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Warning this interview contains scenes of extreme violence as Jeffrey takes a hammer to an unsuspecting laptop and iPod Touch to demonstrate the Worth Avenue Group's insurance policies for electronic devices. Unusually, in addition to coverage for accidental damage, their policies also include protection for virus infestations under their vandalism clause. However, read the small print on the Group's website
Jeffrey Power talks to Mike Martin of Intel, which announced the incorporation of the Intel graphics processor (the GPU) onto the CPU across the whole of the Core range (i3, i5, i7). The stand at CES had an impressive artistic display showing off the power of the new Core processors, which you can see in the video. Available now - look for the Intel
OnStar has been fitted to GM vehicles for 15 years now and has been a success from the start - there are now over 6 million subscribers worldwide. During this time, GM have often been asked to retrofit OnStar to other vehicles but that hasn't been possible...until now. From this spring, the OnStar hardware will be available from Best Buy
Jeffrey takes a look at NEC's cool dual screen Android tablet. Each touch screen is 7" and while there are many uses, one target market is education. One screen can be used to show video or diagrams with the accompanying text on the other. It's powered by a 1 GHz ARM Cortex CPU rather than the more usual Atom processors.
Andy McCaskey interviews Ariel Garten, CEO of InteraXon - Thought Controlled Computing. It's no longer sci-fi, you can now interact with technology using the power of your mind (rather than your thoughts being controlled by computers.) The system consists of a lightweight headset with two electrodes that detects brainwaves such as alpha and beta waves. Different patterns are associated with
Todd talks to Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, a reminder service aimed at care-givers for elderly people, helping them remember to take their medication and to keep appointments, thus keeping them in their own home that little bit longer. Under the overall brand of Smart Reminders, Independa is launching three products, Smart Calendar, Medication Reminder and Life Stories. The way
Andy McCaskey talks to Heather Shelstad, Director of Marketing for CourseSmart. Anyone in education will know that textbooks are expensive and CourseSmart offers a cheaper and more convenient alternative. CourseSmart is the world's largest provider of on-line textbooks with around 90% of the current curriculum available at about 60% of the cost. CourseSmart has relationships with many of the major publishers,