When they let the marketing guy test drive systems from an Intel demo lab one of the things my non-engineer’s eye can gauge is intuitive design. There is no “unboxing” because the device (PC, tablet, etc.) has long since been unboxed. There’s no owner’s manual or other documentation, so I naturally come to any [...] Read more
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde An assistant English professor, an engineering professor, and a literary luminary don’t walk into a bar. Being self-professed geeks, they instead have a discussion before an intimate gathering of scholars and fans. The punchline to this non-joke is [...] Read more
It would have been hard to miss Intel at PAX Prime (Seattle, August 31-September 2), one of the largest gaming festivals in the US, with exhibit locations on the 3rd, 4th, and 6th floors. Hands-on demos of Intel-based technology included desktop and mobile systems, boards, solid state drives (SSDs), all-in-one PCs (AIOs), and Ultrabooks. Intel-sponsored PAX Freeplay PCs featured nearly 30 new games. [...] Read more
Skyscrapers are built, the sun rises and falls, flowers open … and it happens in seconds, using time-lapse photography. Maybe you’ve looked at sublime time-lapse films like this, seen digital content creator contests like Intel Momentary Lapse, and think “that’s not me, that’s the province of enthusiasts and pros. I don’t have that special hardware/software [...] Read more
The 11-year wait is over. Last night Intel and select PC makers supported Blizzard’s successful midnight launch of Diablo(R) III in Irvine, CA. Diablo III is the most pre-ordered game ever on Amazon* (per International Business Times*) and today’s news reports cite continued overwhelming demand. Intel helped Blizzard bring Diablo III to life via the [...] Read more
TweetWhat is the effect of elevation on heart rate and blood pressure? What are the energy savings of fiber optics? Can cockroaches learn? You might be smarter than a fifth grader, but the hundreds of Elementary Division (5th and 6th grades) tackled some meaty questions this week at the 2012 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair [...] Read more
“The grandchild is more important than the child.” So goes a Southern Asia expression that asks you to take the long view of your place in the world. As envisioned in today’s sci-fi, the future can look rather bleak for those grandchildren. I thought of it especially this weekend as I both saw “The Hunger [...] Read more
As attributed to Freud, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. When it comes to the future of data as explored by Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson, and Intel General Manager Compute Continuum Peter Biddle, sometimes a fire hydrant signifies more than a fire hydrant. CES 2012 is over, the major news stories filed (see [...] Read more
Since you’rve found your way to Inside Scoop you’re probably already social media savvy. This blog post is not necessarily for you, but maybe a friend, family member, someone you wished embraced social media more. I recently found myself on two instances defending the value of social media to professionals outside Intel: One a sales [...] Read more
#1 Intel Extreme Masters arrives with a lot of momentum behind it at New York Comic Con tonight. Fresh from a successful Global Challenge Guangzhou, Global Challenge New York will have many of the best professional gamers in the world competing in Counter-Strike, League of Legends and StarCraft 2 for a total of $93,000 in [...] Read more
In the Intel store here at work, they sell a PC skin: We don’t watch sci-fi movies. We live them. As Intel employees (“Sponsors of Tomorrow“), we are privileged to see amazing things happen with Intel architecture every day, but we’re not alone in living the sci-fi life. Intel futurist Brian David Johnson knows science [...] Read more
“Butts in seats” is car salesperson lingo for customer test drives. Translation: You as a customer can do all the research in the world and go kick tires in a dealer lot, but it’s when you get behind the wheel (when your butt is in the car seat) that the light bulb of understanding truly [...] Read more
Can you turn out a brilliant sci-fi short story, script, or comic in one week? If you haven’t started, that’s how much time you have to meet the submission deadline for the Tomorrow Project Seattle. Brings to mind what the silver age creators at Marvel Comics called the “Dreaded Deadline Doom.” Submissions are due by [...] Read more
Corporate visions for the future require the “impersonal logic” cited by Andy Grove in his book, “Only the Paranoid Survive.” It was this impersonal logic that allowed Intel to recognize an inflection point and shift its core business to microprocessors. Today, Intel futurists envision a compute continuum where computing exists in literally everything, from cars [...] Read more
I was among Norwescon’s nearly SRO audience during this weekend’s question and answer panel on The Tomorrow Project Seattle. Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson and Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Enginee… Read more
I’m a ComicCon legacy, been there more times I can count (still have the con’s Chris Bachalo Sandman t-shirt from 1995). But I’ve never been to a sci-fi convention. So I’m excited to hit Norwescon, Seattle in a few hours. Beside… Read more
