So you’ve always had this brilliant idea for the perfect PC but nobody would listen ?
Perhaps they will now.
ASUS and Intel have created wepc.com where you can go and share your ideas - ASUS will evaluate your concepts and possibly incorporate features into a future notebook PC.
if you’re interested contribute your ideas at:
Ricavision develops consumer electronic products with embedded Microsoft technology for the OEM, retail, custom integrators and hospitality markets.
The VAVE100 Universal remote control has a 2.4 inch color QVGA LCD display, features Class 1 SPP/A2DP Bluetooth and is upgradable through the built-in mini USB. It is combined with Microsoft SideShow to deliver digital information to your fingertips, and is due to be available in Summer 2008. The remote will control up to 20 different devices and has a built-in database of over 1500 brand names to simplify setting up the device.
The device has a dedicated button to activate and control Windows Media Center from Windows Vista.
Windows SideShow is technology from Microsoft that uses gadgets to extend information from your computer to other devices. Gadgets can run on a Windows SideShow compatible device (such as the VAVE100 ) and update that device with information from your computer. This enables you to view News Headlines, Weather details, email etc. directly on the VAVE100.
A white paper document introducing the Windows SideShow technology and the specification of the Windows SideShow module produced by Ricavision International Inc. is available at: WhitePaper.pdf
References
Tagged: Remote Control, SideShow
With the growth in Mobile Phones, MP3 players, Laptop computers and other similar devices wouldn’t it be great if you never had to recharge them?
Well perhaps they still require re-charging, but what if the whole process could be simplified and they could obtain the required power without the need for wires and cables
Patents on the wireless transmission of power were first awarded in the early 1900’s to the pioneering Inventor and Electrical Engineer Nikola Tesla.
More recently, Splashpower a company based in Cambridge, U.K. recently announced a licensing agreement with Alba to distribute wireless power products to the consumer.
Splashpower’s technology uses magnetic induction to transfer power wirelessly from a charging base to a target device which has been enabled with a Splashpower wireless power receiver (This is the same process used to charge electric toothbrushes).
While checking for broken links etc. noted that Newnham Research (High-Speed USB Graphics Technology) has re-branded as DisplayLink.
Designs based on DisplayLink technology enable sending real-time interactive computer displays across nearly any standardized interface including USB, WiMedia, and Ethernet.
Everything USB has a recent article on the Samsung 19″ SyncMaster 940UX monitor which features a built-in USB video card powered by DisplayLinks’ scalable technology.
http://www.everythingusb.com/samsung_syncmaster_940ux_11970.html
Shares of Nvidia Corp., the world’s third-largest maker of computer- graphics chips, surged 9.8 percent yesterday (4th Oct) on speculation the company may be bought by Intel.
The speculation first started in July, when Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to buy Nvidia rival ATI Technologies Inc. for $5.4 billion. Tom Beermann, an Intel spokesman, said the company doesn’t comment on rumors or speculation.
Philips 3D Solutions have introduced a 20-inch 3D 4YOU frame-mount display. It is based on Philips WOWvx technology to provide the appearance of 3D viewing without the need for special glasses, using slanted lenticular lens screen technology and connects to a PC through a standard DVI interface.
http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/About/Index.html
A sheet of transparent lenses, is fixed on an LCD screen. This sheet sends different images to each eye, and so a person sees two images. These two images are combined by our brain, to create a 3D effect. Because the sheet is transparent, it results in full brightness, full contrast and true color representation
In order to generate a 3D image, the display requires a regular 2D representation of the image and a depth-map. This depth-map indicates the distance between each pixel and the viewer. The 2D image and the depth-map are used to create images on the screen, and these images are then merged by the viewer’s brain into a 3D sensation.
Read more about the technology in the attached document
http://kf12.com/blogs/uploads/philips-3d-display-technology.pdf.
Plug-ins are available for the popular 3D modelling applications that enable users to export 3D animations in the 2D-plus-depth format. Content creation tools are also available for visualizing stereoscopic video content.
The 20-inch display is available for purchase from October 2006 onwards. Also available (now) is a 42-inch version of the display.
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite Z Corporation, maker of 3D printers, recently unveiled (during Siggraph 2006) the first handheld, self-positioning 3D scanner on the market that can digitize 3D surfaces in real time.
Full details which describe the complete specification for this new device are available at
http://www.zcorp.com/products/zscanner700.asp?ID=1
Accuracy is rated at up to 0.05 mm (0.002 in) and output is in STL or a RAW format.
I found that the system was easy to use, but at a retail price of almost $40,000 this may be a bit too rich, but you do get a specially configured Laptop included in that price 
Quite impressed with the EON Touchlight, a bare-hand 3D interaction virtual reality display system based on an invention from Microsoft Research.
See the movie at
http://www.eonreality.com/video/touchlight
Image processing techniques are used to combine the output of 2 video cameras behind a semi-transparent plane in front of the user. The resulting image shows 3D objects which appear to float in space. Users interact with the displayed objects either by touching the screen or moving their hands just off the screen surface.
More details about this device are available at
http://www.eonreality.com/news/news_archive/press_releases07_18_06.htm
Read details about other products from EON at their website
including:
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