Danes so v ZD Ljubljana predstavili platformo Awake, ki je namenjena simulacijam nujnih medicinskih stanj s pomočjo obogatene resničnosti. Gre za plod domačega razvoja in pri projektu so sodelovali ZD Ljubljana in podjetja 3fs, Iryo in Microsoft Slovenija. Platforma je namenjena zdravstvenim delavcem, prav tako pa tudi širši javnosti, ki se bo s pomočjo obogatene resničnosti lahko spoznala z različimi medicinskimi stanji in znala ob njih tudi pravilno ukrepati.

• #DSdriver – Citroen DS5 – Andraž Logar in Boštjan Lukša – 3fs in Matic Bitenc – Toshl
• Damian Merlak kupil propadajoče hotele v Bohinju in bo vlagal v Bohinj / končno pozitivna zgodba za Bohinj?
• Nekaj je gnilega v deželi Sloveniji / Sebastien Abramov in primer odrezane roke in vpogled v kartoteko Milojke Kolar Celarc

Za izhodišče so vzeli primer anafilaktičnega šoka, ki zahteva pravilno reakcijo reševalcev in neredko se morajo reševalci s takšnimi primeri soočiti prvič. Seveda je reševanje odvisno od izkušenosti posameznih reševalcev, sedaj pa bodo imeli možnost, da s pomočjo obogatene resničnosti te stvari tudi “trenirajo na suho”.

Pri teh simulacijah bodo lahko poskrbeli za realno stanje (kar pri lutkah ni bilo mogoče doseči) in mu dodajali različne faktorje, ki lahko vplivajo na sam potek reševanja – prav tako pa bodo preko obogatene resničnosti lahko reševalci opazovali kaj se dogaja s samim telesom v različnih časovnih fazah.

Glede na to, da je ta možnost simulacije prostorsko neodvisna, bodo lahko na ta način izobraževali reševalce po celi Sloveniji. V prvi fazi so pripravili primer anafilaktičnega šoka, nadaljujevali pa bodo še z različnimi stanji, kot so septični šok, infarkt in oživljanje.

V bistvu se mi zdi tole en čudovit primer kako lahko tehnologija pomaga pri precej zapletenih procesih, ki jih moramo sprejeti in razumeti. V končni fazi lahko s pomočjo obogatene resničnosti in HoloLensa približamo veliko takšnih in drugačnih stvari tudi nam – laični javnosti.

Držim pesti, da se bo tale domača inovacija (ki je bila financirana z lastnimi sredstvi) prijela in da jo bodo začeli uporabljati tudi preko naših meja. Možnosti uporabe so neomejene! Bravo 3fs!

Objava Awake / platforma za simulacije nujnih medicinskih stanj s pomočjo obogatene resničnosti / 3fs, Iryo, ZD Ljubljana, HoloLens originalno objavljena na had blog.

Lani septembra je Microsoft kupil blagovno znamko Nokia za skoraj 8 milijard dolarjev. Sedaj ukinja znamko Nokia in jo spreminja v Microsoft Lumia. Vsaj tako so objavili na Facebook profilu Nokia France. Naslednji koraki so preusmeritve URL naslovov, ki so do sedaj kazali na Nokia na Microsoft Lumia, kar se med drugim tudi že dogaja.

Lani sem ob informaciji o nakupu Microsofta med drugim zapisal:

Danes, ko je jasno, da je Microsoft kupil Nokio zaradi vsega znanja, patentov in tudi biznisa (razvoja), ki ga še vedno “furajo”, se mi zastavlja vprašanje, če to pomeni konec Nokie? Namreč ravno to se je zgodilo z veliko storitvami, ali produkti, katere je Microsoft pred leti kupil in so čez čas končali na smetišču zgodovine – podobno, kot se dogaja pri Googlu in njihovimi nakupi podjetij, ki bi jim lahko nekoč postala konkurenca.

Razumem, da se hoče Microsoft pozicionirati na trgu kot podjetje za storitve in naprave in kot takšnemu mu je “crknjen paradi konj mobilne telefonije” padel v naročje kot naročen. Vprašanje je le, kaj se bo zgodilo sedaj s tem – bo Microsoft nase prenesel vse patente in ljudi, ki jih potrebuje in potem začel s svojo manufakturo telefonov, ali pa bo dejansko razvijal produkte na podlagi Nokie.

