I met Novasentis in the Silicon Valley, they showed me their ultra thin keyboard powered by their actuators with actual haptic feedback, and its not just sensory but also audible and they can customize both the feeling and the sounds. They refer to their space as the Neo-Sensory Age and they are leading the market in creating actuators that are a fraction of the size of todays incumbent devices. I picked up one of their actual devices, it was thin like paper, weightless, yet the performance was very good because they are not vibrating the entire keyboard or the entire phone, they can localize the vibrations which makes for a better human interface. The products are made from Electro-mechanical Polymer (EMP) technology. This material is comprised of randomly aligned molecules that align in one direction and elongate when electricity is applied. When the EMP material is bonded to a substrate/keyboard, the result is an actuator which provides high definition haptics, audio, or physical morphing feedback yet thinner than a human hair. Novasentis is focused on providing ultra-thin haptic keyboards for the consumer electronics space, but is a platform technology with a variety of innovative uses in industries including mobile devices, wearable, automotive and medical industries. The material is thin, light, flexible and can be the leading contender in the future as major OEMs launch flexible and wearable devices.
Novasentis actuators enable lifelike keyboards and devices
Dr Christos Kolias of Orange and Raj Murali of Linaro talk Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), SDN, ODP
Interview with Orange Sr. Research Scientist Dr. Christos Kolias and Raj Murali, Director of the Linaro Network Group on LNG Networking & Demo Day at the Connect event. The interview focuses on discussion about network functions virtualization (NFV), software defined networking (SDN), and OpenDataPlane (ODP).
Dr. Kolias explains the motivations and goals of the NFV project while Mr. Murali discussed the state of the ODP project and how it relates to the wider goals of NFV and SDN. The OpenDataPlane project provides an efficient abstraction layer to permit data plane applications to run portably across a wide variety of networking SoC platforms and processor architectures while still exploiting the various acceleration and offload features of those platforms. Mr. Murali also discussed the OpenDataPlane demonstrations showcased at Linaro Connect 2014. ODP v1.0 is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2014.
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) envisions and promises to change the service provider landscape and has emerged as one of one of today’s significant trends. Although less than two years old, NFV has garnered the industry’s full attention and support. Moving swiftly, a number of key accomplishments have already taken place, and a lot more work is currently under way within ETSI NFV while we are embarking on its future phase. Various proofs-of-concepts (ranging from vEPC to vCPE, vIMS and vCDN) are being developed while issues such as open source and SDN are becoming key ingredients as the can play a pivotal role.
Robot imitates your moves with Kinect
Student from the Hong Kong city university uses Kinect together with the NAO Robot to immitate the movements of a user who moves in front of the robot. Also see my interview with Bruno Maisonnier Founder of Aldebaran Robotics, creator of the NAO robot
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
Google at the HKTDC Fair promoting ad systems
Google promotes their advertising solutions at HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014, they talk about how they work with partners that support Adword campaigns, support industry to make better ads on Google.
$35 Youngway A20 TV Box and Power banks
Youngway shows A10 and A20 TV Box and Mobile accessories.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
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Potranda $70 A31S 10.1″, $88 MT6582 8″ and more
They sell about 60K tablets per month, you can see my video filmed at the Potranda Pu He Tai factory here
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
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Snakescope for video inspection
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
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Sub-$100 DBX 9.7″ Retina RK3188 and more
DBX shows their latest products. DBX makes phones, tablets and power banks. A 9.7inch Retina display tablet with RK3188 quad-core CPU, 1Gb of RAM and 8Gb of ROM costs around $100 for MOQ 1K. DBX sells around 10K devices per month. A 5200mAh capacity power bank from DBX costs around $4.5. A RK3026 dual-core tablet is sold for $45.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
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Azpen qHD 6″ MT8382 for $80, $74 for dual-core, and LTE tablet
Azpen is headquartered in the USA with factory in Shenzhen Dongguan area.
Filmed at the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2014
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Chintek Kids Karaoke Tablet, 7.85″ at 6.5mm with RK3288
Chintek shows their Kids Karaoke Tablet, their 7.85″ 6.5mm thin RK3288 Tablet, their Smartwatch and more.
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Linaro: ODL controlling: ODP-Open vSwitch
The ODL-OVS demo shown at LCU14 showcases the OpenDataPlane project together with OpenDayLight SDN Controller using Open vSwitch to bridge the two projects.
