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Category: Consumer Electronics

Consumer Electronics

  • A Touch Technology Update

    This year’s Interactive Technology Summit took the place of what has been the Touch Gesture Motion conference of the last two years. It was expanded…

  • Qualcomm Plugs In @ Home

    It almost sounds too good to be true. You plug in your new connectable gadget, and not only do you get power, but you’re also…

  • LinkedIn’s Man in the Middle?

    LinkedIn has just introduced a new phone app called Intro that helps provide information to you about LinkedIn members when they send you email. That…

  • Stable Video, Easier Development

    There are times when a shaky video can be just the thing. Imagine: where would the Blair Witch Project have been without it? What would…

  • QTC Moves to the Screen

    Not long ago we looked at Peratech’s QTC technology. You might remember it as a functional ink that’s highly sensitive to pressure. Our focus at…

  • Antenna Tuning Without MEMS

    Quite some time ago, we reported on WiSpry, a MEMS company that was using its technology to switch capacitors so that the antenna tuning can…

  • Am I Spoiled Yet?

    From the Sensors Expo files, I saw another interesting integration from ams for use with perishable products. It’s an RFID/temperature sensor combination with some smarts.…

  • Mag Sensor for Watch Compass

    Continuing with the series of Sensors Expo conversations, I had a chance to discuss a couple of topics with Memsic (one of which we’ll talk…

  • Teenage scribblers

    Many years ago the British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) referred to financial analysts as “teenage scribblers”. And they don’t seem to have grown…

  • Separating You from Your Phone

    In high-school physics class, we did an experiment. It’s so crude by today’s standards, that I feel like something of a fossil as I recall…