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Amazon’s Halo disappears: Tech giant discontinues health devices and service, promises refunds

GeekWire

The original Halo Band and app, unveiled in August 2020, included optional features that used 3D body modeling to estimate body fat, and listened to a user’s conversations to provide feedback on tone of voice. The subscription was $3.99/month,

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Autonomous drone maker Skydio shifts to military and enterprise with its first folding drone

The Verge

Skydio is bringing a 3D Scan feature to both the Skydio 2 and X2 later this year designed for “inspections of complex industrial structures and locations, such as bridges, building facades, energy infrastructure, accident and crime scenes.”

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Federal Government Signals Interest In Several Key Leading Edge Technologies

CTOvision

3D Printing Design & Implementation. Application streaming/virtualization is an on-demand software delivery model that takes advantage of the fact that most applications require only a small fraction of their total program code to run. The products are connected to the Internet and the data they generate is easily available.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to South Africa!

All Things Distributed

The platform gives these customers real-time access to loans, savings, and insurance products from banks. This project uses 3D digital imagery to create records of over one million items. This program gives access to resources such as AWS credits, a jobs board, and training content to accelerate cloud-related learning.

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Amazon’s Halo tests the limits of personal privacy, and offers a glimpse of the future of health

GeekWire

“Find a well-lit area and try to avoid light from behind,” a voice from the app instructed me as it prepared to conduct a high-tech, 3D body scan. The band is comfortable to wear, and the programs in the app are useful. It also offers virtual and in-person healthcare services to employees through its Amazon Care program.

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How is artificial intelligence in surgery and healthcare changing our lives?

Dataconomy

Through a high-definition, 3D camera, the surgeon gains a visual perspective of the surgical site and employs hand and foot controls to guide the robotic arms, enabling meticulous and controlled movements during the procedure.

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CIO 100 Award winners prove the transformative value of IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Linda Gerull, CIO for the City and County of San Francisco, and her team used a combination of in-house software, open-source programming, and expert algorithms to create an RLA platform capable of automatically auditing thousands of votes on-demand to verify results.