Intel's Button sized Computer : CES 2015
First reaction , How's this possible ? Intel makes it easier to build wearable gadgets that can be a natural extension of your body.
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich during a keynote at the International CES 2015 showed off a computer that is so small that even during the presentation we struggled to see it at the beginning. Intel wants to win the battle for the wearable technologies with it's button sized computer and also naming it Curie.
Intel's this move makes wearable computing with a much wider sense and more ideas to have a wearable technology everywhere. Intel’s Curie will include a Bluetooth low-energy radio,a bunch of motion sensors, and components designed to rapidly and precisely differentiate between different types of physical activity. Krzanich said it will run “for extended periods of time” on a coin-size battery or even a rechargeable battery , though not revealing the exact durations.
Intel's Curie is so small that even it's previous postage stamp processor Edison feels bigger than it.Intel's is evidently seeing wearable as an important market in the future.While lot of other companies are really seeing wearable technology as the future , Intel could not be left behind.While Intel wants to make it's mark in wearable market , where ARM is leading but the Curie can be a good competitor.
To show that the Curie is not just a non functional prototype , Intel showed of simple built step-tracking smartphone app to go with the module. CEO Krzanich had on him; at one point he pulled the phone out of his pocket, and its display indicated he’d taken 1,788 steps during the keynote.
Intel has partnered with a number of companies such as Ray-Ban and Oakley. These brands are trying to make a truly consumer friendly glasses. Taking the disadvantages of Google Glasses and making it a positive edge for these future friendly glasses.
Key Features
• A low-power, 32-bit Intel® Quark™ SE SoC• 384kB Flash memory, 80kB SRAM
• A low-power integrated DSP sensor hub with a proprietary pattern matching accelerator
• Bluetooth* Low Energy
• 6-axis combo sensor with accelerometer and gyroscope
• Battery charging circuitry (PMIC)
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