IBM joins forces with IFTTT in the name of more intelligent services-- bringing the smarts of the Watson Assistant to the IFTTT ecosystem, bringing "a way to create entirely new connections for customers."
Watson Assistant was revealed just a month ago at the IBM Think 2018 Conference. Formerly known as Watson Conversation, it is the Big Blue take on the smart assistants made popular by the likes of Apple and Amazon. However, unlike Siri or Alexa, Watson Assistant does not reside in smartphones or speakers. Instead it is aimed at enterprise applications, powering custom-built virtual assistants. As such, it is already available in customised form for the automotive and hospitality industries.
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AirBoard is designed to solve the problem of meeting participants (especially remote participants) not being able to see the whiteboard unless seated within direct line of sight. Essentially it is a camera on an arm one can attach to any electronic whiteboard via included mounting kit. Since it uses PoE, only a single ethernet cable to the LAN is required for video, communication and power.
The company itself admits there is a lot of confusion surrounding the idea of the blockchain. In fact, the blog post detailing Blockchain Templates compares current discussion of the technology to "Shimmer Floor Wax," a "Saturday Night Live" sketch about a floor polish that is also a dessert topping. AWS describes the blockchain as having "lots of intriguing possibilities," be it as as "the foundation of a new monetary system" or as "a distributed ledger and immutable data source" one can apply to multiple use cases.
The RS-122 accommodates any 2 of 5 available swappable modules-- the MicroBox-1100A-E01 computer, the ARD-1006-A07-TX HDBaseT transmitter, the ARD-1006-A07-RX HDBaseT receiver, the ARD-1006-A31-TX AV Over IP transmitter and the ARD-1006-A31-RX AV Over IP receiver.
