The medical-device giant Medtronic already has a small group working on a prototype device to see what would be needed to make optogenetics therapy possible.
As a result, the Sensiboil is largely hidden to the eye, apart from a green and a red button that activates or stops the device working.
In addition to the two smartphone models, Amazon is also said to be working on a device for streaming music and a set-top box, the latter of which was also reported by Bloomberg BusinessWeek last month.
And they're coming from more different companies than ever before--Medtronic is working on a device that could serve as an artificial pancreas for treating diabetes, but so is drug giant Roche (otc: RHHBY - news - people ).
He is also working to shrink the device to roughly the size of a cochlear implant and make it less power-hungry.
The latest is a report from Bloomberg that says Apple already has a team of 100 employees working on a wearable device.
Both worked as promised when we got the hang of it, but it really is an odd way of working with a small device.
Obviously, though, relying on software would limit the case to working with a single device (and let's be realistic, it won't be your beloved Nexus 4).
Another team has been working on a monitoring device to check that materials and weapons are where they are said to be, without design secrets being stolen.
The next step is working to build a clocking device that can hide bigger objects in three-dimensions.
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The team just received an NSF grant to explore other applications for the device and is working on a cradle for Android phones.
Many speculators point to this as yet more proof that Google is working on a mobile handheld device following the company's acquisition of a company founded by wireless designer Andy Rubin.
The TV device Apple is working on would use a version of Apple's wireless-streaming technology AirPlay to allow users to control it from iPhones and iPads, according to people briefed on the matter.
Now, the company finally has a working prototype of its first device -- one that's not only rugged, but with both cellular and satellite connectivity to keep the more adventurous among us connected at all times.
The HeartMath sensor is the company's first mobile device after years of working only on computers.
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ResHydro is currently working on a hydrokinetic energy generation device that requires further research and development.
The company is working to allow any internet capable device to be remotely monitored and controlled from the site.
Research in Motion is working on a touch-sensitive device, dubbed Thunder, that its engineers reportedly call the AK, for Apple Killer.
At Purdue University in Indiana, scientists are working on a reactor-like device that uses water circulated by gravity to keep the core cool.
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Researchers in the US are also working on a shape-shifting device that uses magnets to mimic molecules that fold themselves into complex shapes.
In the past it has dismissed claims that it is working on a console-like device that would put its Steam online gaming service into a stand-alone box.
With these tools in place, the board can feel at ease because the data is protected while their employees are working more efficiently on whatever mobile device they choose.
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That was the question Israeli entrepreneur Izhar Gafni asked himself before coming up with his working cardboard bike, a lightweight device costing between USD 9 and USD 12 to create.
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Unlike similar offerings such as the still-unshipped Clambook (or Motorola's ill-fated Lapdock) the Casebook uses the handset as a trackpad, and the creators say that it won't be device-specific, working instead with a large number of smartphones from Apple, Blackberry, Samsung and others.
Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that Apple is working on a watch-like device. iWatch has been in the rumor mill for a long time, but now the rumor has gained more credibility being spread by these august outlets.
And of course, Apple was working on a lower-cost computing device.
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Electronic counter measure equipment was fitted to the Land Rover Fusilier Gentle was travelling in and was working correctly but was ineffective against the device.
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The DoD wants to become device agnostic as it is working towards the implementation of a new mobile architecture that allows commercial devices to be used for classified communications.
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Two common exceptions: If the vendor is already working up a prototype for a similar device, or if the invention is considered part of the "public domain, " then all bets are off.
So we had a way of marrying the device that the company was working with a novel cell line that had the potential to really address some major unmet needs in cancer.
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