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The AR Hub

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

While I’ve only recently joined the AR conversation, Ori at Games Alfresco, and Rouli at Augmented Times, have been promoting AR for the last year.  Rouli announced this week they will be combining forces to help create a central clearinghouse for … Continue reading →

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AR for Industry

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Today I had a nice phone conferance with Thomas and Jan from Metaio.  Jan is the author of the Augmented Reality Blog.  Jan had contacted me after reading my writeup about the use of AR in manufacturing based on a Microsoft … Continue reading →

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More Philosophy for Entrepreneurs

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Tim Ferriss on his popular Four Hour Work Week blog, had an interested guest post about the practical use of philosophy in business from Ryan Holiday.  Ryan focuses on the branch of philosophy called Stoicism.  I’m not going to further dissect his … Continue reading →

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Viva La Kindle2 Revolution

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The Kindle2 is not revolutionary for the reasons you think. It’s sleek, stylish and has more features than you can shake a stick at. It allows for fast book downloads so you can start reading it before you’ve had your margarita … Continue reading →

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The Brain-Computer Interface

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Aspirin stocks up.  Logitech stocks down.  My carpal tunnel can’t wait for mind controlled computers, but I’ll probably only trade my Logitech mouse for a headache.  Today scientists at the Honda Research Institute unveiled a robot controlled by thought alone. In … Continue reading →

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Can AR Help Manufacturing?

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I found this interesting video from Microsoft about how AR could be used in a manufacturing environment, and specifically in the car business.  Currently, I am a Manager of Quality and Engineering at a Toyota facility here in the US, … Continue reading →

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AR Talk

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

If you’re in Toronto on April 20th, and you own a business.  You should stop by and see Thomas Purves.  Based on his blog, I’d say he has some interesting things to say about the direction of Augmented Reality and … Continue reading →

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Contest: Machines That Know

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

A few weeks ago I made a post about Machines That Know.  Then I made a couple of follow up posts about the good and bad aspects of these technologies working in concert.  I think it is important for society to think ahead … Continue reading →

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Machines That Know: 10 Bad Things

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Today I’m going to take a look at the flip side of “Machines That Know“.  What are the bad unintended consequences of having machines that can recognize objects, people and emotions? The assumptions for the technology will be the same … Continue reading →

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ISMAR Calling

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The Clash aren’t calling for AR papers, but ISMAR, the leading event for augmented reality research is. I found this interesting tidbit over at The Augmented Blog, a great site for AR related news.  It will definitely be on my … Continue reading →

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