Intel built a processor for wearable computing , and now it has a tiny computer where that processor can live.
At CES 2014, Intel CEO Brian
Krzanich announced Edison, "a full Pentium-class PC" that's the size and shape of the SD card you might otherwise put in your camera.
What's so special about it?
It's powered by a dual-core Quark SOC, runs Linux, and has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity,
according to the company.
Intel even has a specific app store designed for Edison, and a special version of Wolfram that will come to the tiny computer.
Still not satisfied?
To demonstrate the potential for Edison, Intel showed a concept for a "Nursery 2.0." In the concept, a baby was wearing a Mimo onesie outfitted with sensors tracking things like temperature, and Edison was used to display that information on, of all things, a coffee mug. When the baby was comfortable, blinking lights on the mug show a happy green smiling face, but when something is wrong that face turns red. A much more useful application,
however, involved using Edison to switch on a bottle warmer when your baby starts to stir, that way it's
ready come feeding time.
Source: theverge
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