Tech Talk With Craig Peterson

Bill Hayes the President of the IEEE joins Craig from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show to discuss how as the world’s largest technical professional association their members are advancing technology for the benefit of humanity through a variety of products and services. The IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics.

Sreekanth Ravi the President and CEO at Tely Labs joins Craig from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show to discuss Social TV solutions from Tely Labs that will help revolutionize how people communicate with each other—individually and in groups, socially and corporately, from the living room to the conference room. TelyHD, an easy-to-use, compact yet powerful video calling device that lets consumers experience free Skype video calling with big-screen impact and high-definition clarity. Unlike traditional computer-based web cameras, telyHD is designed for the living room with a wide-angle camera that zooms, pans and tilts to capture an entire room and all the participants in stunning HD video. Immediately following this interview Craig will be joined by Brian Kaskie the CEO and Co-Founder of AppStreet Boys. They will discuss the development of entertaining mobile games that are competitive, educational and exciting using iOS, Android and Facebook platforms.

Steve Iommi the Product Development Manager at Somfy Systems, Inc joins Craig on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show to discuss products to motorize interior and exterior window coverings such as interior shades, wood blinds, draperies, awnings, rolling shutters, exterior solar screens, projection screens and more. Somfy motorization systems are easily integrated with security, HVAC, and lighting systems, providing total home or building automation.

Paul Panepinto the VP Ecosystem Development at GreenPlug joins Craig from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show to discuss consumer electronics manufacturers to upgrade from traditional analog-controlled power adapters to “smart” digitally controlled systems that save power and dramatically speed product design and development. The future of power is all about connectivity to smart energy controllers and the Smart Grid. A prerequisite for that to happen is for power supplies to be able to communicate and that requires more sophisticated processors inside power supplies. GPP’s approach is a novel architecture where a single controller can be rapidly adapted to meet the requirements of many different power supply topologies including QRC, LLC, Half Bridge, Full-bridge and more. It offers the potential to utilize programming and high performance computing power to develop new ways of delivering power. High switching frequencies for GaN devices, for example, may be ideal candidates for superior control algorithms possible with the GPP.

Mark Spier the Director of Consumer Worldwide Marketing for HP joins Craig from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show to discuss technology that will have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. At CES they are expanding our ENVY line and Ultrabook portfolio’s with the HP ENVY 14 Spectre, a premium Ultrabook that defies conventional notebook design including the HP Radiance Backlit keyboard with proximity sensor that senses your presence, lighting up when you approach and dimming down when you leave. At only 20-mm-thin, it weighs less than 4 pounds and gives you up to 9 hours of battery life with a blazingly fast: Intel Rapid Start Technology and support for two ultrafast mSATA Solid state drives.