Leap Motion with Windows

With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that’s possible with multi-touch inputs — without actually touching anything.

The Leap Motion Controller costs $ 79.99 and the company will start shipping on July 22nd.

Big Data, Data Science & Hadoop > May 2

Join us at the May 2 meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Business Intelligence User Group. Ofer Mendelevitch of Hortonworks will talk about the benefits of big data for data scientists, and how Hadoop and HDInsight fit into modern data architecture and enable data-driven products. Learn more

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Tom Warren:

Even with Microsoft’s own Windows 8 license figures, and market research estimates, it’s worth noting that these calculations are based on shipments. They do not reflect how many consumers have purchased these devices. Until Microsoft, or other researchers, provide a solid breakdown of sales, nobody outside of Redmond really knows exactly how Windows 8 is doing. For now, it looks like slow progress in a huge, risky bet that Microsoft is willing to stick at for a long time.

Big Data, Data Science, and Hadoop

May 2 at Microsoft in Mountain View - 6:30 pm

You’ll learn:

  • What “Data Science” and “Data Products” actually mean
  • The benefits of using big data for data scientists
  • How Hadoop helps data scientists work with big data
  • About HDInsight, the big data platform from Microsoft and Hortonworks

Learn more