Sedaj so stvari bolj jasne. Spletno mesto http://www.nokia.com/ je že od sredine septembra brendirano z Microsoftom, prav tako pa tudi ni nikjer več govora o Windows Phone, ki je bil nekoč brand ime Microsofta na področju mobilne telefonije. Sedaj je to vse skupaj postalo Microsoft Lumia.

Dodatne informacije o spremembi branda Nokia v Microsoft Lumia:

• Microsoft will replace its Nokia brand with ‘Microsoft Lumia’
• Microsoft is killing the Nokia and Windows Phone brands

Objava Microsoft spreminja znamko Nokia v Microsoft Lumia originalno objavljena na had blog.

Včeraj je svet interneta presenetila novica, da je Microsoft plačal za podjetje Mojang, ki je ustvarilo igrico Minecraft. Nakup je vreden 2.500.000.000 dolarjev (jeap, 2,5 milijardi zelencev). Na začetku leta je imela igrica registriranih preko 100.000.000 igralcev. V podjetju so kot razlog za prodajo zapisali:

As you might already know, Notch is the creator of Minecraft and the majority shareholder at Mojang. He’s decided that he doesn’t want the responsibility of owning a company of such global significance. Over the past few years he’s made attempts to work on smaller projects, but the pressure of owning Minecraft became too much for him to handle. The only option was to sell Mojang. He’ll continue to do cool stuff though. Don’t worry about that.

Vendar je tudi Markus “Notch” Persson zapisal svoje vzroke, zakaj se je odločil za prodajo (vir) – It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.

I’m leaving Mojang

I don’t see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it’s fun, and because I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world. Minecraft certainly became a huge hit, and people are telling me it’s changed games. I never meant for it to do either. It’s certainly flattering, and to gradually get thrust into some kind of public spotlight is interesting.

A relatively long time ago, I decided to step down from Minecraft development. Jens was the perfect person to take over leading it, and I wanted to try to do new things. At first, I failed by trying to make something big again, but since I decided to just stick to small prototypes and interesting challenges, I’ve had so much fun with work. I wasn’t exactly sure how I fit into Mojang where people did actual work, but since people said I was important for the culture, I stayed.

I was at home with a bad cold a couple of weeks ago when the internet exploded with hate against me over some kind of EULA situation that I had nothing to do with. I was confused. I didn’t understand. I tweeted this in frustration. Later on, I watched the This is Phil Fish video on YouTube and started to realize I didn’t have the connection to my fans I thought I had. I’ve become a symbol. I don’t want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I don’t understand, that I don’t want to work on, that keeps coming back to me. I’m not an entrepreneur. I’m not a CEO. I’m a nerdy computer programmer who likes to have opinions on Twitter.

As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments. If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately.

Considering the public image of me already is a bit skewed, I don’t expect to get away from negative comments by doing this, but at least now I won’t feel a responsibility to read them.

I’m aware this goes against a lot of what I’ve said in public. I have no good response to that. I’m also aware a lot of you were using me as a symbol of some perceived struggle. I’m not. I’m a person, and I’m right there struggling with you.

I love you. All of you. Thank you for turning Minecraft into what it has become, but there are too many of you, and I can’t be responsible for something this big. In one sense, it belongs to Microsoft now. In a much bigger sense, it’s belonged to all of you for a long time, and that will never change.

It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.

Objava Microsoft kupil Mojang / Minecraft – Markus “Notch” Persson napiše pismo originalno objavljena na had blog.

Microsoftov operacijski sistem Windows Xp je star 13 let. Javnosti je bil predstavljen leta 2001 in je bil nadomestilo za Windows 2000. Windows XP je bil v svojem obdobju najbolj pogost operacijski sistem na svetu – zlata doba Microsofta, ko je v operacijski sistem “stlačil” tudi Internet Explorer 6, Outlook Express 6, Windows Messenger in MSN Explorer. Windows XP je bil precej dober operacijski sistem, kljub temu, da zadnja leta nisem imel stika z njimi in to je bil moj zadnji Microsoftov OS, ki sem ga uporabljal na svojem PC računalniku.

Zakaj torej pišem o nečem iz preteklosti? Ker je še vedno zelo veliko uporabnikov Windows XP v svetu in tudi pri nas, vendar se je Microsoft odločil, da ukinja podporo za ta sistem:

On April 8, 2014, support and updates for Windows XP will no longer be available. Don’t let your PC go unprotected.

