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Tiny Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses Post–Google Glass, a new alliance says it has the winning tech When Google Glass debuted almost a decade ago, augmented reality (AR) wearables seemed poised to take off. Smart glasses let users surf the Internet; access maps, calendars, and other apps; and even call up recipes. Users could simultaneously interact with [...]

2021-09-02T18:44:16+00:00September 2nd, 2021|ISTO Blog|

Recognizing Three Program Milestones: OpenCAPI, Zhaga and PWG

ISTO would like to formally congratulate the following programs for their continued success and efforts to develop technologies that remain current/relevant in today’s world. OpenCAPI Consortium – Cheers to 5 Years The OpenCAPI Consortium continues making great strides in releasing specifications.  The Consortium released four new specifications and four new engineering notes in addition to two updated specifications.  All these documents [...]

2023-12-19T18:30:19+00:00August 9th, 2021|ISTO Blog|

How Keyboard Shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste Became Standards

Contributed by Bill Narin, Global Business Development, IEEE-ISTO Hundreds of millions—perhaps billions—of users around the world have the keystrokes command/control x, c, and v encoded in their muscle memories to perform cut, copy and paste operations. How did this happen? The nearly universal adoption of today’s cut, copy and paste keyboard shortcuts is the result of a combination of breakthrough innovations [...]

2021-07-06T14:07:43+00:00June 28th, 2021|ISTO Blog|

There are Standards…and There are Standards

Contributed by Bill Rubin, Senior Manager ISTO   The benefit of standards for developing products and processes across industries is well understood.  Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_standard) defines a Technical Standard  as an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and practices. Standards have become critical over time because they provide significant [...]

2021-05-13T20:05:25+00:00May 13th, 2021|ISTO Blog|

Hybrid Meetings that Work: Tips for Your Successful Event

by Michelle Hunt, Director, Alliance Management Operations, ISTO  Industry events that combine LIVE and digital components for in-person and remote audiences are what we now call the “Hybrid Meeting” or “Hybrid Event.” And while Hybrid events were conceived in direct response to travel restrictions during a worldwide pandemic, with the advancement of streaming and digital meeting technologies and the flexibility they [...]

2021-04-14T18:27:08+00:00April 14th, 2021|ISTO Blog|
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