MakerBot Shows Off Latest 3D Printers, Materials; Listnr Wants to Be 'Your Listening Assistant'

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Featured Video MakerBot Shows Off Latest 3D Printers, Materials One of the best-known makers of desktop 3D printers, MakerBot announced last month that its products will be able to print objects using composite materials that combine plastic with wood, metal or stone. Timothy Lord caught up with the MakerBot VP of Product Anthony Moschella in a cramped demo closet at CES to get the scoop on materials, timelines, and what the company is doing to try to salvage its open-source cred. ==================================================================== Want the Power of IBM's Watson in Your Apps? In the first of three Techbyte videos, learn the concepts of cognitive computing, IBM Watson, and IBM's Platform-as-a-Service, Bluemix. This is no longer just a machine that won on Jeopardy, but a powerful cognitive Cloud platform. Learn what's different about this technology and how you can power your own application with Watson. ===================================================================== Additional Features Listnr Wants to Be 'Your Listening Assistant' Is There an IP Webcam That Lets You Control the Output? Female-Run Companies Are Often More Successful ==================================================================== Build a Cognitive Q&A App This video gives you a deep dive into Watson's Question and Answer service available on IBM Bluemix. The step-by-step demonstration will give developers a foundational application that will take question inputs and receive back a JSON response from Watson that includes answers, confidence, and source. Using this service will allow developers to build applications that users can interact with Watson through explicit Q&A that will open the door to intelligent applications that can ask questions on their users' behalf setting up interesting opportunities when combined with other services available on Bluemix. ===================================================================== Follow Slashdot on Twitter and on Facebook.     You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as samuel.goulder@gmail.com   To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-47675@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.