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ResMed Releases New High-Performance H4i™ Humidification System for S8™ Series II and Premium Bilevel Devices
ResMed announces the launch of the new H4i™ heated humidifier, the latest technology in heated humidification which integrates seamlessly with 
the revolutionary S8™ Series II positive airway pressure and premium bilevel devices.
ResMed's latest in airflow dynamics and heating technology ensures that the H4i heated humidifier delivers the most humidity output of any integrated device with pressure relief. The 30% higher humidity output and 60ml greater water capacity is an added advantage for patients on very high pressures, particularly with bilevel therapy.
Benefits of humidification
Humidification helps patients feel more comfortable and therefore improves compliance. Up to 40% of nasal CPAP users experience nasal congestion and dryness of the nose and throat. Research proves that the warm, moist air that humidification provides can relieve symptoms of dryness and make therapy more comfortable. In fact, compliance gains may be realized sooner if patients start with heated humidity at CPAP initiation.1-4
“We view humidification as an essential component of comfortable therapy and critical to achieving maximum patient compliance. The new H4i heated humidifier is the highest humidity output and the quietest pressure relief device available on the market, delivering 30% more humidity than earlier generation humidifiers,” stated Simon Johnson, Director of Product Management. “The H4i will set a new standard for exceptional quality, patient ease of use and superior comfort in humidification systems. The high humidity output is especially valuable for patients who previously may have faced challenges in achieving adequate humidification. Additionally, the low cost replacement chambers address the financial challenges of customers seeking reimbursement for these accessories.”
ResMed's H4i is a fully integrated humidifier, which clicks easily into place and supports ResMed's full S8 Series II platform – from entry-level CPAP/APAP to premium VPAP™ bilevel devices. The compact design is unobtrusive in the bedroom and easily packed for travel.
Featuring user-friendly dials and a convenient flip-top lid design, it is easy for patients to use and clean.
The high-volume humidification chamber has a water capacity of 390ml, allowing for optimal humidification throughout the night. It is also available with an optional cleanable water chamber which can be easily opened for cleaning by hand or in a dishwasher.
For ordering convenience, the H4i Humidification System is also offered in Resmed's ever popular “co-packaging,” which includes a CPAP/APAP or VPAP flow generator in the same shipping carton.
To learn more about ResMed's H4i or other premium sleep apnea treatment products, visit the company website at www.resmed.com < http://www.resmed.com > , or call Customer Service at 800.424.0737.
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ResMed is a global leader in medical equipment for the screening, treatment and management of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and other respiratory disorders, selling a comprehensive range of products through direct offices in the United States and more than 70 other countries.
ResMed provides reliable products, quality systems and complete solutions for its customers and their patients.
Latest technology: Uno, the self balancing motorcycle…
MonoTracer? Well here’s another vehicle classed within the motorcycle category but an entirely different concept! The Uno, designed by the 18-year old Ben J. Poss Gulak and his team is a self-balancing motorcycle that uses a pair of gyroscopes to constantly keep its rider upright. This means it only needs a set of wheels placed together and not like any motorcycle you’ve seen. It may not look really easy to ride but apparently it’s just controlled by an on/off switch and all you need to do to accelerate is lean forward. If you lean back, it reverses too - there’s something normal motorcycles can’t do!
Hotels Offer Guests the Latest Technology Tools
Hotels are under such pressure to keep up with their gadget-obsessed guests that they are working with technology companies to regain their edge.
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Chris Robertson, left, and Cynthia Carlariello at one of the computers in the lounge.
Sheraton teamed with Microsoft to create its new Link@Sheraton lounges, as part of an overhaul of the brand that includes carving out spaces in lobbies where guests can use public computers to check their e-mail, print boarding passes and record video greetings to send to family and friends.
Westin struck a deal with Nintendo to outfit some of its fitness centers with
Even smaller brands are turning to technology leaders to equip their public spaces and guestrooms with the latest electronics. The Gansevoort Hotel Group is working with Sony to develop a lounge at its new Gansevoort South property in Miami Beach. The goal is to relocate the traditional business center to a more social setting near the lobby. The lounge will have Sony computers and PlayStation 3 game consoles as well as digital book readers and cameras.
“What we’re trying to do is give people the chance to experience firsthand the latest in technology,” said Elon Kenchington, Gansevoort’s chief operating officer, explaining that choosing the right technology has become as critical as other elements of a hotel’s design.
“It’s an integral part of not only the success of an operation, but also what makes one brand better than another or more interesting to travelers than other brands,” he said.
Establishing a business relationship with a technology company also makes it easier for hotels to keep up with new products and trends. “One of the challenges for hotels is that you buy equipment that everyone wants today, but within 18 months, it’s not considered unique,” Mr. Kenchington said.
By meeting regularly with Sony, he said, “We already have those products within our business model, so we’re not waiting for them or being asked why don’t we have them.”
Technology companies, in turn, have a chance to show off their wares to a desirable demographic. “The same guests that walk through the hotel lobby are the same consumers Microsoft targets,” said Sandra Andrews, hospitality industry solutions director for Microsoft.
In addition to running Windows software, the PCs in Sheraton’s lounges have Web cameras and a Microsoft application that walks guests through recording and sending a video clip. The goal is to encourage people to try a task they may have found too daunting to explore on their own: for example, having guests use Web cameras to say good night to their kids, Ms. Andrews said.
Yet one challenge for hotels is making sure guests are comfortable using the technology and not being forced to wrestle with products that are too complex. That is particularly the case with guestroom amenities, because customers staying for just a night or two do not have the time, or the patience, to master a complicated process to accomplish a generally simple task like finding a television channel.
“If you need your neighbor’s teenage kid to help you figure out how to use something,” said Henry H. Harteveldt, a travel analyst with Forrester Research, “it’s probably too complex for a hotel to implement.”
