Why Upgrade to an Intel Core i7 Computer?
[](http://www.intel.com/consumer/game/desktop/index.htm)From my [previous blog](http://scoop.intel.com/2009/02/pc-gaming-is-about-your-online-community-experience.php), many of you now know that I’m...
View ArticleRock Star Yourself Facebook Contest
At Intel, we know that our Rock Stars are unique; just ask Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of the USB. You are unique too; and we want to know why you think you’re a rock star. Since we recently launched the...
View ArticleStarCraft II Takes Spotlight at Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge
StarCraft II, it’s all about StarCraft II. Here in the main gaming arena at Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge StarCraft II has taken center stage and has achieved an almost cult like following....
View ArticleWhat’s on Your Wish List This Holiday Season?
According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) 17th Annual CE Holiday Purchase Pattern Study, “consumer electronics will once again be the ‘hottest’ gifts, both to give and to receive, this...
View ArticleGames and Smart phones: The future of education?
I’m here at SXSW Interactive and attending as many Education sessions as I can. From the discussions that are underway, it makes me think that games and smart phones may be the future of education...
View ArticleComputer Help Needed: What has you cussing or curious?
I don’t know about you, but when I first started using a computer I had a few learning curves to navigate. There were so many frustrating times. I do confess to slapping it upside the monitor or...
View ArticleWhy RealSense is REALLY Important
So, I’ll start with a confession: I’m a geek. I mean really a geek. Like “I can cite Pi to 9 digits but I have no idea how many innings there are, in a football game” Geek. I’m also a gamer, big time....
View ArticleCould New Gaming Titles Unite eSports Fans?
The genre-bending competitive games releasing in the next year have the potential to bring the usually divided fan bases of eSports together. Many see eSports as the next $1 billion sport, but getting...
View ArticlePokémon Go Proves Augmented Reality is as Fun as VR
Pokémon Go uses augmented reality to mix real and virtual world gameplay with characters so cute players can’t wait to catch them all. Every technology needs a killer app and augmented reality (AR) now...
View ArticleCitizen Scientists and AI Help Save the Whales
Conservationists use data collecting technologies and artificial intelligence to turn whale watching into scientific research, gathering photos of whale encounters from citizen scientists to help...
View ArticleDrones Answer the Call of Duty for Silicon Valley Firefighters
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District in California’s Silicon Valley is making drones an essential tool for first responders. Imagine a siren-screaming, red fire truck filled with first responders...
View ArticleResearchers Deploy Test Drones to Track Arctic Polar Bears
A unique pilot project uses drone technology to help track declining polar bear populations in the Arctic. Svalbard, Norway is a rugged archipelago dotting the Arctic Ocean, halfway between Norway and...
View ArticleExploring the Virtual World of Sansar
Linden Lab’s Sansar, a new VR-enabled online community, gives content creators powerful tools to unleash immersive, dreamlike digital worlds. In Second Life, a vast online digital world, users create...
View ArticleLatin America Heats Up Indie Gaming
New releases like Dandara and UnderHero are establishing Latin America as a hotspot for indie game development. Known as a Brazilian legend, Dandara was a capoeira martial arts warrior queen with a...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Virtual Reality
Academy Award-winning creative developer Johannes Saam explains what is and isn’t VR. The proliferation of new virtual reality (VR) technologies and immersive experiences is happening so fast that many...
View ArticleA New VR Experience Explores the Pale Blue Dot
Following the success of her VR debut, Fistful of Stars, creative powerhouse Eliza McNitt is preparing audiences for a new trip to the cosmos in Pale Blue Dot. Eliza McNitt’s first experience with...
View Article100-Year-Old Man Experiences Virtual Reality
Centenarian Lyle Becker’s first experience with VR gives a glimpse into how the technology can help seniors virtually explore the world. Technology can change a lot in 100 years. Just ask Lyle Becker....
View ArticleMapping the Mind with Artificial Intelligence
Princeton University neuroscientists joined forces with Intel computer scientists to map the human mind in real time, developing the next generation in brain imaging analysis. In a lab at the Princeton...
View ArticleAutonomous Cars Spark an Evolution in Interior Car Design
On the autobahn to autonomous cars, experts from BMW, Carnegie Mellon University and Intel examine how autonomous cars are sparking innovation in interior car design, and helping drive a $7 trillion...
View ArticleCan Artificial Intelligence Help with Heavy Lifting?
Startup StrongArm Technologies uses wearable sensors, data analytics and machine learning to digitize workplace ergonomics, and manufacturers at GE put the injury prevention tech to the test. Anyone...
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