IMS Research - Wearable Technology Market to Exceed $6 Billion by 2016

IMS Research - Wearable Technology Market to Exceed $6 Billion by 2016: Increasing demand for actionable, real-time data in a range of applications is driving strong demand for wearable technology. 14 million wearable devices were shipped in 2011; by 2016, wearable technology will represent a minimum revenue opportunity of $6 billion, according to World Market for Wearable Technology – A Quantitative Market Assessment – 2012, a new report from IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS)).

Video Telephony Has Finally Arrived - IEEE Spectrum

Video Telephony Has Finally Arrived - IEEE Spectrum: Thanks to the power and connectivity of today's mobile devices, video telephony will soon be everywhere

Robots get Kinect's 'eyes and ears' - 2011-07-13 14:36:30 | EDN

Robots get Kinect's 'eyes and ears' - 2011-07-13 14:36:30 EDN: "Microsoft, however, is convinced that will change Wednesday (July 13th) when the company launches added services that allow users to plug the Kinect hands-free hardware--intended for gesture control of its Xbox gaming console--directly into any robot.

In essence, the Kinect will add eyes and ears to any robot, which can be controlled with sophisticated gesture recognition running on an embedded Windows based computer."

Touch - Interaction w/RFID and NFC

About & contact: "Touch is a research project that investigates Near Field Communication (NFC), a technology that enables connections between mobile phones and physical things. We are developing applications and services that enable people to interact with everyday objects and situations through their mobile devices. Touch consists of an inter-disciplinary team involved in social and cultural enquiry, interaction/industrial design, rapid prototyping, software, testing and exhibitions."

GestTable™ || 42" LCD Multi-Touch Table

GestTable™ 42" LCD Multi-Touch Table: "Presenting the new LCD multi-touch solution from the 20-year pioneer and expert leader in multi-touch and gesture-controlled systems. This is the latest in our full suite of advanced digital display innovations for interactive tables, screens, floors, walls & windows - backed by our international dealer & support network."

Forget Intel's Thunderbolt, Wireless USB is the game-changer | ZDNet

Forget Intel's Thunderbolt, Wireless USB is the game-changer ZDNet: "A universal wireless docking solution would have two big effects for mobile users — it would make docks a lot cheaper and it would likely spawn a lot more places to dock. For example, offices and other institutions could set up public work areas where people could dock to work no matter what platform they are running (Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, etc), as long as it has Wireless USB. I can even imagine Internet cafes offering docking areas."

ClearOne Collaboration Console using Unified Communications software clients

ClearOne Collaboration Console using Unified Communications software clients: "An all-in-one voice, video and data collaboration console for organizations using unified communications software clients. Delivering true plug-n-play simplicity in an enterprise solution for video collaboration over unified communications platforms and the web, the new ClearOne Collaborate Console allows small groups to converse and see each other while simultaneously viewing data from applications, web sites or other local or network sources."

Microsoft foresees roles for Surface 2, Xbox, Kinect in healthcare | ZDNet

Microsoft foresees roles for Surface 2, Xbox, Kinect in healthcare ZDNet: "Microsoft’s healthcare leaders already are thinking about how the newly announced Surface 2, Xbox, Xbox Live and the Kinect sensors may be incorporated into healthcare applications."

Snapstick preview and hands-on -- Engadget

Snapstick preview and hands-on -- Engadget: "We just finished up a meeting with the folks from Snapstick and came away surprisingly impressed with their foray into the increasingly cramped space of the connected living room. Snapstick's concept isn't that different from other mobile phone to TV systems we've seen, but it's implementation is definitely more unique than most other solutions currently available. Read on past the break for a quick rundown of the tech that makes the Snapstick system work, as well as a video of the system in action."

Motorola Atrix 4G Hands-on Video: Most Versatile Smart Phone Yet

Motorola Atrix 4G Hands-on Video: Most Versatile Smart Phone Yet: "A lot of people in the tech world have been talking about modular computing for years. The idea: carry around a primary device, which plugs into various docks to deliver more functionality. Today Motorola made that concept a reality with the very innovative Atrix 4G, which is coming to AT&T. This dual-core Android superphone not only outputs whatever is on its display to separate laptop and home media docks, it launches a whole separate webtop application that delivers a full HTML browser (Firefox 3.6). You can even see both the phone and webtop interfaces at once, which can interact in clever ways."