OpenDataPlane is a framework for developing cross-platform user space dataplane applications, like it is the case with Open vSwitch. For this we have written a “netdev provider” based on ODP to make OVS capable to work on a variety of platforms through the abstractions provided by the ODP API. The OpenDaylight Controller’s role is to manage virtual OVS switches/bridges running on top of ODP, both through a GUI web interface as well as through a series of scripts that take advantage of the REST northbound API of the OpenDaylight Controller. The video also shows how to control OVS switches through the ovs-ofctl command line tool of OVS, that is equivalent to using an externally connected controller implementing the OpenFlow specification (like the OpenDaylight Controller).
Right now the ODP netdev layer for OVS runs on linux-generic using basic socket transport, and it is scheduled to be running on linux-dpdk and linux-keystone2 ODP platforms. For the purpose of the demo the ODP netdev layer doesn’t take advantage of ODP’s packet scheduler, it only sends and receives packets in burst mode. For that it might be necessary to implement a dpif provider, which is one layer upper in the design of Open vSwitch.
Linaro and ARM enabling Android for ARMv8 64bit SOCs, Juno development board
Here are some of the engineers from the teams from Linaro and ARM in hacking rooms at Linaro Connect in the USA last week, they are solving problems around Android to get it working for 64bit ARMv8 SOCs. The team are quite open to share their experiences in getting Android running on ARMv8 based Juno development platform. The ARM team is working on few advanced problems and submitting the fixes to AOSP. The Linaro team is preparing an AOSP based Android build shared public as part of 14.09 Linaro software distribution.
There were various presentation from Linaro and it’s members at Linaro Connect US on Android for ARMv8 (64 bit) SOCs. The links for these are shared below:
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LCU14-104: Everything’s Done! Android for 64-bit ARMv8, What’s next?
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LCU14-407: How to enable SELinux for Android on AOSP master for ARMv8
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LCU14-411: From zero to booting Nano-Android with 64bit support
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LCU14-502: Android User-Space Tests: Multimedia codec tests, Status
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and Open Discussions
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LCU14-504: Taming ARMv8 NEON: from theory to benchmark results
NewTek TalkShow VS-100 Skype video calling production system
NewTek, creator of the TriCaster and VideoToaster, releases their new VS-100 Skype video calling production system, designed for television studios and live event producers, it transforms Skype video calls for best use in live TV or online streaming video shows, supporting higher video quality with NewTek’s image processing system with failover to custom, still image when unforeseen bandwidth constraints occur and more to make the Skype calls better and more easily usable for TV productions and online live streaming video.
You can read more about NewTek’s TalkShow VS-100 at http://www.newtek.com/products/talkshow/what-is-talkshow.html
Gloopt is a one-minute video platform for condensed, actionable, professional insights
I shot this video from atop the silicon valley capital club in the heart of San Jose, California. You can see far and wide from this vantage point and the startup company Gloopt has created a video product that it wants to spread far and wide all over the world. Gloopt is a Video Application that enables individual experts and enterprises to create short meaningful videos that shows off their product, their service, their technology, their favorite destination, instant endorsements from customers and clients, home listings, a quick tip, an expert opinion, etc. Gloopt will enable a company to get to the top of its market by being the most visible, helpful resource to its target audiences via very effective short form videos. In fact it enables separate company functions including marketing, customer service, training and media relations to become more integrated, cohesive and leveraged.
Link to download the app (iPhone only for now)
Also check out their website where they have videos from top influencers like Guy Kawasaki http://gloopt.com/#influencers
Some links for sample Gloopt videos:
One Minute Video About Value Of Becoming A Contributor With Gloopt
Terry Brock Introducing The New Gloopt Mobile App
Guy Kawasaki- Three Pillars To Follow For Success
Omate X Smartwatch on MediaTek Aster MT2502A with 1.54″ 240×240 display
Omate releases their new Omate X Smartwatch, which is the first Smartwatch to use the new MediaTek MT2502 Aster processor. The goal being 5-day battery life on 400mAh battery, runs on Nucleus OS, it’s a companion device to the Android or iOS Smartphone using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy. To be sold at $129, it’s Omate’s entry-level Smartwatch with 1.54″ 240×240 display.
Huawei Ascend Mate7 on Hisilicon Kirin925 Octa Core big.LITTLE with LTE Cat6, probably the world’s fastest smartphone
With a 6″ FHD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, the new Huawei Mate7 supports 300Mbit/s download and 50Mbit/s upload with LTE Cate6 built-in to the new Hisilicon Kirin925 big.LITTLE Octa Core processor running four 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 and four 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 cores with Mali-T628 GPU. The Hisilicon Kirin925 is quite possibly the most powerful ARM processor in the world. It has a giant 4100mAh battery providing an extremely long battery life in an ultra slim 7.9mm form factor. Available in Moonlight silver, Obsidian black and Amber gold.
