November 28, 2012, WIMA NFC Conference, Millbrae, CA—Jeff Miles from NXP talked about NFC creating a new dimension in the digital reality. NFC is becoming a trusted, smart, and secure platform for many consumer contacts. NFC has been in development for the past ten years. We are now at the stage in it’s evolution where [...]
October 16, 2012, CEA Industry Counsel, San Francisco—A panel reviewed the issues associated with health and fitness CE products. Rob McCray from Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance was the moderator. Panel members included Igor Gershfang from Walgreen, David Inns from Great Call, Clint McClellen from Qualcomm, and Brad Thomsen from Epstein, Becker & Green Law firm. This [...]
August 2012, At Siggraph, Tobii Tech was showing both their consumer version eye tracking hardware solution and the professional market product that is applicable for gaming, medical and CAD applications. The booth was displaying a new technology that fits in small form factor and is low power enough to be used in laptop, tablet and [...]
March 2012 – We recently tested the SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD for the commerical marketplace. This drive has a SATA III (6Gbps) interface and features SanDisk’s 24nm Flash cells as the core memory. This is a desktop and oriented drive that come in an eco freindly minimalist package without the mounting bracket, SATA cable, or [...]
March 2012 – Samsung has recently introduced their new consumer oriented SATA III (6Gbps) SSD the 830Series. This is a desktop and oriented drive that come with the mounting bracket, SATA cable, power cable, and software. The current kit includes both the Samsung SSD software and a copy of Norton Ghost to aid with drive [...]
January 15, 2011 – Anaheim, CA – This years NAMM show had several positive changes. The show featrured over 200 new exhibitors, they had a software technology pavillion for portable apps, and they moved the TEC awards from the AES show to NAMM. The TEC awards are from the TEC foundation and recognize Technical Excellence [...]
October 20, 2010, MEMS Technology Summit, Stanford, CA—Benedetto Vigna, vice president and general manager, sensors and high-performance analog vision at STMicroelectronics talked about MEMS moving “From Consumerization To Personalization” in his keynote address. The first successful commercial MEMS products were automotive airbag sensors. These products opened the door for MEMS to other product areas, as [...]
September 16, 2010 GSA Expo, Santa Clara, CA Jagdish Rebello, Senior Director & Principal Analyst, Communications & Consumer Electronics, iSuppli Corporation presented his take on wireless applications in his talk “Consumer Connectivity Trends – The Battle to Meet Wireless Application Demands” Consumer electronics has been evolving from analog devices, to the second-generation digital devices, and [...]
