The Intel Joule module will be featured in the upcoming season of America’s Greatest Makers.
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The company is aiming at encouraging aspiring makers, hobby developers and established enterprises to explore the IoT space, but analysts have said that the modules may be prohibitively expensive.
According to Intel’s official website, the Joule module allows businesses to exponentially increase the speed of taking mere concepts into production while at the same time significantly decreasing the overall costs and expenses associated with production.
It appears that Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is stepping up its game in the Internet of Things (IoT) segment.
Giving a renewed push to its dream of making it big in the world of virtual reality, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT), Intel has announced several projects during its ongoing three-day Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco this week.
The tiny module, which Intel claimed is around the size of a chocolate bar, has wireless connectivity, a RealSense camera, a battery, and a shed load of sensors including an accelerometer and even a self-contained PC running Ubuntu Linux and Robot OS.
The first of two Intel Joule models is available now and will begin shipping in September through Intel resellers. Intel’s Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform for easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino programmers can instruct their board to take certain action based on a set of instructions. Raspberry Pi 3 is the most popular enthusiast board for turning ideas into prototypes.
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Intel ain’t finished with RealSense yet, and also demonstrated a new Joule microprocessor that can hook up to the depth-sensing cameras to power products such as smart glasses and, er, helmets. Intel Joule will serve as platform for developing RealSense based technology devices.
