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Research @ Intel 2012 (pictures)

A few of my favorite technologies from the Research @ Intel event in San Francisco on June 26, 2012, where I interviewed Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson for CNET Conversations.

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Brian Cooley is CNET's Editor at large and has been with the brand since 1995. He currently focuses on electrification of vehicles but also follows the big trends in smart home, digital healthcare, 5G, the future of food, and augmented & virtual realities. Cooley is a sought after presenter by brands and their agencies when they want to understand how consumers react to new technologies. He has been a regular featured speaker at CES, Cannes Lions, Advertising Week and The PHM HealthFront™. He was born and raised in Silicon Valley when Apple's campus was mostly apricots.
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Research @ Intel 2012 in San Francisco

Basically a big grown-up science fair that would make your honor student look stupid. This is where Intel engineers get to stretch out a bit and show off their pet projects.
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Everything's a display

This resonated most with me: the idea of everything becoming a display and control surface. From the folding panel in the foreground to the entire wall in the background, whatever makes contextual and use-mode sense.
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Driving the wall

It was pretty home-brewed at this point, but the idea of a wall having a full array of images and touch points projected on it starts to connect the dots for the smart home we're still waiting for. I just don't know how we'll cost-effectively get big images on walls without projection we're always standing in the way of.
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Computers don't do fashion well

I've seen these real-time avatar demos before and they always make people cringe! Here you stand in front of cams and sensors and can try on different clothes, but the imaging has a long way to go...still.
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Um, no.

Our model should have quit while she was ahead -- and before some CPU swathed her in this horsey cheongsam.
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Charging is going to need big thinking

One of the most tangible parts of Intel research may be bringing intelligence and electrical efficiency to charging stations for EVs.
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I want this in a car now

This technology got my mental vote for "Most Ready to Hit the Market Successfully." This electromechanical beam-stuttering technology really made a big visible difference in the amount of light reflected back at the demo headlights. I could see carmakers getting serious about this, especially coupled with their existing night vision technologies.

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