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What You Need to Know About Intel’s New Joule System

Sometimes people don’t understand what the Intel corporation does for the computing community. We know it’s a huge corporation and are accustomed to seeing their logo sticker on our laptops. “Powered by Intel” seems like the slogan to every best buy commercial. But what does Intel actually do? The company makes the processors for your computer, which is basically a mechanism that gives the basic instructions to the computer on what to do. But Intel has a new goal: they are putting their efforts towards make technology suitable for developers. They’ve announced the Joule and it’s pretty spectacular.

What is It?
The Joule is basically a technology board for developers that’s tiny in size (about as wide as a quarter). Don’t worry, though. What this board lacks in size, it makes up in power. The Joule is able to run Intel’s RealSense, which is basically a camera system similar to the camera system on Xbox Kinnect. It’s aimed to help out the developers who want to use the technology to innovate in fields such as robotics, virtual reality, the Internet of Things (IoT), and other augmented reality concepts.

How Does it Work?
The board is important because it allows innovators to design and prototype their concept quickly and inexpensively. The board contains a lot of memory and storage as well as a 4K video capture and display, varied high-speed physical interfaces, and lots of OS support. By purchasing a Joule, you will also have access to the kits that come along with it. There are two different versions to choose from: one kit is 550x, with a 1.56Hz quad-core Atom with 8GB of storage, while the other is 570x with 16GB of storage.

Who Can Buy it?
Don’t think you have to be a billionaire tech wizard for the Joule to be worth your while. The point of the Joul is to make creation fast and inexpensive. For those of us who use Microsoft, Windows IoT Core is a supported programming language. Companies have already started to use Joul in their own IT support. The Bamboo Company, an institution that reminds diabetic school children to check their sugar content, has already adapted the Joule into their internal makeup.

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