That is why the James hotel in Chicago has been spending the last few months testing technology made by Control4, known for its home automation systems. On trial in one guestroom, the system allows guests to operate the lights, the blinds, the thermostat and the television using one remote. It can even be used to set a more customized wake-up experience, in which, for example, the TV turns on and gradually increases in volume.
“Everything slowly comes to life in the room,” said Patrick Hatton, general manager of the James, adding that the hotel was taking time to receive feedback on the Control4 technology to make sure the innovations did not create headaches. “The most important thing for us is to make sure the technology is easy to use.”
Another company working with Control4 is the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, which plans to use the system to create a welcome experience at its Las Vegas property, scheduled to open in late 2009. Guests arriving in their room after checking in will be greeted by the drapes opening, the lights automatically turning on and the television displaying a customized message with the guest’s name.
“When you open the door, that’s what will welcome you instead of a dark room where you’re fumbling for a light switch,” said Monika Nerger, Mandarin’s vice president of technology for the Americas.
She said, though, that the main technology challenge for hotels was increasing their Internet bandwidth to keep up with guests doing more file-intensive activities online. The Las Vegas hotel will offer 400 megabytes of bandwidth, more than double the 160 megabytes at the new Mandarin Oriental in Boston.
Given the economic climate, Mr. Harteveldt cautioned that hotels ought to focus on Internet access and other essential technologies that either help justify a higher room rate or attract more guests.
“Hotels have to make sure they address the basics before they think about the fanciful,” he said. “This is not a time for the fanciful.”Latest technology: USC creates cool 3D holographic displays, bringing TIE Fighter to life!!!
Maybe 3D holograms are not the very latest in trend, but these are! The geniuses at ICT Graphics Lab of USC have managed to create these holographic displays via a new low cost method, which means bring a geek’s dream to reality has just become much more easier!
I won’t even go into how it was done, it wasn’t simple, but the whole process involved the clever use of spinning mirrors, high-speed DLP projections and lots of calculations in order to get the correct and most precise positioning. The result, Star Wars TIE Fighter brought to life!
Watch the video below, it’s really interesting!
Most Impressive/Imposing Demo
At the IOGear booth, the main live demo was a laptop connected to two large 720p TVs using their WUSB-to-VGA adapters. With a single host transmitter they were sending the video signal to both receivers attached to the VGA inputs of the TVs. The TV on the right was running a video as the one on the left had a large Excel spreadsheet and a window that they were moving from one screen to the other. Everyone would at first think the TVs were running a regular video loop like so many of the other TVs on display at CES, only to be surprised when the mouse on the laptop would move a window from one to the other.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
DisplayLink and Windows 7 at CES
CES brought a host of announcements of new monitors, docks, and adapters--from the likes of Acer, Samsung, and HP--adding the simplicity of connecting their devices with a simple, inexpensive USB cable: all enabled by DisplayLink technology.Once you've gotten used the simplicity of needing only a single USB cable to dock all your laptop's devices, or gotten used to a futuristic desktop extended across two, three, or even six displays with the same cable -- it's hard to go back.
Of course, another little announcement at CES 2009 was the public beta of Windows 7.
So, not wanting to put any Windows 7 enthusiasts through any withdrawal pains, DisplayLink made preview drivers available this week, just before Microsoft's official release of the beta. We've been working on these drivers for several months now, and these are the same drivers shown at CES. There are still some months to the release of Windows 7, and these are early, preview drivers only... but DisplayLink is working to insure that the "it just works" simplicity of USB is matched with updated drivers when this new operating system hits the streets.
DisplayLink Customer Presence at CES
With over a dozen customers having DisplayLink products on display at the show, our presence at the show was quite significant. With all the products on display there were bound to be demos that stood out. Here's our vote for the best DisplayLink USB graphics demos at CES 09.
Sexiest Displaylink Product Demo
This one was a toss-up between the Samsung wireless Sidekick 19" 1360x768 monitor and the LG wireless W2286L 22" 1680x1050 monitor. If there has to be an absolute winner, the nod goes to the Samsung, because of the better presentation and collateral used in the demo. Both monitors use the Realtek radio to provide the WUSB link so should be getting the same throughput. With Asus also showing a WUSB monitor at the show, this will be an interesting space to watch to see how these get adopted in the marketplace.
Best Explanation and Collateral for a Demo
The Asus booth had both a three-screeen Displaylink monitor demo as well as a wireless monnitor demo, and the USB monitor demo had great signage as well as a rolling flash demo and a super-stretched Excel spreadsheet. Congratulations to Asus for showing people how easy it is to connect and display with USB graphics.
Sexiest Displaylink Product Demo
This one was a toss-up between the Samsung wireless Sidekick 19" 1360x768 monitor and the LG wireless W2286L 22" 1680x1050 monitor. If there has to be an absolute winner, the nod goes to the Samsung, because of the better presentation and collateral used in the demo. Both monitors use the Realtek radio to provide the WUSB link so should be getting the same throughput. With Asus also showing a WUSB monitor at the show, this will be an interesting space to watch to see how these get adopted in the marketplace.
Best Explanation and Collateral for a Demo
The Asus booth had both a three-screeen Displaylink monitor demo as well as a wireless monnitor demo, and the USB monitor demo had great signage as well as a rolling flash demo and a super-stretched Excel spreadsheet. Congratulations to Asus for showing people how easy it is to connect and display with USB graphics.
CDMA technology
The latest technology being used in mobile communication is Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA). The communication technology has improved vastly over the last decade. Starting from Time division multiple access(TDMA) and then moving on to frequency division multiple access(FDMA) and then now we have code division multiple access(CDMA). All these technologies have helped in bringing more users into the system. Now most of the Phones support CDMA technology although it is not yet used in all parts of the world. It is a method that is being utilized by many radio communication technologies. Slowly it is now being used in mobile communication too.In mobile technology it is referred to as CDMA2000 OR cdmaone. In mobile communication, CDMA is the basic technology that is being used to send voice, data signals. There are various CDMA2000 standards that are being used and the basic one being 1xRTT.