Vendar nikar ne zaženite panike! Vaš računalnik bo še vedno delovalo, ne bo prišlo do apokalipse, kjer bi se vsi računalniki, na katerih je nameščen Windows XP med seboj povezali in naredili škodo vsemu in vsem. Niti ne bo danes prišlo do izpada električne energije, ker v elektrarnah še vedno uporabljajo XP-je, vlaki bodo še vedno vozili in vi boste še vedno lahko pošiljali elektronsko pošto, “pokali” prijatelje na Facebooku in si v miru ogledovalo pornografijo na spletu.

Če koga zanima več o tem, kaj se bo dejansko zgodilo danes – tukaj so informacije:

Microsoft has provided support for Windows XP for the past 12 years. But now the time has come for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources toward supporting more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences.

If you continue to use Windows XP after support ends, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Also, as more software and hardware manufacturers continue to optimize for more recent versions of Windows, you can expect to encounter greater numbers of apps and devices that do not work with Windows XP.

Zbogom in hvala za vse hrošče Windows XP – bilo je zabavno!

Objava Windows XP – Microsoft ukinja podporo za operacijski sistem originalno objavljena na had blog.

Današnja osrednja novica na internetih je, da je Microsoft kupil podjetje Nokia za skoraj 8 milijard dolarjev. Ta poteza je bila že dlje časa pričakovana, vendar se ni vedelo, kdo bo tisti, ki bo upal kupiti nekoč paradnega konja. Zgodba podjetja Nokia je zanimiva – še pred petimi leti, preden so na trg prišli pametni telefoni, so bili najmočnejši igralec na trgu. In imeli so produkte, ki so bili vredni svojega imena. Pa vendar je bila Nokia še veliko več kot zgolj mobilni telefon.

Za mlajše Nokia 3310, za poslovneže Nokia 6310i, za dame Nokia 8810 (upam, da je prava številka). Nokia je imela velik nabor zanimivih telefonov, vendar ko se odločili, da bodo razvili svoj “operacijski sistem” – Maemo (če se prav spomnim), pa so se njihovi načrti podrli. In takrat se je začela njihova kalvarija – ki je niso mogli več spremeniti, kljub temu da so iskali zavezništvo pri Microsoftu in dali na trg telefon z MS operacijskim sistemom.

Danes, ko je jasno, da je Microsoft kupil Nokio zaradi vsega znanja, patentov in tudi biznisa (razvoja), ki ga še vedno “furajo”, se mi zastavlja vprašanje, če to pomeni konec Nokie? Namreč ravno to se je zgodilo z veliko storitvami, ali produkti, katere je Microsoft pred leti kupil in so čez čas končali na smetišču zgodovine – podobno, kot se dogaja pri Googlu in njihovimi nakupi podjetij, ki bi jim lahko nekoč postala konkurenca. Razumem, da se hoče Microsoft pozicionirati na trgu kot podjetje za storitve in naprave in kot takšnemu mu je “crknjen paradi konj mobilne telefonije” padel v naročje kot naročen.
Vprašanje je le, kaj se bo zgodilo sedaj s tem – bo Microsoft nase prenesel vse patente in ljudi, ki jih potrebuje in potem začel s svojo manufakturo telefonov, ali pa bo dejansko razvijal produkte na podlagi Nokie.

Če se pred leti ne bi Nokia odločila, da gre v korak s časom in šla na pot pametnih telefonov in bi ostala pri tistem, kar je najbolj znala, dvomim, da bi se ji sedaj zgodilo kaj takšnega. Namreč EMEA trgi so vseeno precej zanimivi in število uporabnikov mobilne telefonije pri njih ni zanemarljivo. In v večini primerov se uporablja zgolj klic in SMS – pri tem je bila Nokia definitivno najboljša!

Še par povezav:

• Microsoft To Buy Nokia’s Mobile Business For $5B, License Patents For $2.2B
• Microsoft reaches $7.2B deal for Nokia handset business
• Microsoft Gets Nokia Units, and Leader

Pismo, ki ga je Steve Ballmer poslal svojim zaposlenim:

From: Steve Ballmer
To: MS FTEs
Date: Sep. 2, 8:00 PM PDT (Sep. 3, 6:00 AM EET)
Subject: Accelerating Growth

We announced some exciting news today: We have entered into an agreement to purchase Nokia’s Devices & Services business, which includes their smartphone and mobile phone businesses, their award-winning design team, manufacturing and assembly facilities around the world, and teams devoted to operations, sales, marketing and support.

