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HOW TO Use your Phone as a Webcam on your PC

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Have you ever wished you could find a way to look better on video conference calls (Zoom, etc.)?

There are are a number of things that can contribute to this, and one factor is to switch to a better camera.

Today I’ll be sharing how you can use your Android-based mobile phone as a Webcam on your PC.

The short answer is an old Android phone (Huawei Y6) is connected to my laptop (Predator Triton 300) via USB cable, and to turn it into a Webcam I use an app called Droidcam.

In fact, I liked it so much that I’m now using the Pro version called DroidcamX which unlocks HD mode.

If you want more details and know 3 things I like as well as 3 things I don’t like about it so that you can assess for yourself if using your phone as a Webcam on your PC will be worth-it, then read on.

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Virtual Reality and its Impact to the Future of Businesses

For today’s edition of #futurefridays let’s talk about Virtual Reality, and how it will change the Future of how Businesses operate today.

Have you ever been in a situation where you were trying to choose a resort to go to for your vacation, and you made your decision based on the pictures you saw?

What if there was a way to “try before you buy” by way of virtually immersing you into the resort, so you can experience what it’s like being there first-hand. Would that make your decision-making faster?

That’s what Virtual Reality can do for you. And it has many more use cases other than that.

Join me as we explore what Virtual Reality is and how it can be helpful in changing the way we do things within and around your business.

Let’s start with a video that defines what Immersive Technology like Virtual Reality is, and some examples of how it applies in the world today.

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Public Speaking is just Talking to One Person at a Time in front of Other People

For today’s #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to Deborah Torres-Patel for this piece of advice.

In a previous article I’ve talked about How to Instantly Overcome your Fear of Public Speaking. But Deborah’s advice sums this up entirely.

What she says is that this piece of advice is worth millions of dollars as it has been utilized by professional public speakers across the globe.

And that is:

“Public Speaking is just talking to one person at a time in front of other people.”

Let me give you a specific example based on my own personal experience.

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How AI Bots can beat Humans at Starcraft using Machine Learning (Use Case)

For #transformationtuesdays I’m sharing one of the most common use cases for Machine Learning that a lot of people who are young or young at heart can relate to – computer games.

For today’s example, it’s how AI Bots can be better than humans at playing Starcraft.

Why Starcraft? Because its complexity and the multitude of factors to consider that affect gameplay is closer to the number of factors a human brain considers in real life when making decisions, as compared to other games like Chess for example, where players take turns.

Why is this important? Because implementing Machine Learning Algorithms on games like Starcraft will allow us to learn more about how we can build better Bots that will be applicable to the real world.

Read on for more details and to see the actual use case.

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Artificial Intelligence Basics: What is Machine Learning?

It’s #futurefridays and today we’ll be talking about the basics of Artificial Intelligence.

Previously, I talked about Natural Language Processing, and before that, Computer Vision.

But today we’ll tackle another field of Artificial Intelligence called Machine Learning.

Wikipedia defines Machine Learning as:

Machine learning (ML) is the scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform a specific task without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead. It is seen as a subset of artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms build a mathematical model based on sample data, known as “training data”, in order to make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed to perform the task. Machine learning algorithms are used in a wide variety of applications, such as email filtering and computer vision, where it is difficult or infeasible to develop a conventional algorithm for effectively performing the task.

Let me show you some examples of how Machine Learning is being used in real-world scenarios.

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The Only 2 Things You Need to Supercharge Career Growth!

It’s #thankfulthursdays and I’d like to give gratitude to Nevitt Sanford for conceptualizing this.

It’s called the Challenge and Support Model, which, in a nutshell, What Sanford is saying is that you have to establish a balance between Challenge and Support to drive career growth not just for yourself, but for your team members, and even for your children.

Read on to see how it works.

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Why AI (Artificial Intelligence) is still considered “Primitive”

For #wisdomwendesdays I’ll be helping shed some light on the fears that have been brought about by the coming of Artificial Intelligence.

Though I’ve mentioned in one of my previous articles that:

“Though we all know that technology is continuously improving. But we shouldn’t put all our trust in it just yet. Yes, Google’s AI has nearly twice the IQ of Siri, but a 6-year-old child is still smarter than both. And even if it does improve further, 75% if customers, like you, still say that they would want to interact with a real person more as technology improves. child.”

I’d still like to talk about this a bit more, especially on why AI is still considered “Primitive.”

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Chat Bots Making Phone Calls on Your Behalf using NLP AI (Use Case)

For today’s #transformationtuesdays we’ll talk about an innovation in AI (Artificial Intelligence), particularly Natural Language Processing.

You know when there are big corporate bosses or entrepreneurs who get to delegate tasks to their Assistants such as booking dinner reservations, hair stylist appointments, and other tasks that would require the Assistant to contact other people to complete the task?

What if you had the power to do all that, without having the need to hire a living breathing Assistant, and all you have to do is command your mobile phone to do those kinds if tasks for you. Wouldn’t that be awesome?

Well that’s exactly what I’ll be showing you today.

You see, Google has been busy developing the next generation Google Assistant, where they have injected it with Google Duplex technology to give it the power to make Phone Calls on your behalf.

Some of you may already know this, but for those who aren’t aware of the existence this technology yet, I’ll share with you (1) The Demo when it was launched, so you know how it works, and (2) Where it is being applied now, and where it will be used next.

And for those who want to know what goes on inside these kinds of Chat Bots, and where Natural Language Processing and AI comes into play, then I’ll break down the bits and pieces for you so you’ll get a better understanding.

Let’s go!

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