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MIT’s Reality Editor Controls IoT Devices via Augmented Reality

MIT’s Reality Editor Controls IoT Devices via Augmented Reality

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Augmented reality has yet to find a foothold in widespread applications, but MIT has just released an AR app that allows you to control IoT devices.

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CastAR Raises Million for Augmented Gaming

CastAR Raises $15 Million for Augmented Gaming

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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Jeri Ellsworth talks about what CastAR will do with $15 million in new funding.

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The Future of Robotics and DIY Medical Technology

The Future of Robotics and DIY Medical Technology

By Jordan Bunker

Jordan Bunker

Technical Editor at Maker Media. Maker. Hacker. Artist. Sometimes Scientist. Pretengineer. Builder of things. Maker of stuff.

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At the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire, Carol Reiley spoke on the future of robots in our lives, in medical technology, and how our society might better shape the future of robotics. In her 15 years of experience as a computer scientist and roboticist, she has worked on various applications of robotics as they relate […]

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Movidius Raises M for Augmented Reality Venture

Movidius Raises $40M for Augmented Reality Venture

By George LeVines

George LeVines

George LeVines is a writer in Massachusetts

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Vision processing startup Movidius, which contributed computer vision technology to Google’s Project Tango development kit, announced a $40 million funding round this week, with Summit Bridge Capital leading the surge. “We are entering the Golden Age of accelerated computer vision,” said CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. Movidius’ work on Project Tango, a development kit that uses infrared and depth sensors […]

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Smart Cap Is A Fully Functional AR/VR Headset

Smart Cap Is A Fully Functional AR/VR Headset

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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An alternative to Google Glass costs just a fraction as much and has its own unique style.
The Smart Cap was designed around the Raspberry Pi SBC, USB camera and LCD with an external microphone for voice commands.

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