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Vladimir Antonov

BMW Vision Next 100 shows future of BMW - Business Insider - 1 views

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shared by Vladimir Antonov on 10 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • body of the concept car is designed to maximize aerodynamic efficiency and is constructed primarily out of recycled materials
  • BMW has also eliminated to wood and leather from the its interiors to promote sustainable manufacturing.
  • The BMW design study also incorporates full autonomous and manual driving modes, called "Ease" and "Boost" modes.
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  • In Ease mode, the car is fully autonomous, and the driver the able to sit back let the machine do the driving.
  • Boost mode affords the driver the opportunity to push the performance boundaries of the BMW at his or own pleasure. It's the traditional BMW driving experience. 
  • future of automobiles will be built upon four pillars
  • Artificial intelligence and intuitive technology
  • future cars will be able to learn, think and interact in a more human-like manner. 
  • future technology will be seamlessly integrated into the usage experience in way that the driver may not even know he or she is interacting with technology
  • According to BMW, the development of carbon fiber and composite parts along with new manufacturing techniques like 4D printing may render old-fashioned pressed steel obsolete.
  • mobility will remain an emotional experience
  • BMWs will remain driver focused
  • Features such as autonomous drive are key because they keep the brand at the forefront technological development. But they may threaten the driver-centric, pleasure-of-driving ethos BMW has built for itself over the past 100 years
  • Vladimir Antonov on 10 Mar 16
     
    1. BMW probably won't be exist in 100 years from now :) 2. Those cars will be on our roads much much sooner 
alexbelov

Microsoft is bringing bots to Skype - and everywhere else | TechCrunch - 0 views

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shared by alexbelov on 05 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Microsoft’s own virtual assistant Cortana, aim to help pave the way for the future of communication, productivity, and interactions with businesses and brands.
  • In Skype, the company showed off rich Cortana integration which put the assistant directly into the app where she could help users do things like identify the persons, places and things in your messages, underline them, and then display more info in a card-like interface when clicked.
  • She is also able to help you perform a variety of tasks, like adding items to your calendar, booking travel or hotel rooms, or even pre-populating conversations to friends with text.
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  • The bots’ integration in Skype is rolling out today on Windows, iOS and Android as a preview.
  • The company launched the first-ever Skype Bot SDK, which lets brands, businesses and other third parties create their own bots that can work on Skype, seamlessly integrating into users’ chats. These aren’t just text bots, as many of the SMS-based virtual assistance startups we’ve seen so far – Skype bots can introduce both audio and video experiences
  • The company is also launching a bot directory, giving us a brief peek at a few bots it had created itself.
  • Bots “represent a huge opportunity to write new types of applications,” Nadella told developers
  • alexbelov on 05 Apr 16
     
    Microsoft jumps bots bandwagon by introducing bots ecosystem in skype, which includes bot development kit, bot framework and bot directory.
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