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!
December 19th, 2011
Hi everybody!
Just a quick message to wish you all a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!
2011 has been a great year for Ikanos. We have worked with exciting clients, delivering fantastic products. Next year we expect even greater things, and we’ll be certain to keep you posted!
All the best!
November 17th, 2011
This week we have been blogging and tweeting about the build up to the Golden-i Partner Conference 2011, held in New York at the deSeversky Mansion on the Old Westbury Long Island campus of NYIT (New York Institute of Technology). Additionally, Emma has been tweeting about various parts of the event live from the conference itself.
What a success it’s been! The various presentations at the conference were fascinating, and everyone took knowledge and insight away with them! The conference included a humbling and inspiring talk from John C.C. Fan, CEO and Founder of Kopin Corporation (the company behind Golden-i). Talking about the history behind Kopin, John shared a very appropriate message to those gathered, all people who have invested in Golden-i: “Those who just play safe are just playing”.
As this blog covered earlier in the week, Ikanos had the opportunity to present at the conference, alongside the other prestigious speakers and leaders in industry. James and Dave presented on “Integration and Engineering Strategies for Golden-i”, talking about our involvement in the project and also what we can, and are bringing to Golden-i that is unique. Additionally, James and Dave took a Q&A session with Chris Parkinson, Software Manager for Golden-i, where delegates at the conference had the chance to ask questions about the unit from a technical perspective.
In addition to the daytime conference events, delegates were invited to the conference dinner. This was a wonderful event, and the winners of Golden-idea (the competition to find the greatest Golden-i use-case) were announced. The winner, a submission from Texas A&M, won $10,000! Second and third place were awarded a free Golden-i developer kit each!
The event was fantastic, and a resounding success all round. Now is the time to get involved in Golden-i… it really is the future of computing! Stay tuned to find out if Emma got everything she wanted in her New York shopping spree!
November 14th, 2011
Our Technical Director, David Hollick (or Dave as he’s affectionately known!), paid a visit to our Nottingham office today to iron out the last minute details in preparation for our visit to New York, and also to act as a model for our new line of Ikanos-branded t-shirts! You can see James (our Managing Director), Dave and Sean (Project Coordinator) wearing them above!
James, Dave and Emma (our Executive Assistant) will be travelling tomorrow to New York to take part in the Golden-i Partner Conference. James and Dave will be presenting as part of the conference programme, giving a talk on building a basic voice-controlled application for Golden-i. As part of this, James will build a simple application including voice control for the live audience!
We’re certain that James, Dave and Emma will treat themselves to a juicy steak following a successful presentation!
Please watch out for our live Tweets throughout the conference (@ikanosc)!
November 11th, 2011
We’re on the countdown to the Golden-i Partner Conference at Ikanos towers…and it’s still manically busy as always!
Next week will see James, Emma and Dave travelling to the ‘big apple’ to rub shoulders with other developers working on Golden-i’s software.
There’s going to be all sorts on offer – the most interesting for James and Dave will be what future opportunities Golden-i can offer Ikanos, and what Ikanos can bring to Golden-i. And for Emma – shoe shopping in New York City is on the agenda!
We’ve played a huge role in the development of Golden-i so far, but we’re keen to do more. Some on the things being discussed include how future plans for Golden-i are shaping up? What is being pitched? Where are the opportunities for future enterprise? …… All interesting stuff that we’ll report back on through this blog.
Throughout the conference we’re hoping to see some familiar faces. Since the beginning we have always preferred meeting Golden-i partners face to face – and James has got the air miles to prove it! But next week we will be embracing the power of live tweeting.
Emma will be tapping away on her iPad to let you know how we’re getting on throughout the week – so watch out for our tweets (@ikanosc).
Live tweeting isn’t something we have done before, but getting involved in the social conversation of the event will give us much better reach then just manning our exhibition stand.
November 9th, 2011
Business East Midlands (BEM) today carried a feature about Ikanos’ move into our new offices in Nottingham. Read the piece here!
October 27th, 2011
James Woodall, our Managing Director had the pleasure this week of joining the Kopin Golden-i development team at Technology Services World in Las Vegas. TSW is a conference series run by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), an organisation focussed on research and development into new technology services.
In Vegas, Golden-i was demonstrated to conference attendees and the feedback was great. To learn more about Golden-i, please visit http://www.mygoldeni.com.
August 23rd, 2011
Ikanos today featured in This is Nottingham, our local newspaper resource online. The piece focussed on our Managing Director, James Woodall, and his experiences in building Ikanos into the business it is today. Read the piece here!
July 21st, 2011
Ikanos has set up its first permanent offices in the UK! Now based in Nottingham, Ikanos have chosen to set up their offices at The Point, an exciting new development near to the city centre.
James Woodall, our Managing Director, is excited about the move:
“We have clients across the globe, and I have spent the last four years moving around, building up our client base. Now we have taken on more employees and we have established some huge clients, I felt we needed to put down roots. Nottingham is centrally based and is home to some huge companies, it seemed like the ideal choice”.
May 27th, 2011
Ikanos Consulting has been working in partnership with Kopin Corporation and Motorola on developing and delivering the Golden-i; the next generation near-eye headset. As part of this partnership, Ikanos has redeveloped mygoldeni.com, splitting the website into two, and producing an all new mygoldeni.com and developer.mygoldeni.com.
The new websites have now gone live. These websites will be the hub of the project, allowing people to go online and purchase Golden-i products, download resources and materials, and receive support in using the developing on the headset. Please visit the new sites, and check out the exciting technological development of 2011!
