George Lucas was a pioneer in creating realistic universes and renewing special effects techniques. It is not just about visual spectacle, but about creating a universe in which the story is the key but accompanied by striking images.
For the first film in the 1970s (now Star Wars Episode IV), there was no visual technology to ensure the desired level of realism. In addition to wire-driven dolls, the solution was to assemble model aircraft to unique designs, while special effects were achieved with matte paint, camera trickery and an overall focus on empty space to make it deep and haunting.
In “The Empire Strikes Back”(V), a moving camera was innovated to achieve images per minute as there are many sequences in space, combining large-scale models with the visual experience in camera.
The film “Rogue One” stands out for its state-of-the-art digital technology special effects and one of the most well-known was how old shots were interspersed with those of this new episode, creating the effect that the plot occurred in a different time than the previous stories, but reminding, at the same time, that the film was heir to the previous saga.
Finally, The Mandalorian series stands out for its visual spectacle, with large landscapes that look real thanks to the new LED technology, 50% of the series was filmed using background images that were projected on giant screens with a 270º curvature, which allowed to surround the actors or the scene.
To achieve maximum detail, the images were projected through 7 computers and, for the integration of all possible shots, the powerful graphics engine Unreal Engine 4 was used.
Nubeprint, with 5 registered patents, has also evolved over the last decade, always at the forefront of technological advances. In 2010 it pioneered the first MPS solution in the cloud, including algorithms and dynamic filters a year later; since 2014 it has been using its A.I. engine for the optimization of MPS management, implemented every year; in 2017 it developed its specific Machine Learning for MPS and, since 2018, the first and only DCA integrated in a smartphone application, which allows monitoring the printer through the mobile app and creates the alert when the load of any cartridge is low, guaranteeing its replacement before it runs out.
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Printing is one of the pillars on which any business is built. Print experts implement new hardware and adapt the functionalities to the changing needs of the company, with printer and network security being the first major challenge they face.
Making print resources available to employees is being approached in different ways, all of which complement each other. The one preferred by the efficiency consultant is to distribute resources so that those positions that need them have a printer or multifunctional at home. This is the most efficient solution in the medium and long term. Although it requires the acquisition of smaller equipment than the usual company equipment and its use will be individual, its benefits range from an increase in productivity to a greater dedication of the employee as he/she perceives that the company invests in him/her. In addition, print costs are kept under control thanks to monitoring and MPS services.
But often a distributed solution does not cover all needs and it is necessary to maintain printing equipment in the offices. This is not only for professionals who continue to work from the office, but also to meet the needs of teleworkers who for whatever reason cannot or do not justify having an individual printer or need to print large volumes on an ad hoc basis. Giving remote access to any business computer is a potential danger in terms of network security, but it is an unavoidable risk that must be taken. Creating a secure remote printing or mobile printing environment is no different, and this functionality is essential to support the exponential growth of hybrid work and meet some of the needs of the growing number of teleworkers.
A secure environment includes options such as using the company’s VPN connection or cloud-based printing. This solution is ideal for IT departments, but printing over Windows opens TCP ports and creates vulnerabilities. Cloud-based printing, on the other hand, leaves the operation in the hands of a third party.
But even when printing is distributed and the equipment is installed on home networks, it is imperative not to relax security. This starts with limiting risks. Some MPS solutions require installation on the PC and use ports that allow them to manage printers remotely. These installations are preferred by hackers for security breaches. The Nubeprint managed print services solution is undoubtedly the most secure by design. Since its first cloud solution in 2010, Nubeprint uses A.I. and Big Data to ensure a secure environment based on two pillars:
1. Security in network and data protection, complying with up to seven security directives. These include HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), the Federal Information Security Management Act and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation of the EC).
2. Security against cyber-attacks, since Nubeprint is not intrusive and does not leave access ports open unnecessarily.
Source: theimagingchannel.com/post-covid-mps-challenges/ Nubeprint.com
Nicholas Negroponte is the founder and director of the MIT Media Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Design and New Media Lab), where he has been a professor since 1966, and is considered one of the fathers of the Digital Age. Some of his contributions are:
1. In the 1960s, Negroponte and his team installed a camera in a truck to draw maps based on images, an analogous technique used today by Google Maps.
