For casual readers. Much of my recent reading and pondering was driven by this real news item...
Its important and I will put my thoughts first AND & last
What did I learn?
1. The adjacent possible for Alexa has moved on to the IoT smart home.
A big threat here. They will do more and more. Look out Apple, Nest, Samsung, move it along now.
2. The wide array of IoT devices is starting to sink in.
3. The adjacent possible for QUIK where we move from one thing into some others within an ecosystem will unfold in '18 and will be FUN to track along with? I look forward to QUIK getting paired with novel sensor types used in the IoT....maybe environmental ones...the ones ams is BIG in?
4. Lamentations about the past,maybe opportunities missed in , Smartphones etc.,
can fall to the wayside and be filled by what is starting to unfold here and now.
This forum is very well informed to have the complete ride in some combination of VCSELs,
other new sensors say the ToF, etc., new categories of devices represented by hearables and a wide range of IoT stuff.
So a good resolution for me and perhaps others is to let go of the past more completely and live in the promise of the TAMs of tomorrow and some of the guys poised for that. Get it out of the way. I will use CES for that very purpose-bout time?
5. Digressive looking around will be more useful than ever to try to spot something of significance.
6. Been reflecting on what IP QUIK might add to use up that 60% space of a 22 fdx Eos device and sleep well that they are talking to their real world customers and knowing that if they Nailed voice in '15- they will make part owners of the business proud.
7. M& A should be brisk in '18- if they dont have it on their bench-it will have to be bought ASAP. So the prices will be good. If you need it buy it.
8. Higher on the GEEK scale- Track very closely where the division of local and cloud work happens. Certainly for most of us we want to see how Dr Saxe's vision of a few more layers of intelligence on the device starts to play out?
Now this one really makes sense.
Its thier adjacent possible and now they have more bits and pieces on their benches.
Amazon Set To Acquire Home IoT Startup Blink
byJoseph Tsidulko on December 22, 2017, 5:16 pm EST
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Amazon said Friday it had reached a deal to acquire Blink, a startup developing battery-powered home-automation devices, including a wireless security camera and doorbell.
With Blink, Amazon looks to become more competitive in a consumer market that's seeing a nexus with enterprise IoT products through cloud-based artificial intelligence backends.
Blink products are already compatible with Amazon's Echo home assistant, which runs the Alexa voice service powered by Lex, an AWS-hosted deep learning engine for enabling natural language functions.
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The deal for Blink comes a few weeks after Amazon Web Services revealed DeepLens, a wireless video camera integrated with deep learning hardware and tools. Developers will be able to build computer-vision models for that device.
Blink, based in Andover, Mass., was founded in 2009, according to Crunchbase, but came out of stealth in 2014 with a Kickstarter campaign that raised $1 million—multiple times more than the company was seeking.
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The acquisition positions Amazon to be more competitive against Google parent Alphabet's Next subsidiary, which develops home automation products compatible with Google Home, the primary rival of the Echo.
Blink's first low-power, inexpensive devices hit the market in 2016. They are designed for quick installations and promise long battery life. The company was launched by Immedia Semiconductor, a developer of video and image processing chips designed for power efficiency.
"If you own one of our systems, nothing changes for now. We’ll continue to operate under the Amazon umbrella selling and supporting the same great products you know and love," read the Blink website Friday. "It’s Day 1 for us at Amazon, and we’re looking forward to seeing what we can deliver to our customers together."
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Blink Captures Third Consecutive CES Innovation Awards Honoree Recognition
Home security and video monitoring company named a 2018 standout in the Smart Home category for newly announced Blink Video Doorbell
DECEMBER 19, 2017 06:00 AM EST
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BOSTON, Dec. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Blink, the leader in affordable video-first home security, today announced that it has been named a CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree. The brand won this recognition for its recently announced Blink Video Doorbell, the industry's newest and most affordable video doorbell. This marks the third consecutive CES Innovation Award victory for the brand within the Smart Home category, as chosen by an esteemed panel of judges that includes industry designers, engineers and media.
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The Blink Video Doorbell is a one-of-a-kind, two-way talk, HD video doorbell that is revolutionizing home security through its unprecedented ease of installation, two-year battery life and affordable price point (starting at $99). Blink developed a special analog circuitry that detects a home's existing doorbell structure and auto-configures itself accordingly, preventing additional costs or complexities that tend to go along with the installation process. This makes the installation of the Blink Video Doorbell as simple as inserting the batteries and attaching it to your readily-accessible doorbell wiring.