BlueAnt SuperTooth Light
Supertooth Light Visor Hands-Free
Stylish in design, easy to use and with no installation requirements, the new BlueAnt Supertooth Light offers the latest in sun-visor mounted handsfree speakerphone technology.
Currently, the most powerful speakerphone on the market today, the BlueAnt Supertooth Light incorporates the very latest technology from Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR). Its outstanding audio quality is achieved via the integration of the cutting edge Clear Voice Capture (CVC) Digital Signal P
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Mitsubishi HC5000BL projector
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics Presentation Products Division, known for award-winning, high-quality presentation and display products, today introduced its 1080p home theater projector, the HC5000BL. Based on the latest LCD technology and High Quality Video (HQV) high-performance video processor from Silicon Optix, Mitsubishi's HC5000BL offers true 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution for the highest definition of detail and action, and performs seamlessly with the latest Blu-ray or HD DVD technology. "Our new HC5000BL brings the best of the best to our customers," said Frank Anzures, product manager, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division.
Mitsubishi projector HC5000BL
"We have the latest technology, the latest features, and the highest quality performance available today." The HC5000BL is designed with new inorganic LCD panels that are more durable and provide a more color-consistent, even-toned image than previous generation LCD panels. The LCD optical engine is enclosed to prevent dust from entering the engine, which decreases the number of particles landing on the LCD panels, and keeps the image cleaner. Mitsubishi's HC5000BL delivers HQV through Silicon Optix's Reon-VX chip, which provides true HQV four-field, motion-adaptive, per-pixel, high-definition (HD) deinterlacing that delivers the sharpest and most detailed HD images possible. The HQV multi-direction diagonal filter removes any "jaggies" and/or stair-step artifacts from deinterlaced video sources without blurring the image, while sophisticated noise reduction technology removes the noise and artifacts caused by compression.
Mitsubishi projector HC5000BL - Details
Using Mitsubishi's exclusive algorithms to control its dynamic iris, the HC5000BL also boasts one of the highest contrast ratios available today, achieving an unprecedented 10,000:1 for the most exacting features in dark areas of an image. These new algorithms detect and maximize color information as well as luminance, creating realistic detail in film noir and action flicks. With up to 5000 hours of lamp-life (in low mode), HC5000BL owners won't have to change them often, but when it's necessary, the new projector offers a design that makes replacement quick and easy. Through an easily accessed lamp housing, users simply switch the lamps without taking the mounting structure apart and physically handling the projector.
Alcatel looks forward to retro-styled 'vintage' slider
Alcatel Mobile Phones' latest offering may not appeal to phone fans looking for the latest technology, but it looks a solid enough handset for consumers with more modest needs.
Dubbed the OT-C825 Vintage Slider, it's anything but old fashioned: the handset has dedicated music playback keys; a 176 x200, 262,144-colour display; Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP wireless stereo technology; and a six-hour talk time.
The camera's resolution is a little behind the times - it's just 1.3 megapixels - but it'll work as a webcam if the phone's connected to a PC's USB port.
Perhaps it's the phone's "smokey brown" colour scheme that gives it that "vintage" feel? It's certainly got a dour, retro quality to it reminscent of bakelite radios and their ilk.
The OT-C825 comes with a 128MB MicroSD card for song storage. It's a tri-band GSM device.
Alcatel said the phone will go on sale in the June/July timeframe, but it didn't say how much the Vintage Slider will cost.
Sony Expo Showcases Latest Tech
The annual Sony Hawaii Expo was held this week at the Ala Moana Hotel Hibiscus Ballroom. Highlight of this year’s Sony Expo was the desktop Sony OLED flatscreen TV (shown above). The hallmark of this high tech wonder is its small size and crystal clear high definition picture. The screen itself is thinner than a compact disc jewel case.
Another hyped product at the Sony Hawaii Expo is the new Sony Rolly MP3 player. It is a new portable device that is shaped like a little barrel and moves to the beat of the music. The speakers on this device are positioned at both ends and open up with winglike flaps on each end. The device will not be marketed in the U.S. and is aimed only at consumers in Japan. If it were sold in the U.S. the price would be at around $400.
Face recognition “smile” technology for Sony Cybershot cameras were also a new this year. The new Cybershots can sense when a person smiles and fires only at that time. People were happily smiling for the demo at the Sony Cybershot booth. There were many other Cybershot digital still and video cameras that were also on display for consumers to play with.
I was most interested in the small super zoom, SLR-like cameras that I may want to get in an effort to find a capable SLR-like digital camera without all of the weight and bulk.
Last year’s hot product, the Sony Playstation 3 was almost like a has-been this year. Yes, there were displays of the venerable Playstation 3 for people to use, but the crowds around those stations were not very big. Sony is still marketing the Playstation 2 which is still the most popular game console of all time, despite Nintendo running away with the market lead on their new generation Wii product.
I am still interested in perhaps getting a Sony PSP, mainly for the fact that it can surf the web with its wireless internet feature. Another wifi device that was touted last year, the Sony Mylo, was nowhere to be seen this year. Sony still sells the device.
HDTV are the big products Sony is pushing this year as the Expo was dominated by flatscreen high definition sets all over the place. Going hand in hand with that were several Sony Blu-Ray HDTV DVD players. the pictures on the sets and from the players are incredibly clear.
Don’t know if I am ready to sink money in either of these technologies, especially Blu-Ray since it is locked in a format war with the rival HD-DVD. Beta vs. VHS all over again. I’ll wait for the dust to settle on this one.
Overall the Sony Expo was a great little venue to check the latest technology from one of the most popular electronic companies on the face of the earth.
Best bits
Tech heads and early adopters must have had a field day at CeBIT, Australia's largest technology trade show. It wrapped up this week, clearing the way for the latest hardware and software to be embraced by consumers and businesses. Some of the gear is already available, other devices will arrive later this year. Much of it capitalises on the trend toward mobile work.