2. In 1984, he anticipated that we would replace the mouse with our fingers.
3. In 1995 he anticipated that we would buy books and newspapers over the Internet, without the need for paper.
4. He also stated that thanks to the IoT (Internet of Things) in household appliances, these will recognize for whom they are cooking and will do it to your liking.
But the Professor does not limit himself to accurate predictions. In 2005, he presented his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to combat the digital gap and is actively involved in projects to put satellites into orbit to provide coverage to underprivileged areas, especially in Africa.
Finally, he also reflects on our near future, noting that technology and connectivity will enable a collective social intelligence capable of solving problems, from military intelligence to the most mundane.
The implementation of technological advances for printer fleet management in MPS has turned Nubeprint into a benchmark, from its first MPS solution in the Cloud in 2010 to, more recently, its first DCA integrated in an app for smartphones (IOS and Android), unique in the market. Its A.I. engine and Machine Learning (ML) developed specifically for MPS enable the optimisation of the printer management.
Throughout history, from the invention of the wheel to microchips, what has come after has been a consequence of previous progress.
In the same way, the present will be the key to tomorrow, together with the small advances of everyday life. We must bet on other exponentials with a vision of the future, capable of transforming the world we know to make it fairer and more sustainable.
Technology is the key to efficient access to resources such as energy and water, and although important advances have been made, we must improve efficiency when exploiting them.
In addition to the exponential technological leaps we need to make, the advances that already exist are practical examples of how to improve our quality of life and create the foundations for what is to come: digitalization, design and sustainability drive industry through progress.
It is up to us to prepare the best possible future where current technological advances, together with a broad vision of the exponential leaps to be made, enable the efficient use of resources and the improvement of our ecosystem.
Nubeprint applies new technologies to make them practical and useful, minimizing the printer user’s effort and optimizing resources, safeguarding their pocket and natural resources. Thanks to its Machine Learning and A.I. engine developed for MPS, the system detects when a consumable is low and alerts in time to replace it with a new one at the right moment, minimizing waste and avoiding the proliferation of waste.
SOURCE: retinatendencias.com / Nubeprint.com
In 1998, movies like “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” showed us how to save the Earth from a comet or asteroid impact. The DART mission seeks a solution to the danger posed by the impact of an asteroid against our planet, which science fiction has already shown us.
Four systems are in charge of measuring the DART program:
1. A probe was released from the spacecraft ten days earlier equipped with two cameras that recorded the entire process.
2. The spacecraft’s optical guidance system sent images back to Earth until it disintegrated. It took 38 seconds for the images to reach us!
3. The study of the plume generated by the impact will be used to analyze the structure and composition of the asteroid.
4. A network of telescopes has checked the changes in Dimorpho’s orbit.
So far, almost all the asteroids larger than one kilometer in diameter and capable of causing a catastrophe similar to the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, are known. Only 40% of the bodies of 140 meters or more, which can annihilate an entire city, have been discovered.
Thanks to the Big Data collected by the probe, the U.S. plans to launch into space in 2026 a telescope with infrared vision that will make a catalog of these asteroids; the success of DART is not so much having deflected the asteroid, but the huge amount of data that has been collected. And just as important as the data is its processing. This will allow great advances in the years to come. Human beings have just taken their first step towards a future planetary protection system.
Nubeprint, thanks to its ability to collect data on the status of all types of printers through a network of probes installed in cell phones, Smart TV, Chromebook, PCs or servers among others, monitors printers and tracks the trajectory of all its consumables, avoiding the ravages of the printer running out of ink, Mission accomplished!
SOURCE: elpais.com/ciencia / lavanguardia.com/cultura / elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud / Nubeprint.com
Before long, voice assistants will be overtaken by the Internet of Things(IoT) and Artificial Intelligence(A.I.). Smart homes will learn the habits of their inhabitants and anticipate their needs; robots will participate in cleaning or cooking and there will be sensors that will read our emotions.
Thanks to Big Data, homes will become intelligent spaces where all devices are integrated. Technological advances will reach such a point that A.I. assistants will manage homes, learning about their residents and coordinating all their devices.
As A.I. and IoT develop in our homes, keeping us safe will be vital and we will invest in surveillance and security. Every device connected to the internet will be a potential target for hackers, so we must protect our devices and all sensitive and private information.
Finally, connected devices in every home have a collective potential, which is to integrate into a larger smart community. It will be possible in this way to detect a risk in one of the houses, alerting the other homes and acting in time. Technology based on A.I. and IoT will protect people.