For Microsoft, this is a bold step into the future and the next big phase of the transformation we announced on July 11.

We are very excited about the proposal to bring the best mobile device efforts of Microsoft and Nokia together. Our Windows Phone partnership over the past two and half years has yielded incredible work – the stunning Lumia 1020 is a great example. Our partnership has also yielded incredible growth. In fact, Nokia Windows Phones are the fastest-growing phones in the smartphone market.

Now is the time to build on this momentum and accelerate our share and profits in phones. Clearly, greater success with phones will strengthen the overall opportunity for us and our partners to deliver on our strategy to create a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most. 

We have laid out Microsoft’s strategic rationale for this transaction in a presentation that I encourage you to read.

This is a smart acquisition for Microsoft, and a good deal for both companies. We are receiving incredible talent, technology and IP. We’ve all seen the amazing work that Nokia and Microsoft have done together. 

Given our long partnership with Nokia and the many key Nokia leaders that are joining Microsoft, we expect a smooth transition and great execution. 

As is always the case with an acquisition, the first priority is to keep driving through close, which we expect in the first quarter of 2014, following approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals, and other closing conditions. 

But I also know people will have some questions about what happens post-close. While details aren’t final, here is what we know, and how we’re generally approaching integration:

1. Stephen Elop will be coming back to Microsoft, and he will lead an expanded Devices team, which includes all of our current Devices and Studios work and most of the teams coming over from Nokia, reporting to me.

2. Julie Larson-Green will continue to run the Devices and Studios team, and will be focused on the big launches this fall including Xbox One and our Surface enhancements. Julie will be joining Stephen’s team once the acquisition closes, and will work with him to shape the new organization.

3. As part of the acquisition, a number of key engineering leaders will be joining Microsoft from Nokia, reporting to Stephen in his new capacity:

· Jo Harlow, who will continue to lead the Smart Devices team

· Timo Toikkanen, who will continue to lead the Mobile Phones team

· Stefan Pannenbecker, who will lead Design

· Juha Putkiranta, who will lead the integration effort on Nokia’s behalf

4. Regarding the sales team, we plan to keep the Nokia field team, led by Chris Weber, intact and as the nexus of the devices sales effort, so that we can continue to build sales momentum. After the deal closes, Chris and his team will be placed under Kevin Turner. We will develop a single integrated team that is selling to operators, and there may be other integration opportunities that we can pursue. Kevin will work with Chris Weber and Chris Capossela to make those plans.

5. Our operating system team under Terry Myerson will continue unchanged, with a mission of supporting both first-party and third-party hardware innovation. We are committed to working with partners, helping them build great products and great businesses on our platform, and we believe this deal will increase our partner value proposition over time. The established rhythms and ways of working between Terry and his team and the incoming Nokia team will serve us well to ensure that we do not disrupt our building momentum.

6. We are planning to integrate all global marketing under Tami Reller and Mark Penn. It is very important that we pursue a unified brand and advertising strategy as soon as possible.

7. Finance, Legal, HR, Communications, DX / Evangelism, Customer Care and Business Development will integrate functionally at Microsoft. Sourcing, customer logistics and supply chain will be part of Stephen’s Devices organization. ICM / IT will also integrate functionally for traditional IT roles. We will need to work through the implications for factory systems given the differing manufacturing processes and systems at both Nokia and Microsoft.

8. We plan to pursue a single set of supporting services for our devices, and we will figure out how to combine the great Nokia efforts into our Microsoft services as we go through the integration process.

9. There are no significant plans to shift where work is done in the world as we integrate, so we expect the Nokia teams to stay largely in place, geographically.

10. Tom Gibbons will lead the integration work for Microsoft.

While today’s announcement is big news, we have to stay heavily focused on running the current business. We have a huge fall and holiday season ahead of us, so we need to execute flawlessly and continue to drive our business forward. I have no doubt we will.

Steve

Objava Microsoft kupil podjetje Nokia – vzpon in padec originalno objavljena na had blog.

