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From weed zappers to robot baristas: Vote for GeekWire Awards Hardware/Gadget of the Year

GeekWire

Finalists for Hardware/Gadget of the Year in the GeekWire Awards, clockwise from upper left: Carbon Robotics, RipeLocker, Glowforge, and Brinc Drones, and center, Artly. social purpose corporation that is working to address homelessness with shelters made of easy-to-assemble hard plastic panels.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. 2015 PREDICTION TIME!!

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Thriving in a Cloud, Big Data, Mobility and Security World

Cloud Musings

3D Printing - Worldwide shipments of 3D printers are expected to grow 98 percent in 2015, followed by a doubling of unit shipments in 2016. 3D printing will reach a tipping point over the next three years as the market for relatively low-cost 3D printing devices continues to grow rapidly and industrial use expands significantly.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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Meta is facing the test of its lifetime

Vox

In a memo to Meta’s staff also posted on social media, one of Meta’s top executives, CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, reflected on Monday about the difficult moment the company is in. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks the metaverse will be the next iteration of the internet, a technological shift akin to the mobile phone.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

GeekWire

Tread Map is a map-based social media for outdoor recreation that is Waze meets Trip Advisor meets X. based, sells mobile chargers, audio, home entertainment, home security, robotic appliances, and more. for consumer, mobility, and industrial markets. The platform blends gamification with practical AI tool interactions.

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The $1,500 ticket to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Vox

Zuckerberg is betting that one day, AR/VR devices will become as ubiquitous as mobile phones or laptops, and the Quest Pro is an important way for the company to demonstrate the promise of that vision. Many of these professionals use 3D modeling in their day-to-day jobs that could justify the headset’s cost.

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