In March 2016, we wrote about the Retro Computer’s Sinclair ZX Spectrum handheld game machine—The Vega+. If you had any interest or involvement with computers in the eighties and nineties, chances are you heard of, and probably owned, a device from Sinclair. The Cambridge-based Clive Sinclair and his many re-named companies developed famous low-cost, low-power but amazingly useful devices for … Read more
Hanson Robotics builds on its legacy; how real is the AI of this charming robot? Hanson Robotics, founded in 2003, has developed an AI-based animatronics robot that is strikingly compelling and a little scary, and for the cynics, highly questionable; its name is Sophia, and “she” tells jokes, winks, and has a philosophic Sophia awakens point of view — or … Read more
New technique called Light Invariant Video Imaging Ben-Gurion University’s technology transfer company BGN Technologies, announced that researchers Negev (BGU) have developed a new Light Invariant Video Imaging (LIVI) software technology that can significantly improve picture clarity of cameras in sub-optimal lighting, thus enhancing object recognition. The new software app can be added to any existing smart camera system for various … Read more
Introduces 700 platform, a subset of 800 platform for IoT automotive and embedded Qualcomm’s new 700 series is targeted at OEMs and the company claims it offers premium features, such as on-device artificial intelligence, in high-tier smartphones and can meet the ever-increasing demands of China’s smartphone ecosystem for more premium devices. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 Mobile Platform Series offers … Read more
Introduces 700 platform, a subset of 800 platform for IoT automotive and embedded Qualcomm’s new 700 series is targeted at OEMs and the company claims it offers premium features, such as on-device artificial intelligence, in high-tier smartphones and can meet the ever-increasing demands of China’s smartphone ecosystem for more premium devices. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 Mobile Platform Series offers … Read more
2018 the year of the specs As you may recall, you regular readers of TechWatch, I’ve made bets with people that 20% of us elite class will be wearing attractive looking smart glasses by 2020. At the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Deutsche Telekom and Zeiss announced future collaboration in the field of smart glasses. Their goal is to … Read more
In one of the largest product launches outside of CES where Premium consumer products took center stage, HP is taking premium to the mainstream with its latest commercial product launch. The company has introduced three Elite commercial notebooks, two Z-series workstation notebooks, four high-res monitors, and docker for all. Elitebook 800 G5 series HP positions its EliteBook series as the … Read more
Qualcomm ships more GPU than almost everyone else combined In our annual quest to count every GPU in the world, and document developments, we reviewed the year’s shipment numbers, and we found Qualcomm is the big dog in the park. We estimate Qualcomm will ship over 815 million GPUs in 2017 (we’ll get the final count from everyone by mid-February … Read more
Nothing really revolutionary about the basic phones, but the camera’s way cool. Google’s new phones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM. The Pixel 2 has a 5-inch 1920 × 1080 OLED display (441 ppi), a 64GB version is priced $649; a 128GB model $749. They are available in three colors … Read more
