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The Ultimate Coder Has Been Named - Final Results of Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Avril 22nd 20134
For 7 weeks we've seen 7 teams hack, code, build, and rebuild apps to leverage the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK using a convertible Ultrabook™. Our judges have taken time to review the work, have tested each ...
Crunch Time - Week 6 Ultimate Coder Recap!
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Avril 4th 20130
Our Challengers came back from GDC with almost no rest to post their second to last post of the challenge.  Yep, the Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual is about to wrap up.  Thus this week's posts show a bit of relief, some post ...
Early Perceptual Demos, Hard Decisions, and Hard Falls for Week 3 Ultimate Coder
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Mars 7th 20132
After just two weeks into the Ultimate Coder Challenge we are seeing some amazing early work, bordering science fiction like experiences. However some Challengers are realizing there is a difference between what they want ...
Big ideas meet cautionary advice in week 1 of Ultimate Coder Challenge
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Février 21st 20131
Week 1 of Ultimate Coder is behind us and it’s been another exciting start to the Ultimate Coder Challenge.  Challengers, for the first time, exposed their ideas and approaches ...
Going Perceptual - Introducing Our Ultimate Coder Challengers
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Janvier 31st 20132
Going Perceptual is the theme of the latest Ultimate Coder Challenge, where 7 teams will have the task to use the latest Ultrabook convertible hardware along with the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK ...
Soon... The Perceptual Conversion of 7 Ultimate Coders
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Janvier 28th 20131
It's about to begin, Intel's second Ultimate Coder Challenge. The work is planned and 7 amazing teams of developers have assembled to accepted the challenge, along with 4 anxiously awaiting Judges, who will review the work with us week to week.  If you missed the ...
FINALLY! Wireless HDMI to TV with Intel WiDi on Windows 8 Ultrabooks
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Janvier 27th 20130
 I've been using my 3rd generation Intel core powered Ultrabook and WIndows 8 for a few months and it's amazing, however one cool feature has been lacking; WiDi.   WiDi is a display technology that sends HDMI signal to an external display (like a TV) over WiFi. I had tried getting it going in ...
Remote Debugging Windows 8 Apps to Intel Tablets from Ultrabook or Laptop Host
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Janvier 2nd 20131
One of the first things I wanted to see when I got my new Intel Tablet was to test some of the apps I develop for my Ultrabook.  Initially I packaged the app, saved to a USB drive then, inserted that into my Tablet and installed.  However as I made minor tweeks and changes that solution was too ...
Adding sensor configurations to your Ultrabook and Tablet app
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Décembre 17th 20121
Windows 8 devices are certainly showing variety today. New convertible Ultrabooks and Intel tablets have screens that fold over, slide out or detach from the keyboard.  When you build an app, and send out to the market, you don't know if the user has one of these new devices, what type and or what ...
Intel Tablet: could it be the best tablet, PC, or overall experience?
By Bob Duffy (Intel)Posted Décembre 13th 20123
I'm on my 7th day using an Intel Tablet,  and with that I feel I have a pretty good idea of what it's good for and not, and I would like to put it in context to all the computing devices I use.  If you have followed me you know I'm not new to Windows* 8, nor am I new to tablets. To set the record ...

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