Dead Reckoning: Finding Your Way Inside

Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) are in most portable electronic devices that can connect to a network.  This technology has revolutionized travel.  They essentially eliminated the ability to get lost, assuming the user knows how to operate it.  This technology only really works outside though.  What about when someone wants to know how to navigate inside a building?  Dead Reckoning, or a system that can remember where a device has been in a room/building, could be an answer to this problem. 

Ultra-Low Power Bluetooth

There are over 2 billion devices in use today that are Bluetooth capable.  These devices are used in a wide variety of applications, from the standard wireless earpiece for the cell phone and wireless connections for gaming devices, to healthcare and wireless security applications.  As with every wireless industry, however, battery life is a big issue.  Out of the desire for greater battery life, Ultra-Lower Power (ULP) Bluetooth was born.

NFC on smartphones:  a safety assurance

One of the big tech advancements coming in 2012 will be the addition of NFC, or near field communication, to smartphones.   The iPhone 5 due out in June 2012 will surely have the technology.  What is NFC exactly?  It will allow your smartphone to talk back and forth with other devices, such as payment kiosks and check-in’s.  Think of going to a store and instead of getting a credit card out of your wallet, simply swipe you smartphone at the checkout and your account will automatically be charged.  No carrying cards or cash.  Projections are that 1 in 5 cell phones will have NFC technology by 2013. 

A Year Away From The Office 

Apple and Ron have the same humble beginnings.

My Dad is always on the cutting edge.  He has always been an electronic techie, constantly pushing the envelope on new technology and always thinking toward the future.  It is just the way he thinks and lives.  This point really hit home today when my Dad sent me an article from the November 10^th, 2011 issue of Electronic Design. 

HTML5 -- A New Hope 

In the mid 1990s, the "browser wars" began. It is still ongoing, and each release brings smaller, faster Javascript runtimes. The clear winner in this battle is the consumer. Advances such as tabbed browsing and gestures are things that we take for granted today. This was not the case a mere 5 years ago. Once an idea sticks, each new browser has to have it to compete.

The browser wars started as an attempt to lock consumers into a particular platform or operating system. The same can be said for all the app stores springing up. Each new app helps glue a user to their device or PC.  Additionally, a similar mentality occurs when thinking of migrating data off Oracle or SQL Server. At a certain point, the effort to move will not overcome the mass to move.

Tech Talk: With Dave Pulvermacher

Up and Coming Technology Sound Recording 

Nanotechnology and Wireless Spectrums

Dave Pulvermacher's take on Matrix's Unique "In-House" Ability

Work in House Sound Recording

Dave Pulvermacher's Thoughts on Working at Matrix

Working at Matrix Sound Recording

Tech Talk: With Ronald Pulvermacher

Wireless Temperature Sensing Sound Recording 

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