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Augmented and virtual reality technologies provide new teaching opportunities

09/19/202309/18/2023 Sam Lambert

Teachers are using the metaverse to discover new ways to reach and inspire their students. Teachers have been using everything from calculators to computers to help enhance the education experience for their students, and now augmented and virtual reality tools are entering the classroom as well. Metaverse technologies including VR headsets and AR glasses can help inspire students to learn. Augmented and virtual reality can be combined into mixed reality technologies that combine components of the real world with those that are entirely digital, providing the user with an entirely…

QR code on water jugs help to ensure the contents are safe to drink

09/14/202309/13/2023 Sam Lambert

Two brothers from Chennai, India have developed a system to ensure the bottles contain clean water. A new QR code system developed by two brothers from Chennai, India can help people to know whether the jugs of water they purchase contain clean water, helping to avoid arriving home to discover that their water is dirty or cloudy. Many people in the area must fill large water jugs every day to provide their drinking supply. The tap water in the area is not clean enough to drink. Therefore, they purchase the…

Visa and FNBO partner to offer customers a better mobile wallet

09/05/202309/04/2023 Sam Lambert

First National Bank of Omaha and Visa have teamed up to create a digital payment experience customers will like. First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) and Visa have announced a new collaboration for the purpose of offering customers an improved mobile wallet experience. They announced that it offers instant account credential delivery to the user’s digital account. What makes this mobile wallet experience different is that it doesn’t require users to have to download an app. They will receive instant account credential delivery without needing to add anything to their…

Doctors in Jerusalem use augmented reality for robotic spinal surgery

08/29/202308/28/2023 Sam Lambert

Surgeons from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center used extensive tech for the complex procedure. Doctors from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) in Jerusalem used a combination of augmented reality and robotics to complete a complex spinal surgery on a 25-year-old man who was admitted to the emergency department following a serious injury during a workplace fall. The patient was diagnosed with a paralysis-risking unstable spinal fracture. The hospital’s trauma team diagnosed the patient and one of the hospital’s neurosurgeons, Dr. Cezar Mizrahi conducted an assessment and concluded that the…

NFC technology will be used by a Tour de France double winner this year

08/22/202308/21/2023 Sam Lambert

Tadej Pogačar will be using Avery Dennison near field communication tech throughout the race. This summer, as Tadej Pogačar takes aim at his third win of the Tour de France, his new DMT Pogi cycling shoes will be equipped with NFC technology, marking a first for the race. This new tech will provide the cyclist with a way to transmit “in case of emergency details” digitally. The double winner of the race will have NFC technology in his shoes that makes it possible to provide “in case of emergency” (ICE)…