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Vital Signs Monitoring via an iDevice
The Tinke’ from Zensorium turns into an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone into a tool for monitoring heart rate, respiratory rate and blood oxygen saturation. Although it is not a medical device, it is relatively accurate; for instance, it is within +/- 2 beats per minute and +/- 2 breaths per minute. The real value of this device is…
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Water Repellent Protection – Service Provider Opportunity?
Drop that expensive electronic device in the sink? Liquipel has a solution in the form of a protective coating. What makes this interesting for service providers or anyone with a retail presence is that Liquipel has developed a relatively small unit that allows on site application of their coating. This is be a new revenue…
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In the Zone – Part 3
At first glance, nothing could be more frivolous than a pair of $100 “ears” that react to brainwaves. Like so many things, one needs to try them to really appreciate how well they actually work. They sort of force one to concentrate, as can be seen in the above interview when the ears become part…
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The Refrigerator that Is a Speaker
At first blush, a refrigerator that is Bluetooth enabled and has a built-in speaker would seem like the ultimate in feature-creep. Tanu Greywall of Whirlpool explains part of their job is to simplify and unclutter things for their customers. In that context, a connected refrigerator that plays music and, perhaps provides other messages (e.g. recipes),…
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The Jet Set VOD Service
Video on Demand has always been a difficult, if not impossible business for the middleman; the organization that sits between the content owners and the consumer. By focusing on a small, but very high-end niche, PRIMA Cinema is a middleman that has assembled all the elements to create an over-the-top Video On Demand (VOD) service…
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The LTE Alternative to DSL
One of Verizon’s suppliers, Wistron, had a display at CES that demonstrated Verizon’s fixed LTE solution that serves as an alternative to DSL and satellite infrastructure for rural areas. With advertised speeds of 12 Mb/s downstream (and reportedly higher in real world conditions, according to one user), Verizon with its LTE offering will compete against…
