January 18th, 2012
Well, we survived Vegas!
International CES is now the biggest electronics show in the world having developed over 40 years. CES was fantastic this year, attracting a record number of attendees and exhibitors alike. This year, over 150,000 people attended CES and over 3,000 companies exhibited, demonstrating more than 20,000 products. There were launches from Intel, LG Electronics, Nokia, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung and Sony to name just a few.
With the vast number of attendees and products on show, there was a real buzz at the four day event and it was a great atmosphere within which to show off Golden-i. We joined Kopin on the Verizon stand, the largest mobile phone carrier in the US, demonstrating the Golden-i headset. Ikanos, along with one of the Kopin engineers, developed a suite of demonstration software specifically for CES, showing a few exciting use-case examples of Golden-i in action.
With the power of Verizon’s 4G LTE, we demonstrated how Golden-i can help with public safety, part of a wider Verizon demonstration showing an entire public safety infrastructure. In our demonstration, a security guard at a large public venue could utilise Golden-i to respond to a missing child alert, and could bring up all relevant information relating to the alert. Additionally, the security agent could access the security feeds from the venue (we demonstrated this by accessing the feed from a camera attached to the Verizon booth and controlling the camera’s tilt, pan and zoom via voice control).
Golden-i had a fantastic impact at the conference, and everyone was impressed how advanced the system is. We are eagerly anticipating working on Golden-i over the coming months ready for release!
January 6th, 2012
Well…. Christmas and New Year has flown by, and it’s back to work. Feeling a little heavier than before all the Christmas turkey, we’re now in full swing preparing for one of the key trips of the year- International CES, Las Vegas.
Next week, James (our Managing Director), Dave (our Technical Director) and Sean (our Project Coordinator) will be travelling to the US to visit International CES, the annual Consumer Electronics Show. This event attracts key businesses and personnel from all around the world and has over four decades of success. It is a great opportunity for us to network with key businesses in our industry and we will also be supporting Golden-i at the show. Of course, if there’s a chance for a good Vegas-style steak, our guys will take it!
We hope to see you there!
December 9th, 2011
Golden-i is the world’s first headset computer utilising full voice control and head-tracking, while also allowing the user to connect a mouse and keyboard via USB or Bluetooth. Invented and being produced by Kopin Corporation, Ikanos is intimately involved in the development of core software components for the device.
We believe that this will be a real game-changer, and there is worldwide interest in the product backed up by a development programme including a range of Tier 1 enterprise businesses. It seems that Scientific American, the popular science magazine also think that this is an exciting product- Golden-i has been included in the Annual Gadget Guide!
Check the piece out here!
November 28th, 2011
Golden-i, the world’s first hands-free, fully voice-controlled headset computer now has a Facebook page! As the Golden-i section of our website shows, Ikanos is involved in the development of this exciting product on a number of levels. In addition to developing bespoke software solutions for the device, we also handle customer support and host the three main sites; www.mygoldeni.com, developer.mygoldeni.com and ideas.mygoldeni.com.
The new Facebook page is designed to be a meeting point for Golden-i developers and interested parties worldwide. The administrators: Nicole Tricoukes of Motorola Solutions and our very own Sean Hennelly update the page with the latest news reports, updates on development and other information. Please join Golden-i’s hub, and ‘like’ the page!
Check it out here.