Among the stars of the show was the ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC) - between a tablet PC and a personal digital assistant (PDA) - with full PC capabilities at half of the price of a tablet. The new $1650 EO from TabletKiosk is 50 per cent bigger than the average PDA, runs Windows XP and ditches Pocket PC applications in favour of full Windows software versions.
It's handier and lighter than a tablet or laptop and more useful than a PDA, primarily because of its 17cm touch screen. The UMPC will come with hard drives from 30GB to 160GB, and with memory up to 1GB. It is Wi-Fi and internet enabled, but does not have a mobile phone, although we are told one can be connected via Bluetooth.
Hugo Ortega, the principal of Tegatech Australia (http://www.tegatech.com.au), distributors of the EO, says demand has already outstripped initial estimates, with 250 units sold in the first two hours of orders opening. It arrives in June.
"From what we've seen, there is demand for digital ink to take notes on the screen and have it transcribed to Word or other [program]," Ortega says. He says it will finally do away with paper notebooks carried around by students and note-taking professionals.
Samsung and Asus also have ultra-mobile PCs on the way soon.
Still on the portable stakes, a new credit card-size USB flash drive has arrived.
The compact Wallet Flash (http://www.walletex.com) has a double-sided USB port that sticks out and is small enough to fit snugly with other cards in your wallet.
Gilad Grinbaum, the director of G-Innovations (http://www.ginnovations.com.au), distributors of the Israeli-developed device, says it is waterproof, and starts from $30 for 128MB of storage.
If you're a mobile worker in tough and secret conditions, Panasonic's Toughbook CF-51 arrives in September (http://www.panasonic.com.au). It is water and shock resistant and comes in a magnesium-alloy case. The 80GB hard drive is removable for security, and fingerprint and smart-card readers are optional. The series was designed to meet US military durability requirements.
Portable pain weapon may end up in police hands
HE Pentagon's efforts to develop a beam weapon that can deter an adversary by causing a burning sensation on their skin has taken a step forward with the development of a small, potentially hand-held, version. The weapon, which is claimed to cause no permanent harm, could also end up being used by police to control civilians.
The idea of the weapon is to "create a heating sensation that repels individual adversaries", according to the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) in Quantico, Virginia, which develops less-lethal weapons for the US military and coastguard.
Tests with a rifle-mounted infrared laser, carried out at a US air force lab near Dayton, Ohio, have determined a combination of laser pulse power and wavelength that causes an alarming, hot sensation on the skin, but which stops short of causing a burn, says JNLWD project engineer Wesley Burgei.
"We have established the minimum irradiance to cause a sensation and have characterised where thermal injury begins," he says. "But the exact operating irradiance which balances a useful military effect with a conservative margin of safety has not been nailed down yet."
That's something that will have to be done before the weapon is deployed, as too powerful a laser beam could permanently blind someone if fired at their eyes. Weapons that do this are banned under the UN Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.
Burgei says it is possible to create a beam that will affect the skin without damaging the cornea, and do so at a wavelength that does not penetrate to the retina "and would therefore be retina safe".
Pentagon researchers say they can create a beam that will affect skin without damaging the cornea
The JNLWD says that tests at the Air Force Research Laboratory's human effectiveness lab have established that the skin heating effect causes no permanent damage - suggesting it may have "military utility". The tests also highlighted areas in need of improvement before troops can use it, says lab manager Semih Kumru - though what those features are has not been revealed.
The proposed system is rifle mounted, with a sight above it and a visible low-power laser beam that the soldier uses to aim the invisible infrared laser. The solid-state laser system is battery-powered, and could become hand-held "in the near future", Burgei says.
The weapon, which has been evolving since 2005, is officially known at the Pentagon as the Thermal Laser System. The US National Institute of Justice, which is also funding the weapon's development in the hope that it may prove useful for the police, refers to it as the IR-Lesslethal device.
The Pentagon already has a large crowd control weapon called the Active Denial System that can heat whole groups of people, causing them to flee. It uses a flat-plate antenna mounted on a truck or aircraft to aim a 2-metre-wide microwave beam at the crowd.
Like all supposedly non-lethal weapons that could be used to control civilians, the Pentagon's new portable weapon is raising concerns. "I'd like to know why they want another advanced pain compliance weapon like this," says Steve Wright, non-lethal weapons analyst at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. "Persuading by pain rather than brain - through conversation - has led to push-button torture in the past. If it leaves no mark on the skin how will anyone prove it's been abused?"
Portable pain weapon may end up in police hands
causing a burning sensation on their skin has taken a step forward with the development of a small, potentially hand-held, version. The weapon, which is claimed to cause no permanent harm, could also end up being used by police to control civilians.
The idea of the weapon is to "create a heating sensation that repels individual adversaries", according to the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD) in Quantico, Virginia, which develops less-lethal weapons for the US military and coastguard.
Tests with a rifle-mounted infrared laser, carried out at a US air force lab near Dayton, Ohio, have determined a combination of laser pulse power and wavelength that causes an alarming, hot sensation on the skin, but which stops short of causing a burn, says JNLWD project engineer Wesley Burgei.
"We have established the minimum irradiance to cause a sensation and have characterised where thermal injury begins," he says. "But the exact operating irradiance which balances a useful military effect with a conservative margin of safety has not been nailed down yet."
That's something that will have to be done before the weapon is deployed, as too powerful a laser beam could permanently blind someone if fired at their eyes. Weapons that do this are banned under the UN Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.
Burgei says it is possible to create a beam that will affect the skin without damaging the cornea, and do so at a wavelength that does not penetrate to the retina "and would therefore be retina safe".
Pentagon researchers say they can create a beam that will affect skin without damaging the cornea
The JNLWD says that tests at the Air Force Research Laboratory's human effectiveness lab have established that the skin heating effect causes no permanent damage - suggesting it may have "military utility". The tests also highlighted areas in need of improvement before troops can use it, says lab manager Semih Kumru - though what those features are has not been revealed.
