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I have been meaning to write about how the vBrownBag TechTalk videos get made. It has taken a few years to get everything together and the setup is still developing over time. We live stream and record video so that the presentation is available to people who cannot attend in person. I have found that Read more about How We Make vBrownBag TechTalk Video […] via Latest imported feed items on VMware Blogs https://ift.tt/2sgl1vc If New feed item from https://blogs.vmware.com/feed , then send me an email at kr

If it wasn't already apparent that Canada is becoming a major hub for AI research , it is now. Samsung has opened an AI Center (or Centre, for the Canadian crowd) in Toronto, and it's only the company's second big lab in North America -- the other is located near Google in Mountain View. The new location will help foster AI across a wide range of devices , ranging from self-driving cars to smart appliances . The Toronto team is led by Dr. Sven Dickinson, who formerly chaired the University of Toronto's Computer Science department and has expertise in object recognition. Samsung doesn't mince words about why it's setting up shop in Toronto instead of another North American city: it's all about the talent. Toronto is a hotbed for AI with companies like Google in the area, not to mention nearby universities (including those with existin...

vSphere Deployment is a 6 part series that will walk you through deploying and configuring the components of vSphere 6.5. Part 1: vSphere Deployment: Deploying ESXi 6.5 to a Host Part 2: vSphere Deployment: Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 (Coming Soon) Part 3: vSphere Deployment: Configuring an Cluster in vCenter 6.5 (Coming Soon) Part 4: […] via Latest imported feed items on VMware Blogs https://ift.tt/2GWfD4V If New feed item from https://blogs.vmware.com/feed , then send me an email at kr

Aurora and Manicouagan Crater from the Space Station How many of these can you find in today's featured photograph: an aurora, airglow, one of the oldest impact craters on the Earth, snow and ice, stars, city lights, and part of the International Space Station? Most of these can be identified by their distinctive colors. The aurora here appears green at the bottom, red at the top , and is visible across the left of image. Airglow appears orange and can be seen hovering over the curve of the Earth . The circular Manicouagan Crater in Canada , about 100 kilometers across and 200 million years old, is visible toward the lower right and is covered in white snow and ice. Stars , light in color, dot the dark background of space. City lights appear a bright yellow and dot the landscape. Finally, across the top, part of the International Space Station (ISS) appears mostly tan. The feat...

Medevac missions won't have to put more humans in danger if Tactical Robotics has its way. The Urban Aeronautics -owned firm has successfully completed its first "mission representative" demo of the Cormorant, an autonomous VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone that can pick up two casualties without requiring a crew. The only people directly involved are those loading the victims -- there's a video camera for talking to conscious patients, but the machine otherwise flies on its own. The vehicle is primarily intended for front line military support with a range of 20 miles, but it can fly reasonably quickly with speeds over 100MPH using its lone turboshaft engine and two adjustable rotors. It can even operate in stronger winds than a helicopter pilot could, according to the company. The drone isn't as glaring a target as you might think, e...

VW might not be the only German car maker that has to deal with a full-fledged diesel emissions scandal . To start, Germany has ordered Daimler to recall Mercedes-Benz Vito diesel vans for allegedly cheating on emissions tests limiting nitrogen oxide output. The company has met with officials and now has until June 15th to offer a solution. However, these may be just one part of a broader problem. Bild am Sonntag has claimed that investigators are probing not only 40,000 Vito fans for signs of emissions cheating, but 80,000 of Mercedes' mainstay C-Class sedans. While there's no certainty the C-Class will be subject to a similar recall, this hints that officials are concerned about Daimler's overall emissions approach, not just one model. There were allegations Daimler was conspiring with BMW and VW on diesel emissions hardware, but this doesn't ...

Just because Tesla is delivering some Model 3 units outside the US doesn't mean it's ready for a full-scale international rollout. Elon Musk has revealed that launches for left-hand drive Model 3 variants in Asia and Europe are now expected in the first half of 2019, or months later than the the second half of 2018 target it mentioned when production began last July. And if you live in the UK or other countries where right-hand drive is the norm, you may have to wait longer -- your Model 3 is "probably" arriving in the middle of 2019, Musk said. You may have seen this coming. Tesla has spent months overcoming production challenges , and it's only just getting to the point where its original end-of-2017 production goal (5,000 per week) is in sight . It likely wants to fulfill more of the backlog in its home market before venturing too far ab...

How will the people of tomorrow judge what we call advanced technology today? Artist Tim Easley explored that subject with a piece he created for the UK electronic dance music group Modified Man. Using plasticine clay, he created a highly detailed, fanciful circuit board measuring 20 by 20 inches (50 x 50 cm) for the cover of the duo's latest release, Modifications: Set 2 . Adam Scrimshire and Dave Koor, the pair behind Modified Man , create electronic music with jazz/funk/soul influences by marrying vintage instruments and live performance. "By surrounding themselves in tapes, synths, microphones and reverb boxes, they've sought not to wallow in nostalgia, but to grab some physical, real energy from solid objects," the album notes say. To capture that vibe for the album art, Easley created a sculpture that also marries the analog and ele...

If you watched Back to the Future over the holiday weekend and wished the flux capacitor was a real thing so you could travel through time, we have sorta good news. Scientists from Australia and Switzerland have proposed a real-life flux capacitor -- but you won't be able to travel back to a high school dance in the '50s with it. The device is a new type of electronic circulator, which can control the directional movement of microwave signals. The scientists, who published their research in Physical Review Letters, have proposed two different potential circuits -- one of them borrows the design of the three-pointed flux capacitor Doc Brown and Marty McFly used to travel to 1955 and 2015 in their DeLorean. The circulator, according to the Center for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (which was involved in the study), "uses the quantum tu...