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The Internet of Baseball Bats
It was only a matter of time before the Internet of Things made its way to the baseball bat. In the above video, Blast Motion’s Donovan Prostrollo discusses the sensor and associated analytics they developed for Easton and its Power Sensor product. The Power Sensor attaches to the end of any bat and communicates via…
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Why IP Matters
Reliability is the hallmark of the traditional public switched telephone network. Steve Angerhofer, Partner at FARR Technologies, describes how they are working with NetBoss to help smaller rural carriers maintain a similar reliability with their broadband networks. By actively monitoring networks, Angerhofer explains how smaller carriers can assure compliance with Service Level Agreements, as well as…
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Hands Free Smart Phone Gaming #CES2016
A depth finding device, like the Microsoft Kinect, that allows one to interact with content without need for a controller is the promise of the hardware and software solution from VicoVR. What is different about this is that it allows one to control content on an inexpensive android device without touching the device. This allows…
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An Eye On Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality without Motion Sickness #CES2016
With a goal of not making people sick, ION VR, a Boise, ID based company, demonstrated at International CES 2016 a virtual reality headset that is modular and can adapt as technology changes. It leverages the smart phone one already has and can be adapted as new smart phone models are released. Most important, are…
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Voices Inside Our Head #CES2016
The premise of The Six Million Dollar Man was that scientists could make a broken astronaut “better, stronger and faster,” after his nearly fatal crash. Fast-forward 40+ years and the ReSound hearing aid is helping out with the better part by improving hearing through a nearly invisible device. The LiNX2 hearing aid provides invisible insight into…
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The Wearable Airbag #CES2016
One of the most unusual wearables at CES 2016 was from a French company Inemotion. Inemotion invented a ski vest that contains an airbag, Packed with sensors, this device detects that a skier is falling and deploys an airbag to soften the impact of a fall; all in less than 100 milliseconds. With a focus on the…