The proposed system is rifle mounted, with a sight above it and a visible low-power laser beam that the soldier uses to aim the invisible infrared laser. The solid-state laser system is battery-powered, and could become hand-held "in the near future", Burgei says.
The weapon, which has been evolving since 2005, is officially known at the Pentagon as the Thermal Laser System. The US National Institute of Justice, which is also funding the weapon's development in the hope that it may prove useful for the police, refers to it as the IR-Lesslethal device.
The Pentagon already has a large crowd control weapon called the Active Denial System that can heat whole groups of people, causing them to flee. It uses a flat-plate antenna mounted on a truck or aircraft to aim a 2-metre-wide microwave beam at the crowd.
Like all supposedly non-lethal weapons that could be used to control civilians, the Pentagon's new portable weapon is raising concerns. "I'd like to know why they want another advanced pain compliance weapon like this," says Steve Wright, non-lethal weapons analyst at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. "Persuading by pain rather than brain - through conversation - has led to push-button torture in the past. If it leaves no mark on the skin how will anyone prove it's been abused?"
Campaign asks for international treaty to limit war robots
A robotics expert, a physicist, a bioethicist and a philosopher have founded the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) to campaign for limits on robotic military hardware.
Roboticist Noel Sharkey at the University of Sheffield, UK, and his colleagues set up ICRAC after a two-day meeting in Sheffield earlier this month. Sharkey has spoken before of ethical concerns about military systems that make their own decisions.
"Robot weapons are likely to change the character of warfare," Sharkey told New Scientist. "We seem to be rushing headlong into the development of autonomous weapons systems without any real concern for the long-term impact on civilian populations."
Preventative measures
In its opening declaration the committee called for a military robots to be banned from space and said no robotic systems should carry nuclear weapons.
The other founding members of ICRAC are physicist Jürgen Altmann of Dortmund University of Technology, Germany; Robert Sparrow of the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, near Melbourne, Australia; and philosopher Peter Asaro of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The committee will recruit more people to monitor the development of autonomous weapons and to campaign for the preventative arms control – like the regulations that govern nuclear and biological weapons – to be applied to robots.
Robot proliferation
The US air force's remote-controlled aircraft – MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers – are playing an ever-growing role in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. And thousands of ground-based robots have been used to help western forces carry out surveillance in dangerous areas of these countries and to locate and disarm bombs worldwide.
Among the most advanced military robots are Talons – small tractor-mounted units with chemical, temperature and radiation sensors that can also carry grenade launchers, machine guns and 50-calibre rifles.
Close to 50 countries either already have or are working to obtain robotic military systems, says Sharkey. So far these are all controlled remotely by pilots or other operators.
Man in the loop
ICRAC fears the principle of keeping a "man in the loop" will be eroded, so that the next generation of robot soldiers will be trusted with life-or-death decisions. Indeed, research into just such scenarios is taking place with US military funding.
The committee is also worried that countries will be more likely to go to war if their casualties will be robots rather than human soldiers. They have also raised the danger of autonomous systems starting and escalating conflicts automatically.
They are drawing up a report on their concerns to present to the European parliament and plan to invite researchers, politicians and representatives of the military to a conference in Germany next summer.
Good in parts
However, robot soldiers have their place, says Michael Codner, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, a defence think tank in London.
"If you are using them to clear mines and there is no one at risk, it makes absolute sense to use them.
"If one reaches the stage of artificial intelligence where robots become unpredictable because they are making their own minds up, it will be difficult to retain responsibility in the user," he concedes. "But that is an issue that will be some way in the future. There is time for ethics and law to cope with this eventually."
Robotics engineer Ron Arkin at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, has argued that machines could perform more ethically than humans in some battlefield situations if they had ethical rules and biases incorporated into their control software.
Roboticist Noel Sharkey at the University of Sheffield, UK, and his colleagues set up ICRAC after a two-day meeting in Sheffield earlier this month. Sharkey has spoken before of ethical concerns about military systems that make their own decisions.
"Robot weapons are likely to change the character of warfare," Sharkey told New Scientist. "We seem to be rushing headlong into the development of autonomous weapons systems without any real concern for the long-term impact on civilian populations."
Preventative measures
In its opening declaration the committee called for a military robots to be banned from space and said no robotic systems should carry nuclear weapons.
The other founding members of ICRAC are physicist Jürgen Altmann of Dortmund University of Technology, Germany; Robert Sparrow of the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, near Melbourne, Australia; and philosopher Peter Asaro of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The committee will recruit more people to monitor the development of autonomous weapons and to campaign for the preventative arms control – like the regulations that govern nuclear and biological weapons – to be applied to robots.
Robot proliferation
The US air force's remote-controlled aircraft – MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers – are playing an ever-growing role in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. And thousands of ground-based robots have been used to help western forces carry out surveillance in dangerous areas of these countries and to locate and disarm bombs worldwide.
Among the most advanced military robots are Talons – small tractor-mounted units with chemical, temperature and radiation sensors that can also carry grenade launchers, machine guns and 50-calibre rifles.
Close to 50 countries either already have or are working to obtain robotic military systems, says Sharkey. So far these are all controlled remotely by pilots or other operators.
Man in the loop
ICRAC fears the principle of keeping a "man in the loop" will be eroded, so that the next generation of robot soldiers will be trusted with life-or-death decisions. Indeed, research into just such scenarios is taking place with US military funding.
The committee is also worried that countries will be more likely to go to war if their casualties will be robots rather than human soldiers. They have also raised the danger of autonomous systems starting and escalating conflicts automatically.
They are drawing up a report on their concerns to present to the European parliament and plan to invite researchers, politicians and representatives of the military to a conference in Germany next summer.
Good in parts
However, robot soldiers have their place, says Michael Codner, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, a defence think tank in London.