But as futuristic as all this sounds, it is something that is already being done. For example, in the printing industry, the cell phone monitors the printing equipment and a central server that receives the data, analyzes it and decides how much stock should be kept to ensure supply to customers, when is the best time to ship cartridges and even automatically groups shipments when it identifies that the customer will need multiple consumables in the near future. Nubeprint, with 5 registered patents, offers a managed MPS solution with algorithms and dynamic filters, in 2013, we developed the first A.I. engine for MPS and, since 2017, it has a Machine Learning (ML) developed specifically for MPS, this machine learning is a subcategory of artificial intelligence through which the system develops pattern recognition or the ability to learn continuously, with predictions based on Big Data, after which it makes the necessary adjustments without having been specifically programmed for it.
SOURCE: thedecorativesurfaces.com / Nubeprint.com
Subscription models already existed, but in a more traditional format, such as paid-for newspapers. It soon spread to other sectors with catalog sales. It began in the 1920s in the U.S. for customers in rural areas and those who wanted to shop from home. With the spread of the telephone and the use of credit cards, new “distance models” appeared which, years later, would lead to the birth of teleshopping.
Today we have the Marketplace (example: Amazon), on-demand service sales (example: Glovo) and automated subscription models (example: in printing we find multiple examples implemented by resellers, all using Nubeprint technology), which allow users a wide range of possibilities thanks to an intelligent use of technology. Their expansion has been so rapid that by 2023, 75% of companies will offer some kind of subscription.
What does subscription consist of?
It involves selling products, services or content to customers on a recurring basis in exchange for periodic fee payments. As a result, it increases the company’s revenue on a regular and predictable basis and builds customer loyalty through services.
What are the benefits of subscription?
1. Provides value to the customer – Depending on the type of subscription, the added value is different. Translated to the world of printing, it can be something as simple as sending an alert to the customer’s cell phone when a cartridge is low, to something as comprehensive as taking care of all the printer’s needs, including automatic delivery of cartridges and paper, detecting printer technical incidents and repairing them, replacing the printer when needs change, and maintaining a circular economy dynamic that makes the printing activity neutral and 100% sustainable.
2. Recurring sales.
3. Customer loyalty: customer contact is maintained.
4. Cross-selling or upselling: by maintaining contact with the customer, new needs are identified and consequently sales opportunities are created.
5. better stock forecasting: monitoring technology applied to a subscription-based model makes it possible to anticipate needs to the point of being able to increase sales without the need for stock.
6. Low marginal cost that allows scalable models: the market offers technologies to create your own subscription-based sales service with free access to monitoring agents such as the Nubeprint app available on the App Store and Play Store.
Clearly, there are many variables and the model continues to evolve. Almost everything is now available on a subscription basis. We are even starting to see new companies for whom this format is the basis of their business. The goal is always the same: to build customer loyalty in order to sell not on the basis of the best price, but on the basis of a healthy balance between perceived value and fair price.
Nubeprint is a pioneer in offering IT resellers the tools for their own subscription-based sales service.
SOURCE: paradigmadigital.com / Nubeprint
Analyzing B2C market sales worldwide, the first place in the ranking is held by China with 44% of incidence. For its part, the Latin American eCommerce market reached a retail sales value of $80.5 billion in 2021. E-Commerce in Spain had a turnover of 57.7 billion euros in 2021 and the penetration of online shopping grew to 78% of internet users aged 16 to 70. The hybrid eCommerce + physical store channel is the ideal combination requested by users, so stores without an online portal must implement it now, or risk disappearing.
Convenience, offer and price are still the determining factors for purchase. But trust continues to play an important role in the decision to buy online (74%), and this is achieved by maintaining the relationship with the customer even after the sale has been made.
According to users themselves, the opinions of experts and friends/family are the most influential in their final purchase decision (75%). Marketplaces (Amazon, for example) continue to be the reference for online portals among users: 6 out of 10 buyers go directly to these sites. Regarding after-sales behavior, almost 7 out of 10 online shoppers have left their shopping cart half-finished at some point, either to think it over or because there were hidden costs (shipping costs, insurance or VAT). 12% of online shoppers want to receive their order within 24 hours at the latest and 48% within 2 days at the latest.