"As we continue to take the home security industry by storm, we are humbled to be named a CES Innovation Awards Honoree for the third consecutive year," said Peter Besen, Blink's CEO. "The creation of the Blink Video Doorbell has expanded the ways in which our users can protect their home, which has always been our top priority. With industry-leading battery life and DIY installation, full-coverage home security is now achievable at a price that can't be beat."
Blink has been disrupting the smart home security industry for the last two years, taking CES and the consumer tech market by storm with an unbeatable price point ($99), unprecedented two-year battery life, and unmatched ease of installation and use. Blink has continued this momentum as demonstrated by its announcement of the Blink XT outdoor camera, Amazon Alexa-integration and now the Blink Video Doorbell.
For those looking to meet the team behind this award-winning product, Blink will be at CES Unveiled on January 7 and CES 2018 from January 9 to January 12 at Booth #42535 in the Smart Home section of the Sands Expo, Level 2, Halls A-D
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I want to reread this recent item now...
Climax Chooses QuickLogic EOS S3 Sensor Processing Platform for Smart Home Product
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December 12, 2017 06:00 ET | Source: QuickLogic Corporation
- Enables local, fast response voice processing
- Reduces dependency on cloud-base voice recognition
- Decreases power consumption and increases battery life
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, display bridge and programmable logic solutions, today announced that Climax Technology Company, LTD has selected its EOS™ Sensor Processing Platform for the next generation of their “Voice Extender” smart home / senior care product. Climax Technology designs and manufactures complete smart home security and senior care solutions, providing comprehensive home security, home automation, medical alarm, live visual monitoring, energy management, and 24/7 emergency monitoring to assist users to build a safer, healthier living space. The Voice Extender product enables users to open a two-way voice communication channel with monitoring personnel in the event of an emergency by simply pushing a button. The next generation product will add voice-activated commands in addition to push-button access, dramatically increasing its usefulness for emergency situations.
QuickLogic’s EOS S3 sensor processing System-on-Chip (SoC) is a multi-core sensor processing system that enables a vast array of sensor-based functionality for applications such as smart home systems. The platform’s dedicated voice processing architecture enables “always on” voice applications with extremely low power consumption.
In the Climax application, the EOS S3 processor platform provides local on-device voice processing with Sensory TrulyHandsfree™ technology, enabling the Voice Extender product to become voice-activated. The QuickLogic solution reduces power consumption and the latency associated with cloud-based voice processing while simultaneously eliminating the need for a user to push a button to open a communications channel with support personnel. Additional features of the EOS S3 platform will be used to support Zigbee/Z-Wave communications and future versions of the product will likely support environmental sensing using the platform’s sensor processing capabilities.
“The Climax development team has recognized the importance of the global trend towards voice-activated systems and we are proud that they have chosen QuickLogic and Sensory technology to implement that capability for their next-generation Voice Extender product,” said Brian Faith, QuickLogic’s president and CEO.
“We are impressed by the wide range of capabilities and the ultra-low power consumption of the QuickLogic EOS S3 platform,” said Michael Chang, president of Climax. “Together with QuickLogic, we will be able to increase our product’s functionality as we continuously strive to design products with superior quality and performance, assisting families to stay healthy, safe, and comfortable.”
What did I learn?
1. The adjacent possible for Alexa has moved on to the IoT smart home.
A big threat here. They will do more and more. Look out Apple, Nest, Samsung, move it along now.
2. The wide array of IoT devices is starting to sink in.
3. The adjacent possible for QUIK where we move from one thing into some others within an ecosystem will unfold in '18 and will be FUN to track along with? I look forward to QUIK getting paired with novel sensor types used in the IoT....maybe environmental ones...the ones ams is BIG in?
4. Lamentations about the past,maybe opportunities missed in PCs, Smartphones etc.,
can fall to the wayside and be filled by what is starting to unfold here and now.
This forum is very well informed to have the complete ride in some combination of VCSELs,
other new sensors say the ToF, etc., new categories of devices represented by hearables and a wide range of IoT stuff.
So a good resolution for me and perhaps others is to let go of the past more completely and live in the promise of the TAMs of tomorrow and some of the guys poised for that. Get it out of the way. I will use CES for that very purpose-bout time?
5. Digressive looking around will be more useful than ever to try to spot something of significance.
6. Been reflecting on what IP QUIK might add to use up that 60% space of a 22 fdx Eos device and sleep well that they are talking to their real world customers and knowing that if they Nailed voice in '15- they will make part owners of the business proud.
7. M& A should be brisk in '18- if they dont have it on their bench-it will have to be bought ASAP. So the prices will be good. If you need it buy it.
8. Higher on the GEEK scale- Track very closely where the division of local and cloud work happens. Certainly for most of us we want to see how Dr Saxe's vision of a few more layers of intelligence on the device starts to play out?
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