Wristband drone wins wearable devices contest
Intel Corp on Monday awarded
$5,00,000 to a group of do-it-your selfers who developed a
wristband that turns into a cameraequipped drone. They won a contest
that the chipmaker hopes will help guarantee it a leading position in
the emerging market for wearable computing devices. Aimed at rock
climbers, the Nixie quadcopter is worn wrapped around the wrist and
springs into the air to take pictures from hard-to-reach
places. Like a boomerang, it returns to its owner and then syncs with
the owner's smartphone. Falling behind Qualcomm in recent years after it
was slow to embrace smartphones and tablets, Intel has been keen to
make sure its processors are at the front of future technology trends.
CEO Brian Krzanich in January launched the “Make it Wearable“ contest to encourage entrepreneurs and hobbyists to use Intel's chips to develop new kinds of wearable tech nology . The prize money is meant to help the winners bring their prototype to market.“This was an experiment to see what we could do in this space,“ Krzanich said at an award event on Monday . Finalists included a pad that lets premature babies in incubators feel the heartbeat of their mothers, and a necklace that uses patterns of pulses felt on the chest to give cyclists turn-by-turn directions so they don't need to look at their smartphones.
CEO Brian Krzanich in January launched the “Make it Wearable“ contest to encourage entrepreneurs and hobbyists to use Intel's chips to develop new kinds of wearable tech nology . The prize money is meant to help the winners bring their prototype to market.“This was an experiment to see what we could do in this space,“ Krzanich said at an award event on Monday . Finalists included a pad that lets premature babies in incubators feel the heartbeat of their mothers, and a necklace that uses patterns of pulses felt on the chest to give cyclists turn-by-turn directions so they don't need to look at their smartphones.
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