If all eCommerce sites were the same, the customer would choose the one offering the best price 9 times out of 10, so it is critical to offer services that the customer values. For example, once the customer has purchased their printer, they just want to print and don’t want the purchase of replacement cartridges to be a hassle, which is why one of the most successful services is automatic cartridge replacement. Amazon solves this problem by inviting the customer to subscribe to a service whereby they will receive a new cartridge automatically at a frequency of their choice. Cartridge resellers can however go even further in their offer of an automatic refill service. In effect, your customer, from his own cell phone and with the help of the universal Nubeprint app, activates the service he has purchased on the eCommerce page together with the printer or cartridge. In doing so, the customer’s printer monitoring is activated and the eCommerce, which is connected to the app, is able to automatically generate the cartridge replacement order based on the level displayed by the printer becoming low. The result is an outstanding customer experience after their purchase in the eCommerce: they control on their cell phone the status of their printer, the real durability of the cartridges they receive automatically from the reseller, and, in case of any technical incident, they can contact the reseller from the Nubeprint app on their cell phone.
Nubeprint offers its Personal Shopper product, a plug-in that connects the e-commerce platform with Nubeprint’s monitoring ecosystem. As a result, the customer shopping on the eCommerce portal can subscribe to this service and automatically have the eCommerce portal generate an order for a consumable when the printer will need it.
SOURCE: ecommercercerentable.es / aqui.madrid.com / qapla.it.es / es.statista.com / nubeprint.com
Today, providing security goes beyond traditional surveillance: technological advances and data collection have enabled the creation of new services. Thanks to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and advanced analytics systems, security companies give added value to customers when it comes to protecting their interests. In addition to guarding people and facilities, protection seeks business continuity, whether at the logistical or energy efficiency level, for example. All variables are protected so that companies do not see their day-to-day operations interrupted: from the environmental conditions of a warehouse to the remote monitoring of machines on a production line.
The proliferation of hybrid environments and the digital transformation of businesses increase the risk of cyber-attacks. Protecting digital assets and their physical media is vital for any company, so the prevention of this potential risk is constantly evolving.
Due to climate change, security is evolving towards protecting our ecosystem, from forest fires to extreme storms. Companies specializing in fire protection offer new services to prevent and avoid damage as much as possible. In our globalized world, the pandemic has demonstrated the contagiousness of certain risks, which generate effects of all kinds (health, economic and social) and also affect safety. Prevention systems try to identify them in order to minimize their impact.
Nubeprint also uses artificial intelligence and Big Data to monitor its printers and respect the circular economy, all in a secure environment based on 4 pillars:
1st Security in the protection of its data, complying with a wide range of security directives.
2nd Security against cyber-attacks, since Nubeprint is not intrusive and does not leave access ports open unnecessarily.
3rd Monitoring of consumables and technical alerts, ensuring timely replenishment and immediate notification of any incident.
4th Protection of the circular economy, with A.I. applied to the optimization of resources and reducing waste, committed to sustainable printing.
The International Space Station has enabled the installation of powerful antennas that pick up all kinds of signals, however weak and distant they may be, as well as having an orbit that covers almost the entire surface of the Earth twice a day. ICARUS has its own Internet of Things (IoT) system: the animals carry small transmitters that send data to the Space Station, which is then collected and sent to a station on Earth for Big Data.
These transmitters carry a solar panel, a battery and a sensor, in addition to being compatible with the animal. They can store 500 MB and the access to the data is done from the Cloud, being recyclable and with a useful life that exceeds beyond that of the animal. Using GPS, acceleration is also measured and environmental conditions are recorded.
The project plays a decisive role in the study of climate change, monitoring what environmental changes the movements of species respond to. Natural disasters can also be predicted, as many animals behave differently hours before they occur; worldwide, 900 animal species already have mini-transmitters implanted for the global Big Data. Thanks to an App that anyone can install on their smartphone, interested parties can follow a bird, feline or fish as it migrates and is tracked in real time.
Nubeprint monitors any brand and type of printer (inkjet, laser, large format, label and 3D), allowing distributors to manage fleets in and track consumables to prevent any from going missing and check their performance.
The Nubeprint App for smartphone allows you to monitor the printer via mobile, ideal for the teleworker or home customer, alerting them when they need to change a cartridge before it runs out: the printer will always be ready, with no last-minute unpleasantness, and the cartridges are tracked to ensure they are managed within the circular economy.
SOURCE: dw.com/ muycomputerpro.com/ linkedin.com / Nubeprint
