-class Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Each presents information we should all be thinking through regarding the future of IT and each can add value to your strategic planning. Your comments/suggestions/thoughts on this list would be most appreciated. The Top Ten CTO Videos from CTOvision.com Game Changing Wearable Tech from … [Read more...]

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Vivek Kundra: The Alpha CTO

February 3, 2009 By

Every CTO I know has heard of Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia.  We have all been following his accomplishments in transforming the technology program in DC and have watched in excitement as more and more capabilities have been rolled out to serve the city and its citizens. We have followed reports of bold moves he put in place to ensure technology programs deliver.  We have read about his new approaches to technology portfolio management … [Read more...]

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The Future Is Changing Again

May 21, 2008 By

There have been several recent announcements by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project worth note.  OLPC is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by Nicholas Negroponte and others from the MIT Media Lab with the goal of providing one laptop for every child on the planet.  So far they have delivered about 500,000 systems.   That's huge by any standard. The first new announcement is that project leaders have now announced that Microsoft windows … [Read more...]

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