New Courses Kick Off (FMD - Fondazione Mondo Digitale)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
(Source. FMD - Fondazione Mondo Digitale). From professional courses on 3D prototyping to labs introducing young children to technology in a fun and creative manner, building objects, characters and monsters with 3D printers and laser cutters. Here are the new courses coming to the Phyrtual Innovation Gym. Fusion 360 Modelling ... Young Makers Grow. 7-10 . 11-14 ... For further information ... The Java Revolution Female Carpentry Atari Punk Machine....

7 signs it's time to quit your job to become an entrepreneur

Edit Business Insider 14 Oct 2016
Todd VanSickle/AP. Entrepreneurship isn't easy. It's risky, it's stressful and the success rate for new businesses really isn’t all that encouraging. So, why do people become entrepreneurs?. Usually, it's because we find that simply working a job just isn't enough ... Related ... 1 ... I needed more ... 4 ... Steve Jobs could have spent years building video games for Atari, but he had a vision for making the personal computer accessible and engaging to all....

14/10/2016 Expert’s take: Why women must be at the heart of the humanitarian response in Haiti (UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
(Source. UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women). Date. 14 October 2016. About the author. UN Women Haiti/ Anna Konate. Anthony Ngororano is Programme Advisor and Head of the Africa Section at UN Women Headquarters and is currently serving as Representative a.i. UN Women Haiti ... UN Women Malawi ... Mr ... For example, 76 per cent of cash-for-work programmes in Za'atari refugee camp targeted men [4] ... (noodl....

Modal VR by the Founder of Atari | TWiT Bits

Edit Twit TV 13 Oct 2016
Russell Holly from VRHeads joins Jason Howell and Ron Richards to discuss the new Virtual Reality system called Modal VR. The company was created by Nolan Bushnell, who created the Atari back in the days of the Atari 2600. Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1618. Bandwidth for TWiT Bits is provided by CacheFly ... ....

Virtual reality for the masses: Atari founder launches Modal VR platform

Edit Digital Trends 13 Oct 2016
Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's founder Nolan Bushnell has launched Modal VR, an enterprise-oriented virtual reality platform that "can track multiple users in areas up to 900,000 square feet per instance.". The post Virtual reality for the masses. Atari founder launches Modal VR platform appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

Crunch Report | Baidu raises a $3 billion fund

Edit Crunch 13 Oct 2016
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell launches a virtual reality company, Baidu raises a $3 billion fund, BMW’s new motorcycle concept, Hyperloop transport system for cargo being built in the UAE and Facebook and Google are partnering to build a trans-Pacific cable. All this on Crunch Report ... ....

Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell takes on VR challenge with new company

Edit Shacknews 13 Oct 2016
Even Google has joined the fray. But while these contenders are vying for the personal user market, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell has started a company that is looking at an even bigger virtual picture ... Imagine using this in warehouses or even sports stadiums ... ....

Tech News Today 1618: Total Re-recall

Edit Twit TV 13 Oct 2016
Hosts. Jason Howell, Ron Richards. Guest. Russell Holly ... Samsung has adjusted its quarterly outlook in light of the Note 7 battery debacle, and it doesn't look good ... The creator of Atari has a new VR system that isn't meant for the consumer market, but could drive VR adoption at home ... ....

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Signs With WME

Edit Billboard 13 Oct 2016
Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA has signed with WME in all areas, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard have exclusively learned. He was previously at CAA ... [readmore.7511024] ... Vol ... He has contributed original music to several films, television shows and video games, and is partnering with Atari to record an album inspired by iconic sounds from the video game publisher's library. [readmore.7416404] ... > ....

We are on the cusp of the AI revolution

Edit China Daily 13 Oct 2016
Over the last 30 years, consumers have reaped the benefits of dramatic technological advances. In many countries, most people now have in their pockets a personal computer more powerful than the mainframes of the 1980s. The Atari 800XL computer that I developed games on when I was in high school was powered by a microprocessor with 3,500 transistors; the computer running on my iPhone today has 2 billion transistors ... Project Syndicate ....

Playstation VR: launch title round-up

Edit Empire 13 Oct 2016
After much sweaty-palmed excitement, Sony's Playstation VR has finally arrived and with it a flood of nascent virtual reality titles, all vying for your attention ... Batman. Arkham VR ... Not like this ... Read the full review ... Returning to the vector tanks of Atari’s 1980 classic, you tear around a series of neon wastelands in the humming cockpit of your tank, taking on a variety of missions, from shoot-and-kill to escorts to base capturing....

Za'atari House of Sports opened (UEFA - Union des Associations Européennes de Football)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
A major project financed by the UEFA Foundation for Children has reached fruition with the inauguration of the House of Sports at the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan ... 'I wholeheartedly thank the UEFA Foundation for Children for supporting the Asian Football Development Project's efforts for social change, and for keeping the spark of hope alive among children through football since the opening of the Za'atari refugee camp in 2012.'....
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