Category: Consumer Electronics

Consumer Electronics

  • Bad Speakers Cast a Bigger Shadow

    Let’s face it: a lot of the speakers we have these days are crappy. I know how my laptop sounds; I used to attribute that…

  • More Selective Light Sensing

    Smartphones and other similar devices have a number of sensors on them for different purposes. In particular, there are two light-oriented ones that work differently…

  • All-in-one Image Platform

    Even as we’re about to discuss more about gestures and motion, CEVA has announced a vision platform explicitly designed for mobile devices and with a…

  • Is the radio handover not alread

    Is the radio handover not already happening in the US? It is on FM in Europe. To quote the venerable BBC, “If you listen to…

  • Broadcast TV Lives… With Multiple Incarnations

    With the prevalence of cable in many parts of the world, you might think that broadcast TV is on the way out. For people dropping…

  • MEMS Everywhere

    With all the sensors showing up in our phones (at the very least), MEMS is seeing their own hockey-stick in play. At the MEMS Executive…

  • Sensors for Medical and Fitness

    While Movea’s main announcement recently was focused on their MoveTV product, they’ve actually been working with so-called body-area networks for a long time. This involves…

  • Jump-Starting Connected Devices

    We looked at Imagination Technologies’ FlowWorld concept this summer. That effort put in place a cloud portal for a variety of services to be accessed…