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In a surprise move, Microsoft revealed today that it has renamed its Beam game streaming service to Mixer. And it’s adding new features, including co-streaming, mobile device support, and more.
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In addition to its Beam broadcasting capabilities, the Xbox One Creators Update also provides a standalone Beam app for finding and enjoying other game broadcasts.
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Microsoft has announced today that they are acquiring Beam, a game streaming service that will be joining the Xbox organization.
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One of the takeaway ideas that we got from BEAM robotics was the idea that the machine itself, rather than tons of processing power, can do a lot. Your hand affords gripping, and humans have made a pretty good living out of manipulating things (he says, typing). None of this is about the brain; it’s all about the mechanism.
Which brings us to the one-motor “Runner” robot. We’ll admit that we were a little bit disappointed to see that it doesn’t run so much as hop, flop, or scoot along on the two legs and that front wheel-nose. Still, it’s …read more
We’ve heard reports that internet connectivity in Australia can be an iffy proposition, and [deandob] seems to back that up. At the limit of a decent DSL connection and on the fringe of LTE, [deandob] decided to optimize the wireless connection with this homebrew Yagi antenna.
Officially known as the Yagi-Uda after its two Japanese inventors from the 1920s, but generally shortened to the name of its less involved but quicker to patent inventor, the Yagi is an antenna that provides high gain in one direction. That a homebrew antenna was even necessary at all is due to [deandob]’s ISP …read more
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