We got a brief eyes-on with Fujitsu's demo, which shows off the eye-controlled tech working with a map application.
ReQall debuted in 2007 as an online-only application, aided by tech luminaries including Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell, usability expert Don Norman and creative thinking guru Edward de Bono.
Chen of Wired.com noted on Monday, the phrase has become an easy joke whenever mobile phones are discussed, and a hearty crutch for tech writers writing about a new application for the iPhone or other smart phones.
The Seattle company, run by serial tech entrepreneur Andy Sack, seeks to streamline the loan application process and relies heavily on recommendations from angel investors, venture capitalists and tech industry veterans.
Again, I remain fascinated by the application of scientific breakthroughs to low-tech applications.
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Meanwhile, MPC Data is going after much more of a niche, but doing it well: its SwiftBoot tech can get Linux up and running an actual application on an embedded device-ready Renesas SuperH SH7724 processor in under a second (0.982 seconds, to be precise).
The hottest tech trend of the year is Big Data, the application of powerful new analytical tools to the mountains of data now being created by the Cloud and by millions of new sensors embedded into the natural world.
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Other areas of high-tech are premised less on breakthrough innovations and more on the application of technology to massive new markets in retailing, advertising, media, financial services, education, publishing, communications, fashion and music.
Even in this consumer boom that is still the vast majority of all tech spending, though consumer devices like an Apple iPhone with a corporate application, or a company building software using Amazon Web Services, make those distinctions harder.
With any luck the tech should hit the market sometime during 2015, but it'll be primarily for office and industrial application at first -- so don't start tossing your CFLs just yet.
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