Related articles
- Huawei Ascend Mate 7 review (pocket-lint.com)
- Huawei: Mulan’s Kirin 920 ‘Faster’ Than Snapdragon 805 (gizchina.com)
- Chinese Octa-ARM-Core Mobile Processor (electronicsweekly.com)
- Huawei Ascend Mate 7 (Cheaper Version) Available For Pre-Order In China Starting Today (androidheadlines.com)
- IFA 2014: Huawei Ascend Mate7 Is a Bezel-less Premium 6-Inch Phablet – Hands-on Photos (news.softpedia.com)
- Huawei Ascend Mate 7 To Be Available In China Starting September 13th (androidheadlines.com)
- Ascend Mate7 could be a nice acquisition (xamb.com)
- Huawei Ascend Mate 7 hands on (digitaltrends.com)
- The Huawei Ascend Mate 7: The Most Exciting Phone At IFA (forums.pinstack.com)
- Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Review: In Depth (recombu.com)
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Marc Canter talks Interface IoT authoring tool, easy device programming for the masses
Marc Canter talks about his project called Interface where Apps will feature authored “smarts” (that can run in the background ) and “foreground” interactive sequences and mobile interfaces, which would have media playback and record, points, leaderboards, cloud based Content publishing all built into the experience. The tool is designed to work with IFTTT, SmartThings, Nest, HomeKit, Fitbit, Galaxy Gear and any other coolio wearable liveable Wink kind of platform thingie that’s gonna be important to work with moving forward. They want to be friends to all and deliver something nobody else is doing – authoring tools that non-programmers can utilize to do sophisticated kinds of media rich, highly interactive mobile based contextually aware on-line experiences. They think of it as the Instagram of Authoring. The Interface authoring tool environment would be utilized by Interface authors to create customized, one-off Apps for their clients. Each client could have their own instructional materials, interactive tools or interfaces, on-line media and on-demand relevant information – crafted exactly to their needs.
You can contact Marc Canter here: marc@ThingFace.com
Dave Martinez, CEO and Founder of Dave Martinez Technologies and Dave Martinez Ventures
Dave Martinez has been in the field of social media creation and production for more than 30 years and has worked in many different fields of media culture. As the founder and CEO of Dave Martinez Technologies, Dave developed and managed strategic partnerships in web business development with a human centered ideology, presenting a responsible attitude at all times in the tech community. Dave Martinez Technologies specializes in partnerships with startups and entrepreneurs from all over the world with high growth potential as well as the youth of today.
Links and contact info for Dave Martinez:
415-900-6828
Monster GO DJ, portable DJ controller and music production studio
With Monster GO DJ, DJs and music producers are now able to play and record music virtually anywhere as long as they have headphones or speakers. DJs can cue, loop, beatmatch, scratch, and mix music accordingly. Producers can create beats using the drum pad machine, step sequencer, and recording functions. GO DJ comes with 4GB of internal storage but is capable of holding up to 2TB of music. It has a 12 hour battery life with a lithium ion battery. GO DJ is for outdoor events, house parties, and also serves as a great backup controller. Although GO DJ doesn’t necessarily replace current DJ controllers, it can serve as a great complimentary device to your setup. GO DJ is a completely standalone device. No laptop is necessary for GO DJ to be played. All your music is stored in the drive or though SD card. GO DJ also has a high resolution audio player which is capable of dual playback and recording as well. GO DJ supports WAV and MP3 files of 192kHz / 24 bit sound.
WittyParrot productivity tool to optimize sales teams productivity and consistency
During my visit to Cupertino, California, I had the opportunity to visit WittyParrot who optimizes efficiency of sales staff’s communication with customers, be it email, document/presentation creation or social media outreach. They enable companies with large and small sales staff to speak with one voice. It is done with their always-on widget called WittyWidget which hosts “wits” that are reusable content blocks that any user can drag and drop into variety of online or offline applications such as email, word processor or a power point presentation. It is for sales people to save time and to not retype the same thing over and over again without consistency within the company. It also connects seamlessly with popular social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. WittyWidget can be considered an intelligent personal assistant available online and offline bringing reusable content blocks (wits) at the point of use, whenever it is needed, wherever it is required.
You can reach WittyParrot’s CEO Anil Jwalanna at anil@wittyparrot.com
They are also found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Slideshare