"If you are using them to clear mines and there is no one at risk, it makes absolute sense to use them.
"If one reaches the stage of artificial intelligence where robots become unpredictable because they are making their own minds up, it will be difficult to retain responsibility in the user," he concedes. "But that is an issue that will be some way in the future. There is time for ethics and law to cope with this eventually."
Robotics engineer Ron Arkin at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, has argued that machines could perform more ethically than humans in some battlefield situations if they had ethical rules and biases incorporated into their control software.
Will Windows 7 reboot PC sales?
Dell Computer shares surged after the company beat earnings expectations for the second quarter. The next day, chip giant Intel gave the sector another lift by raising its forecast for PC processor sales. Hopes are building among investors that the industry will see a revival in growth as Microsoft unveils its new operating system, Windows 7, on Oct. 22 to replace its troubled Windows Vista. "I think the uplift is going to be significant," said Brian Blair, an analyst with equity research firm Wedge Partners.
The question is how significant. Before Vista, a new Windows release could set off a corporate and consumer buying binge--not only for PCs, but also printers, mice, and software. Some analysts have pointed out that the Windows pop this time could be especially pronounced, since many people never bothered to buy Vista and some 600 million PCs are running the nine-year-old Windows XP.
But, the tech bulls may be disappointed. Given the weak economy, PC unit sales are expected to rise 6.9 percent worldwide in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC. That would be the first quarter-over-quarter increase this year, but far short of the boost from releases such as Windows 95.
"A lot of people are going to have to rethink their assumptions," said IDC analyst David Daoud. The firm expects PC sales to rise 6.1 percent in 2010.
Microsoft declined to comment for this story. But, even the software giant has tried to tamp down expectations for the new operating system. "[The impact is] likely to be elongated over a couple of years, to be honest," Bill Koefoed, the company's investor relations chief, told shareholders in August.
That is not a reflection on Windows 7 itself. In preliminary testing the software has earned largely positive reviews, despite a few complications with installation. Besides delivering bootup speeds and reliability that Vista did not, Windows 7 will help PCs work better with high-speed networks, a key step as companies use more software programs online. Consumers will also be able to more easily view and share even high-definition content, whether it os a TV show on Hulu.com or a home video.
"Windows 7 will put the pizzazz back into PCs," said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of graphics chipmaker Nvidia.
The economy is the primary reason for the holdup in near-term PC sales. While some companies are boosting their capital spending, most will make do with their existing computers for now. Kris Kutchera, vice-president for information technology at Alaska Airlines, said she will wait as long as possible to upgrade, maybe until 2012. "There's not a huge value for us to move [to Windows 7]," she said .
Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only
Paul Cormier, Red Hat's president of products and technologies, told ZDNet Asia's sister site, ZDNet UK at a press conference last week that the hypervisor management software for desktops and servers, which is due out before the end of the year, will be available only for systems running Microsoft's proprietary operating system.
Cormier said he had spent a long time reaching the decision.
"I agonized over this as I thought I would have engineers at my door with pitchforks," said Cormier on Wednesday, who added that the decision was based on customer feedback and demand. "The management tools will run on Windows out of the gate."
On Wednesday the company launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4. This update bundled in Red Hat's kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) hypervisor, which allows multiple virtual operating systems to run on a host machine or system.
Red Hat has not said exactly when the tools will be available, saying only that customers will be able to get hold of them before the end of the year. The management software will be part of the first wave of products released within the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization strategy.
Mark Taylor, chief executive of U.K. open-source firm Sirius Corporation, which offers Red Hat support to businesses, said on Monday that the Red Hat decision was "weird, but understandable".
"[The decision] is understandable because in the real market the majority of desktops are running on Windows--it has a huge install base," said Taylor. "It's weird as the company normally takes the GPL [GNU Public License] approach. The decision is pragmatic, but it does seem a retrograde step in dealing with interoperability."
Red Hat has traditionally championed interoperability, and on Wednesday last week it criticised Microsoft, saying the company is attempting to lock customers into its Azure cloud-computing offering.
Cloud floats among India's large firms
Cloud computing is commonly perceived to benefit mostly small and medium businesses (SMBs), but a growing number of large Indian organizations including Shoppers Stop, Bharti, Ashok Leyland, Asian Paints, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Infosys and Tata Elxsi, are turning to the cloud, too.
"CIO of large Indian companies are quite interested in cloud computing, where most of them are exploring how the cloud impacts their IT infrastructure," Aman Dokania, vice president and general manager of infrastructure software, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan, told ZDNet Asia in a phone interview.
Andrew Knott, Asia-Pacific vice president of marketing, Salesforce.com, said in an e-mail that cloud computing is suitable for both large and small businesses. In India, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor counts large business houses such as Tata and Bajaj Auto, as customers.
The platform offers a predictable, pay-as-you-go model for businesses to access computing resources. In an economic downturn, the appeal of this cost advantage is hugely magnified.
There are also other advantages besides costs, Knott said, such as easy access to applications from any computer or device, anytime and from anywhere. Cloud also enables seamless upgrades, where the provider manages all the updates and upgrades for multi-tenant cloud applications, and cuts deployment time, allowing companies to be up and running in days or weeks, instead of months or years.
Vikas Arora, group director of enterprise services at Microsoft India, said in an e-mail: "For large enterprises, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) is a means to achieve greater profits."
The software giant is in the process of launching its cloud offerings in India, and have signed up partners to trial products that have been launched worldwide, Arora said.
According to a recent report by Springboard, the Indian SaaS market was pegged at US$51.6 million (2.5 billion rupees) between 2008 and 2009, and is expected to reach US$100.4 million (4.9 billion rupees) by 2010.
Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 76 percent, this market is expected to touch US$248.5 million (12 billion rupees) by 2011, and cloud-based ERP and CRM applications are likely to see highest demand.
