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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 December 2005
DSP-based devices star in magazine
awards
Popular Science has named TI DSP-enabled products from Kodak, Liberating Technologies and Sling Media as winners of the 2005 "Best of What's New Awards".
Popular Science has named TI DSP-enabled products from Kodak, Liberating Technologies and Sling Media as winners of the 2005 "Best of What's New Awards" Recognised for outstanding innovation, vision and execution, the Kodak EasyShare-one zoom digital camera and Liberating Technolgies' Boston Digital Arm were the grand winners in the photography and personal health categories, respectively
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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TI's low-power, TMS320C54x-based digital media processor provides a programmable platform that allows Kodak to customise its products for multiple advanced features - ideal for consumers who want to share their pictures instantly on the LCD screen, online or as prints.
The Kodak EasyShare-one is truly first-of-a-kind, able to hold up to 1500 pictures for display on a crystal-clear, high-resolution, 3in touch screen display.
Consumers can take high quality still pictures and video; direct picture e-mailing and online album viewing are available via a wireless connection.
The world's first bionic arm - an artificial limb controlled by signals from the brain that allows patients to rotate the wrist and arm, bend at the elbow, grip with the hand and, incredibly, feel held objects - is the grand winner in the "Personal Health" category.
Dr Todd Kuiken and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago have "rewired" the human body by connecting an upper-limb amputee's residual nerves and bands of muscle to Liberating Technologies' Boston Digital Arm, enabling simultaneous control of the movement of the prosthetic's shoulder, elbow and hand.
The Boston Digital Arm and this revolutionary technique dramatically improve the flexibility, capability and usability of prostheses previously available.
TI's TMS320C2000 DSP-based digital signal controllers provide the Boston Digital Arm with the performance and integration to process signals from myoelectric sensors to control up to five motors, allowing users to accomplish tasks like reaching for and grabbing an object at the same time.
The Slingbox from Sling Media, selected as one of eight top home entertainment products, turns virtually any networked laptop or Internet-connected device into a personal TV - allowing consumers to watch their home TV programming from virtually anywhere in the world.
TI's DSP-based digital media processor is at the heart of this groundbreaking device.
Sling Media selected TI's technology because it provides sophisticated video capabilities, while helping reduce the overall cost of the product to make it affordable for consumers.
This powerful and efficient platform, combined with a proprietary streaming optimisation technology developed by Sling Media, enables the Slingbox to provide a high-quality video experience across a wide range of network conditions.
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A panel of Popular Science editors meticulously worked to identify the list of winners and grand winners based on significance of the innovation; the quality of the design and the finished product; the originality of thought; and the ambition and scope of the project.
Popular Science announced the winners in the December 2005 issue as well as on PopSci.com.
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