September 2015 – The RoboBusiness conference in San Jose took a different look at the robotics industry from the perspective of function and ROI rather than the CE view and maker community view of this is interesting to create, but does not really serve a purpose. The conference had two distinct paths. The sessions were…
June 2, 2015, Society for Information Display Symposium, San Jose, CA—Brian Krzanrich from Intel talked about the coming revolution in man-machine interfaces in the SID’s first keynote address. The era of immersive interactions will be as significant as any previous changes in electronic systems. The industry and society are on the cusp of a major…
November 28, 2012, WIMA NFC Conference, Millbrae, CA—Corey Wilson from Smartrac presented a case for changing the focus of NFC from financial to non-financial areas. The capabilities from the technology to enhance communications will become the driver for greater consumer adoption. NFC is supposed to be fun. The startup will not be in transactions, but…
May 24, 2012, MEMS Business Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Sandhiprakash Bhide senior strategist and futurist from Intel described his view of the near future as a world where computers are aware of all of you, environment, emotions, health, and many more aspects. An increasing diversity of sensors and actuators will change the way computers and humans…