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Google joins the VR war, invests in light field cinematic reality company Magic Leap
2014-10-14 15:17:59| Extremetech
Google is getting into virtual reality. It was only a matter of time: With Google still looking for The Next Big Thing -- and Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR, Sony's Project Morpheus, and many other companies and startups taking a fresh look at VR over the last couple of years -- it was forced to finally wade in. The target of Google's affection is a startup called Magic Leap, a secretive company that is developing some kind of 'cinematic reality' headset, which uses a 'digital light field' to project ultra-realistic images into your eyeballs.
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Pentagon: global warming will change how US military trains & goes to war
2014-10-14 00:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Global warming is changing the way the US trains for and goes to war affecting war games, weapons systems, training exercises, and military installations according to the Pentagon. The defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, will tell a high-level meeting of military leaders on Monday that the Pentagon is undertaking sweeping changes to operation systems and installations to keep up with a growing threat of rising seas, droughts, and natural disasters caused by climate change. A changing climate...
EMCORE photovoltaics deal followed a dramatic bidding war
2014-10-11 03:43:19| Apparel - Topix.net
New SEC documents say EMCORE CEO Hong Hou could get an estimated $2.3 million in cash and equity at the closing of the sale of the company's photovoltaics unit. Though many of the details of the $150 million deal for EMCORE's photovoltaics division have been disclosed, a new preliminary proxy statement provides a few more clues as to the reasons behind the sale.
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Samsung CIO Wages War Against Apple, IBM And BlackBerry In Enterprise Mobility
2014-10-10 01:50:21| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Since its value-add in offering a strong ecosystem and best-in-class security may be limited, Samsung may compete on price. When it comes to profits, Samsung Electronics is thirsty ... desert thirsty.
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Allentown firm supplies barbed wire for allies in World War I - Almanac Oct. 2, 2014
2014-10-03 14:58:12| Steel - Topix.net
In 2013 : Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for coverage using new health insurance exchanges 100 years ago today: World War wire: "When people read of the barb wire entanglements of the battlefields of Europe, or of the entanglements charged with electricity for the confinement of prisoners of war, few of them know that the wire was made in Allentown. When the war broke out the Allentown wire mill, which is a part of the United States Steel Corporation, shut down suddenly, throwing out of work thousands of skilled workers.
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