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Nvidia speeds AI, climate modeling

CIO Business Intelligence

For some applications, a simple database may suffice to record a product’s service history—when it was made, who it shipped to, what modifications have been applied—while others require a full-on 3D model incorporating real-time sensor data that can be used, for example, to provide advanced warning of component failure or of rain.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Its founders spotted that generating 3D graphics in video games—then a fast-growing market—placed highly repetitive, math-intensive demands on PC central processing units (CPUs). Although Nvidia’s first chips were used to enhance 3D gaming, the manufacturing industry is also interested in 3D simulations, and its pockets are deeper.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

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Steve Jobs once called the personal computer “a bicycle for our minds,” a tool that helps us go farther with the same amount of energy. Would you work better with a virtual whiteboard? Puma Energy is the fuels retailing arm of Swiss-based … Read more on Ferret. But for many teachers, it has been a bumpy ride.

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Devialet’s $2,400 Atmos soundbar has an orb you can turn

The Verge

The French audio company calls it the “ultimate all-in-one soundbar” since it completely forgoes satellite speakers in favor of a virtual surround solution and has built-in subwoofers. The new soundbar adds a “Space” feature that can upscale stereo sound into virtual 5.1.2 Devialet today announced the Dione, a $2,400 Dolby Atmos 5.1.2

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Univ. of Washington spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

GeekWire

And the tech’s ability to sense where hands, fingers and eyes are may also soup up virtual reality applications in the future. The company’s engineers are collaborating with the UW researchers on product development at the UW’s Clean Energy Testbeds , which provides tools, equipment and manufacturing support. Somalytics Photo).

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

GeekWire

(Dr.Tail Photo) Dr.Tail Seattle-based Dr.Tail provides vet consultations and comprehensive medical record management via a virtual platform. EcoFlow The Seattle-based company offers eco-friendly energy solutions including portable power products, solar technology, and smart home energy solutions. Elektrobit Bothell, Wash.-based

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Intel thinks the metaverse will need a thousand-fold increase in computing capability

The Verge

Intel made its first statement on the metaverse on Tuesday — its first public acknowledgement of that sometimes-nebulous future of computing which promises an always connected virtual world that exists in parallel with our physical one. He says that a 1,000x increase in power is needed over our current collective computing capacity.

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