Mitchell McKenna - tagged with hardware http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Foundation: Jawbone Founder Hosain Rahman On How to Build Meaningful Hardware Prototypes http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13651/foundation-jawbone-founder-hosain-rahman-on-how-to-build-meaningful-hardware-prototypes

In this episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with Jawbone CEO and Founder Hosain Rahman. Hosain and I discuss the entrepreneurial environment at Stanford in the 1990's, The Jetsons as design inspiration, and how his meeting with Steve Jobs shaped the future of Jawbone's first product designs.

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Leap Motion Control http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11249/introducing-the-leap

Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It's more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements. To learn more visit http://www.leapmotion.com.

Discuss on gdgt: http://gdgt.com/discuss/will-motion-control-be-the-next-multi-touch-19f2/

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Wed, 23 May 2012 13:25:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/11249/introducing-the-leap/introducing-the-leap
Motorola Head-mounted Computer Kopin Golden-i http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6423/motorola-head-mounted-computer-gen2-kopin-golden-i

Our dreams of an actually useful wearable computer have still yet to materialize, but the second-generation Kopin Golden-i concept -- now inconspicuously Motorola-branded -- is an interesting attempt. It's based around a head mounted, magnified SVGA LCD that is meant to be "glanceable" while the user remains aware of their surroundings. The Windows CE-chugging, OMAP3530-powered computer onboard is voice controlled and also motion sensing (for cursor control), and can hook up with other devices over Bluetooth, WiFi and USB. Of course, it remains to be seen if software can make something like this truly usable, but it certainly looks like the hardware is all there -- and the form factor isn't pure tragedy either.

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