Friday, September 24, 2010

Qualcomm's Peanut challenges ZigBee, Bluetooth for control of your personal area network next year

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/24/qualcomms-peanut-challenges-zigbee-bluetooth-for-control-of-yo/

Perhaps dissatisfied with the glacial pace of Wibree, Qualcomm's working on an ultra-low-power, short-range wireless transfer tech of its own -- it's called Peanut, and executives claim it only needs "fractions of a milliwatt of power" to push data at several megabits per second. Computerworld got the scoop on the new low-power radio at EmTech@MIT 2010, and reports that Qualcomm's had these goobers in the oven since 2006 and is looking to trump the likes of ZigBee and Bluetooth by this time next year. Assuming, of course, the Peanut standard doesn't require a molasses-like committee of its own to attain formal approval.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Runco's first 3Dimension projector uses passive glasses

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/runcos-first-3dimension-projector-with-passive-glasses/

Runco 3Demension D-73D projector
The Ferrari of the projector world kicks off its version of 3D at CEDIA with the 3Dimension Series projectors which surprisingly use passive glasses instead of the battery operated active ones. The big catch of course is the price of $49,995 for the D-73 pictured above, and the fact that the glasses are proprietary and not the standard RealD glasses you've used at your local cinema. Obviously there are a wide range of inputs and controls including HDMI 1.4 (no 1.4a?) and RS-232 for the home automation fans. The D-73 starts shipping in the fourth quarter for those lucky enough to afford such luxuries and the full press release is available after the break while you wait.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

#EmTech10 - is there value in using social actions to filter and prioritize answers? if many users share a bit of info, that bit is valuable

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

#EmTech10 - "EmTech is the well-stocked kitchen that lets entrepreneurs create, cook, chat, chew, and collaborate."

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#EmTech10 - do the panelists think there is a systematic way to sustain and increase innovation? what are some key drivers of that?

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