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DocuPen X hits earth for all your pen scanner needs

November 8th, 2009

“They’ve managed to cram 64MB of memory, Bluetooth, a tiny OLED screen and a lithium ion battery”

SixthSense Creator Releasing Code for Super-Cool Wearable Gesture Interface Device

November 8th, 2009

“Mistry is the creator of SixthSense, a wearable gesture interface that uses a camera and tiny projector to display data and information onto surfaces, walls, and even your hand. Special fingertip sensors let users manipulate the data and use their hands to interact with it. During a presentation at the TEDIndia conference this week, the PhD student announced plans to release SixthSense under an open source license in the coming months.”

Smart Meter maker Landis+Gyr lands $100M for epic rollout

November 8th, 2009

“The Swiss company says it will use the funds for a fast and dramatic deployment of smart meters, and not just in the U.S. — it will look at rolling out its hardware in Asia, Australia and Europe as well. Smart metering in the European Union is actually far ahead of U.S. initiatives, due in part to an aggressive mandate that 80 percent of homes must be equipped with smart meters by 2020 and 100 percent by 2022.”

Lexmark Web-savvy printer loves MobileMe, iPhone and Apple RSS feeds

November 8th, 2009

“MobileMe compatibility means you can access photos stored on the online service directly from the printer, using the touchscreen.”

NXP’s sensors for smart Band-Aids, smart bottles, and pay-per-use cars

November 8th, 2009

“NXP Semiconductors, a chip maker that spun out of Philips in 2006, showed off prototypes for these cool applications at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif., yesterday. Based on the working products and prototypes there, it’s clear we’re headed for a wonderful world of wireless sensors.”

Layar Tells CNN: Augmented Reality Will Be Second Only to Voice On Phones

November 8th, 2009

“Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, co-founder of Augmented Reality browser company Layar, was interviewed by CNN today and took the opportunity to claim that AR on phones is going to be so big in the future that only voice will be more popular.”

Unused Adamo XPS prototypes reveal touchscreen trackpads, key-less keyboard

November 8th, 2009

“one of the ideas Dell toyed around with was a full-fledged touchscreen trackpad, which was apparently rejected because Dell couldn’t justify the cost of the panel based how much people would actually use it. Another, possibly even more ambitious concept is one that would have completely replaced the traditional keyboard with a series of capacitive-touch buttons”

Apple patent points to simplified data sharing

November 8th, 2009

“A new Apple patent application published this week suggests the company is working on a system of simplified data transfer between devices such as the iPhone, iPod touch, Mac computers, and Apple TV. The application covers a variety of transfer methods, including local Wi-Fi, cellular, and near-field networks, and also mentions the use of online data storage services that could serve as an intermediary between devices.”

Photos: Emerging devices at AT&T Labs

November 8th, 2009

“By connecting at-home medicine dispensing to their network, AT&T will facilitate the monitoring of health services by family and doctors. Not only can you control the dosages and when they are made available, but you will be able to monitor whether the proper dosage was taken.”