The songs began when Garrett Weyenberg was 2 and would climb onto a piano bench and make up little tunes, each an ode to things like snowmen or peaches. By ages 5 and 6, he was composing full, intricate songs, sometimes scooting his entire body along the piano to play multiple octaves. (more…)
IBM Interactive Experience Expanding Global Network with First Studio in Middle East
Dubai, UAE – 17 Feb 2016: IBM has announced the launch of IBM Studio – Dubai, a new center of experience design and digital expertise to help clients transform. The Studio extends the footprint of IBM Interactive Experience, blending experience design with the full spectrum of business transformation capabilities, from industry and strategy consulting through systems integration. The IBM Studio – Dubai was inaugurated by His Excellency Abdulla Abdul Rahman Al Shaibani, Secretary General of the Executive Council of Dubai. (more…)
Informatiker der Universität Tübingen erschaffen interaktives Sozialgefüge, das auf dem beliebten Jump-‘n’-Run-Spiel basiert
Wissenschaftler des Projekts „Mario Al“ der Universität Tübingen haben die Videospielfiguren Mario, Luigi, Yoshi und Toad in einer eigens entwickelten Software mit sozialen Fähigkeiten ausgestattet. Dabei haben sich die Forscher des Lehrstuhls für Kognitive Modelle unter der Leitung von Professor Martin V. Butz an Erkenntnissen aus den Kognitionswissenschaften über die Grundlagen des menschlichen Denkens und Handelns orientiert. Mit der Software gehen die Wissenschaftler bei dem diesjährigen Videowettbewerb der Konferenz der Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) am 12. bis 17. Februar an den Start.
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When Microsoft released the Kinect system for playing Xbox video games about five years ago, it attracted the interest of an unlikely source: the healthcare company Novartis. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas at Austin is launching “Thrive at UT,” a mobile application geared toward enhancing the well-being and success of its students. The application will help students practice and incorporate behaviors into their daily lives that support academic success and timely graduation including bouncing back from failure, maintaining social connections and having a positive self-image. (more…)
In 2015, starfish, octopus, crabs and other Pacific Ocean life stumbled upon a temporary addition to the seafloor, more than half a mile from the shoreline: a 38,000-pound container. But in the ocean, 10 feet by 7 feet is quite small. The shrimp exploring the seafloor made more noise than the datacenter inside the container, which consumed computing power equivalent to 300 desktop PCs. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — Has this ever happened to you: You think you hear your cell phone ring or ping, or feel it vibrate, but then look to find no call or message? (more…)
Shop Direct Taps IBM Cloud to enable £50m Financial Services ‘Personalisation Programme’ to Accelerate Digital Transformation
LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y. – 27 Jan 2016: IBM today announced it has signed an agreement as part of a £50 million Personalisation Programme with Shop Direct to redesign the retailer’s financial services platform that will be hosted and managed through IBM’s hybrid cloud. The new platform will provide Shop Direct customers with a wide range of innovative, personalized financial services products to help make the retailers world famous brands even more affordable to customers. (more…)