Chartered merger 'huge step' for Globalfoundries
Earlier this week, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing announced that they entered into a definitive agreement, in which ATIC would acquire Chartered for S$2.5 billion (US$1.75 billion). ATIC owns about two-thirds of Globalfoundries--the joint venture that the investment firm created with AMD.
The deal is subject to Singapore's High Court and Chartered's shareholders, but according to market analyst iSuppli, chances are good the deal will go through.
In a statement, iSuppli said Chartered and Globalfoundries earned a combined revenue of US$1.2 billion for the first half of 2009, which would propel it to No. 2 among pure-play foundry players. TSMC was the clear leader at US$3.3 billion.
Globalfoundries revenue includes combined Chartered Semiconductor and Globalfoundries revenues for Q1 and Q2 2009 (Source: iSuppli)
The deal addresses a number of "glaring weaknesses" Globalfoundries has in service and its ability to produce in bulk, which the company had not been able to correct up till now. In particular, with the addition of Chartered, Globalfoundries would have two operational 300mm facilities and five 200mm ones.
Chartered: Date for shareholder meeting not fixed
The date for a meeting by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing shareholders to vote on the sale of the company to Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) has not yet been set, according to a Chartered spokesperson.
The company, however, is targeting for the shareholders to congregate in November, she said in an e-mail.
According to a joint statement issued Sep. 7, ATIC and Chartered said that pending board approvals, Globalfoundries CEO Doug Grose would serve as chief executive of the combined operations. Chia Song Hwee, CEO of Chartered, would assume the role of chief operating officer and spearhead the integration effort.
The companies have just initiated the "integration planning process", the U.S.-based spokesperson added. Chartered has around 6,000 employees worldwide, with the "vast majority" based in Singapore. It has one 300mm facility and five 200mm fabs in the island-state.
"This acquisition provides Globalfoundries the ability to produce both bulk and Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology," Len Jelinek, iSuppli's director and chief analyst for semiconductor manufacturing, said in the statement. "Prior to this, Globalfoundries could only manufacture SOI. But even of larger significance is that prior to the acquisition, the company was stuck doing things the way their largest customer --AMD--wanted.
"Now, they pick up the infrastructure that Chartered had in place and that's a major boon for them," he added.
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, said in a research note the potential merger was a "huge step" for Globalfoundries. He pointed out that the deal would deliver the third of three critical factors defined by In-Stat as vital to the foundry's long-term success.
The first two--gaining a significant customer and breaking ground on new capacity--had already been achieved. The third, becoming a part of the Common Platform manufacturing alliance.
"Gaining Chartered gives the company formal entree to the Common Platform alliance, which it was already loosely linked to through its relationships with IBM," McGregor explained. "This does assume that the transaction doesn't nullify the alliance or any contractual obligations, but we do not believe that it will because it actually adds more value to the Common Platform as an alternative to TSMC, the world's foundry powerhouse."
McGregor added that the fact that Globalfoundries had accomplished all three of these tasks in less than a year--"far quicker than In-Stat had predicted"--was "impressive" and drives the company "into a critical position in the market".
Market shifts ahead
iSuppli added that the old foundry landscape was under duress, and that changes are fast-happening. UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) could regain its second spot, with the expected completion of its acquisition of Hejin later in the year.
UMC did not respond to ZDNet Asia's request for comments by press time.
Netbooks changing the PC game
A new report from Canalys said 13.5 million netbooks were sold globally in the first half of 2009, anchored around telco bundling deals, with some 50 operators selling netbooks.
The "only PC segment enjoying growth this year" has attracted a new category of consumer buyer and forced PC vendors to cut costs, because of its lower price point and focus on mobility, the report added.
The biggest change to the industry has been telco involvement, it said. Subsidized netbooks have successfully emulated the mobile phone business model, with the market shares of PC vendors impacted "rapidly" by their success in tying up with telcos, said Canalys.
The massive marketing budgets from telcos have pushed netbooks to the forefront of the public consciousness, with "a prominence never before given to PCs".
"Vendors that are not present in the telco channel are missing out on valuable promotional opportunities," it said.
Tim Coulling, Canalys research analyst, raised the example of Samsung, which has deals with "more than half of the telcos currently selling netbooks" in Europe. This has boosted its profile in the PC industry, he said.
"Meanwhile, traditional notebook category leaders--including Lenovo, Fujitsu, Sony and Toshiba--have been slow to recognize how quickly the market is changing around them and as a group they have signed fewer than 10 operators," he elaborated.
On the telco end, netbooks have helped justify their infrastructure investments in mobile broadband. By pushing data revenues, netbooks are helping push the business case for LTE (long term evolution) investments, he said.
In the Asia-Pacific region, telco tie-ups took about six months longer to happen, but "activity has accelerated, especially in North Asia".
Daryl Chiam, Canalys senior analyst, said: "More than double the number of netbook deals in telcos in August have been observed, [compared to] June.
"We expect to see a rush of new deals across South East Asia and Oceania toward the end of this year."
Another recent report pegged netbook sales at 22.5 percent of all portable laptops sold, up from only 5.6 percent a year ago.
An IDC analyst too said in an earlier interview, telco netbook promotions have helped raise public interest in the device category.
The analyst noted, however, that more netbooks need to come with 3G integrated, in order to boost 3G subscription numbers.
Microsoft Makes Enteros Load2Test 2.0 Framework Available to Microsoft ADO.NET Users
This latest addition to the Enteros load testing offering comes in both 32- and 64-bit capacity, enabling organizations additional supporting technology to meet the SLAs for business line applications.
With the new functionality in Load2Test, Enteros said the connections to the database directly are no longer needed as it can communicate within the middle tier of ADO.NET calls from applications to data sources. When bottlenecks and performance degradation are found, Load2Test can find the location of the ADO.NET calls and identify them for immediate remediation, ensuring little to no down time.
Customers using the .NET Framework for its application development platform can now have the scalability for testing in both the staging and production portions of the development lifecycle. Unlike other load testing solutions, Load2Test uses real production data that provides a complete picture of overall system performance.