Microsoft je, po 25 letih, spremenil svoj logo. Še vedno so ohranili Segoe font za napis Microsoft, vendar so precej spremenili svoj simbol, ki je postal sedaj veliko bolj času primeren. Prav tako so ohranili barve – rdečo, zeleno, modro in oranžno. In kljub temu, da je bilo danes na Twitterju precej komentarjev, da je logotip podoben Googleovem, to ne drži povsem. Namreč Microsoft je te barve izbral že daljnega leta 1992 in jim ostal zvest vse do današnjih dni.

In če sem iskren – men se ta simbol zdi precej sodoben, kot tudi primeren za korporacijo, kot je Microsoft!

Par tvitov na to temo:

Meet new #Microsoft logo: bit.ly/PIURaQ.

— Enis Sahinovic (@sahinovic) August 23, 2012

New Boxy @microsoftlogo looks boring to me.Your thoughts? bit.ly/OXdtzV #microsoft

— DelectablyChic (@DelectablyChic) August 23, 2012

Objava Microsoft predstavil nov logo originalno objavljena na had blog.

Danes je Steve Ballmer, izvršni direktor Microsofta, na konferenci v New Yorku predstavil devet telefonov znamk Samsung, HTC, LG in Dell, na katerih bodo tekli Windowsi. Windows Phone – model Motorola sem pred časom že videl – na žalost se nisem smel igrati z njim, kajti lastnik se je precej bal za svojo službo. Vendar stvar je bila zanimiva tudi za ljubitelja/vernika Apple iPhona.

Danes so se pojavili oglasi za Microsoft Windows Phone, ki so precej kul in me zanima, če se bo s tem izdelkom Microsoft približal Appleu? No, to dvomim, kajne!?

Season of the Witch: New Windows Phone Ad

Really: New Windows Phone Ad

Windows Phone 7 Device Lineup

Objava Microsoft Windows Phone 7 – oglasi so kul, kakšen bo telefon, pa bomo še videli originalno objavljena na had blog.

Včeraj je bil uradni začetek nove online igre – Monopoly City Streets. Vendar je bilo vsako upanje, da bi jo lahko začel igrati zaman. Namreč preko 1.7 milijona obiskovalcev je imelo podobne namene in vse skupaj se je sesulo.

Ko sem zjutraj ob 4. uri poskusil kupiti karkoli, je bilo vse že razprodano – Miami, New York, Bled, Portorož..

In potem iščem alternative in kraje, ki bi bili nekoč lahko zanimivi! Kaj pa ti? Že igraš Monopoly City Streets? Če me kdo želi dodati – nick had!

Objava Monopoly City Streets – nova online igra originalno objavljena na had blog.

Nokia se podaja v vode kjer je nekoč že bila z modelom Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, vendar ni bilo ravno veliko uspeha. Novost, Nokia Booklet 3G, ki je bila predstavljena pred parimi dnevi, obeta precej več:

teža: 1,25 kg
operacijski sistem: Microsoft Windows
avtonomija baterije: 12 ur!
zaslon: 10 inčni
povezovanje: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G/HSPA

Cena naj bi bila nekje okoli 600€ -+ in prenosnik naj bi bil namenjen potovanjem. Definitivno je tole zanimiva zadeva, vendar “se govori” da naj bi Apple 4. septembra na keynotu predstavil svoj Apple Tablet.

Nokia Booklet 3G (not an Apple Netbook clone)

Objava Nokia Booklet 3G Video originalno objavljena na had blog.

Microsoft Slovenija organizira fotografsko tekmovanje za vse fotografske navdušence, ki so rojeni po 1. januarju 1991 na temo pokrajinska fotografija Slovenije!?!

Microsoft, zakaj hudiča mora biti v tem primeru starostna omejitev? Šalabajzerji!

Za tiste, ki jih fotografski natečaj zanima: vsak prijavljeni lahko tekmuje z največ 3 fotografijami, fotografija ne sme presegati ločljivosti 1024 točk na daljši stranici in velikosti 500 KB – ne sprejemajo sestavljenih fotografij in digitalnih ilustracij. Fotografije morajo biti na temo pokrajine v Sloveniji.
Več informacij in kako se naloži fotografije: Pustite svoj pečat na prihodnosti!

Evo, ti dve fotografiji bi jaz poslal (klik nanju)

Objava Fotografski natečaja na temo pokrajinske fotografije Slovenije – Windows 7 originalno objavljena na had blog.