| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Google takes on the conference room with Chromebox for meetings (Sean Buckley, Engadget) | | | via InAVate | | | Been trying to figure out just what you'd do with a Chromebox? Google has an idea: build a new video conferencing system. At least that's what Google VP of Product Management Caesar Sengupta announced in Mountain View this morning. It's called Chromebox for meetings and, well, it's a Chromebox bundle designed to outfit meeting rooms with a robust, easy-to-use meeting solution powered by the Google Cloud. More»
Why This Matters: This is a pretty extensive look at this $999 cloud-based "enterprise class" videoconferencing idea from Google. Here's more from Ars Technica. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | A holodeck video game designed to train soldiers | | | by Allen McDuffee, Wired Danger Room | | | Last week, the Army Contracting Command issued a Sources Sought notice for companies interested in demonstrating "mature technologies" for military training. Northrop Grumman thinks its Virtual Immersive Portable Environment (VIPE) Holodeck just may be the answer. More»
Why This Matters: Commercial, off-the-shelf hardware combined with gaming technology delivers a 360 degree immersive training system provides users with a high-fidelity immersive environment. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Beep wants to take on Sonos by bringing HTML5 apps to your speakers | | | by Janko Roettgers, GigaOm | | | The whole-home audio market just got one more competitor: San Francisco-based consumer electronics startup Beep officially unveiled its first hardware product Thursday. The device, simply called Beep as well, is an audio adapter that turns any stereo system into a set of connected speakers capable of streaming music from the cloud. Combine multiple units in your house, and your music will automatically play synchronized. More »
Why This Matters: This is interesting in terms of industrial design (clickwheel interface) and infrastructure (HTML5 based). It's also interesting as a business plan since the creators (former members of the Google Android team) want to be at the forefront of standards-based whole house audio and eventually work with speaker manufacturers to integrate their apps (and maybe their hardware) into speakers. It's residential-focused, but it's possible to see how HTML5 apps could be practical for some commercial applications. And I like the way the clickwheel looks (who knows how it feels). –Cynthia Wisehart |
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