ADO.NET is a set of computer software components that can be used by programmers to access data and data services from sources such as Microsoft SQL Server as well as those exposed through OLE DB and XML. It is a part of the base class library that is included with the Microsoft .NET Framework and is commonly used by programmers to access and modify data stored in relational database systems as well as non-relational sources. Users of ADO.NET can not only connect to a database, but can also execute commands and retrieve, manipulate and update data.
SeaChange Demos Jinni-Powered VOD Discovery and Navigation for TV's, PC's and Mobile Devices at IBC 2009
Providing a personalized experience, the company noted, Jinni is a viewer taste-based recommendation engine that leverages semantic technology to help people choose what to watch, in a solution that is responsive to personal entertainment tastes.
Available for deployment in early 2010, SeaChange said it will introduce the Jinni interface running on its TV Navigator middleware platform as part of its three-screen video delivery demonstration during IBC 2009 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-15.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA."VOD libraries are growing at a breakneck pace and the sheer volume of titles is making it increasingly challenging for subscribers to find the content they want, much less doing so quickly," said Simone Sassoli, VP and general manager, global telecoms and middleware, SeaChange. "Bringing the power of Jinni's search and recommendation capabilities to the set top box with an incredibly rich and easy-to-use interface is a significant development for VOD and one that can immediately impact usage rates." The combination of SeaChange's middleware and VOD platforms with Jinni's database of movie and television titles and semantic content tags lets subscribers search for titles based on parameters such as a film's or program's experience (mood and tone) and story (plot elements, structures and style).
Subscribers will also be able to search their operators' VOD libraries using web-enabled PCs and mobile devices: the titles they select for viewing will automatically populate a "favorites" folder that is accessible on their set top box-based program guide.
Globaltel Media: Canada Leading Usage of Cherple, Free PC-to-Cell SMS Message App
According to Sanchez, Canada went from statistical obscurity straight to the No. 2 slot for most Cherple users and has remained the second usage country among all nations for the last three months. Since its January U.S. launch, Cherple has won nearly 10 million users with its no-fee and no-subscription service that allows people to send SMS text messages from any Internet-connected PC to any U.S. mobile cellular device and receive messages back from the mobile to the PC.
Paid for through banner advertising and licensing, Cherple's two-way SMS texting makes it the ideal platform to have a real time, two-way chat across any distance, without the need for a special wireless data plan, smart phone or registration. Standard text messaging rates apply to the U.S. cell phone receiving and replying to any Cherple message, but there is no cost to the on-line user.
"In the month following its launch, Cherple was being used in more than 60 countries to connect to U.S. cell phones," Sanchez noted. "Now that number has grown to 146 countries and it is in use on every continent except Antarctica." More than 83 percent of Cherple users come from North America, with Canada being the second largest market, right after the United States. Since its launch in early 2009, the number of Canadian users has increased seven-fold. This growth has made North America a leading user of Cherple.
AOL Appoints Brad Garlinghouse as President, Internet and Mobile Communications
Garlinghouse will also take on an expanded leadership position for the company, heading up AOL's Silicon Valley operations from its Mountain View campus and serving as the West Coast lead for AOL Ventures, the company's venture capital arm headed globally by Jon Brod. Garlinghouse was most recently at Silver Lake Partners as an in-house Senior Advisor. Prior to Silver Lake, Garlinghouse spent nearly six years at Yahoo!, where he led that company's communications and community products. Garlinghouse will report directly to AOL's Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong.
Armstrong, who joined AOL in April, identified Communications as one of the five key areas of strategic focus for AOL after a 100-day review of the company's business. Other focus areas include Content, Advertising, Local & Mapping and AOL Ventures.
Garlinghouse spent nearly six years at Yahoo! where he most recently served as SVP of Communications and Communities. Prior to that he served as SVP of Communications, Communities and Front Doors, which included the Yahoo! home page. He came to Yahoo in 2003 as VP, Communication Products.
Microsoft Names S3 as Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Set-Top Box Testing Partner
Through the relationship with Microsoft, S3 noted it will provide independent professional services tailored to the requirements of the OEMs with the emphasis on time-to-market. S3 will integrate the Hardware Adaptation Layer from the OEM with the Microsoft Mediaroom client on the STB bringing the integrated system through all phases of testing required for deployment. This is done by executing a series of structured test cycles, focused on functionality, stability and reliability testing at each phase.
"As we grow our Mediaroom business it is important that we also grow our partner ecosystem," said Steve Koepp, Sr. Manager, Business Development, TV, Video & Music Business, Microsoft. "The addition of S3 as the first set-top box testing partner for Mediaroom brings scale to the STB testing process while also enabling us to re-deploy internal resources on developing next generation client experience. S3 has a skilled base of engineers with design and integration experience right across the digital TV development cycle and will provide an efficient service to STB OEMs." S3 is a provider of services, products and IP to the Digital TV industry.
mber 12, 2009] Dell Names Endeavor's Linda Rottenberg as One of the Inspiring Entrepreneurs for the Take Your Own Path Campaign
Take Your Own Path distinguishes entrepreneurs as "heroes," and is being introduced in the U.S., Japan, Germany, China and the UK following its initial successes in India and France. Linda receives this honor along with LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman, Cakelove founder Warren Brown, and Sew What? President Megan Duckett. "Dell has always believed that it takes an extraordinary person to launch and run a business. We understand the potential of medium and small businesses to transform the global economy and the Take Your Own Path campaign underscores Dell's commitment to supporting individuals with a big idea," said Paul-Henri Ferrand, VP of global marketing for Dell Small and Medium Business. "Dell celebrates the many achievers and dreamers who dare to forge ahead in their own way with a view of how they could change the world." "Dell clearly understands the needs of entrepreneurs who take risks and bet big on business success. We're excited to participate in this one-of-a-kind campaign," said Rottenberg. |
