Posts Tagged ‘Multi-touch’
Smart Surface at the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum
Smart Surface Managing Director (right) explaining the product to a WIEF delegate: the Commerce Minister of Bangladesh Mr. Muhammad Faruk Khan
Smart Surface Sdn Bhd showcased its latest projects at the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum that was held between 18 -20 May 2010 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center.
The 6th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) is one of the most important business forums in 2010 with over 2000 participants featuring Heads of State, government officials and business communities of the Muslim world and beyond.
Smart Surface introduced a Beta version of its latest multitouch surface computing medical application which is currently under development in collaboration with I-Gene Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the INFOVALLEY Group of Companies, a leading developer of Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, and Medical Informatics in Asia.
Smart Surface Partners with Significant Technologies to cover Brunei & Indonesia Markets
Smart Surface Sdn Bhd has assigned Significant Technologies Sdn Bhd as their agent in regard to surface computing and multitouch solutions to cover the Brunei Darussalam & Indonesian markets.
Significant Technologies Sdn Bhd provides services in communication (optical fiber products and related services) and education (training services and materials) and is especially strong in Brunei Darussalam where it has an established cooperation with Communication and Education ministries of Brunei.
Significant Technologies will partner with Smart Surface to market multitouch products and applications developed by Smart Surface as per clients’ needs and specifications and to provide training and after sale services .
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We are pleased to announce that following their research and rigorous judging process, Frost & Sullivan has selected Smart Surface Sdn Bhd as the recipient of the 2010 MALAYSIA EXCELLENCE AWARD:
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD FOR EMERGING HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES
The award is to be received at the Seraton Imperial, Kuala Lumpur on May 12, 2010.
Frost & Sullivan is a leading global market research giant that covers 300 markets and 250,000 companies and provides management and decision-making consultancy and investment directions to the leading financial institutions, investment bodies, and corporations around the world.
Nominations for this Award are not open to companies/individuals for self-nomination. Companies are selected strictly by Frost & Sullivan’s analyst team, following a rigorous measurement based methodology to select leading companies in various Malaysian market segments.
In order to select the Award recipient, Frost & Sullivan analysts measured companies with the following selection criteria:
• Uniqueness of Technology
• Impact on New Products/Applications
• Impact on Functionality
• Impact on Customer Value
• Relevance of Innovation to Industry
In their award letter they sited:
“The Smart Surface Solution, unlike other rear projection based competitors, is based on a number of different technologies that enable a large number of form factors for different applications. Their solutions are the first to use laser-based detection in addition to the standard IR illumination, and stripped LCD based display technology in the place of IR projection. The Smart Surface solution is the only full-function surface computing solution in Malaysia, and on a per-inch screen size basis, has a significant cost advantage over competing international solutions.“
SmartSurface’s SmartFrames at MIMOS
SmartSurface has been cooperating with MIMOS, the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems, by supplying our multitouch SmartFrame and providing training on multitouch programming.
Among the many applications Mimos is cooperating with SmartSurface on and using SmartSurface technology to develop is a SECURITY APPLICATION, showed in the pictures here. This Security Application allows hands-on direct mulititouch control over 60 security cameras at their facilities.
SmartWall was chosen to interactively showcase Malaysian Prime Minister program “1-Malaysia” at the launching event of the “Government Transformation Program” (GTP). The launching was held last week on the 28th & 29th of January 2010 at the “KLCC Convention Center” and was attended by representatives of most ministries in Malaysia.
Smart Surface In Bahrain International AirShow
Smart Surface was present at the Bahrain International Airshow that took place between 21 - 23 January 2010, exhibiting Airplanes manufacturers, Airlines, Airports, and related support industries. The organizer, Bahrain Airport Company, chose SmartSurface multitouch SmartScreen in the VIP Futuristic Chalet, hosting over 150 of CEO’s of the air industry and presenting the most technologically advanced solutions at the Air Show.
SmartSurface multitouch surface computing has enormous potential not only in advertising and content presentation for airports and airlines, but also as hands-on solutions for flight simulations, air defense war-games, and airport area management (See our SOLUTIONS).
See more photos at our FaceBook Album.
SmartSurface Community Forum Launched
Smart Surface has launched its community forum where members can register for free and enjoy a score of services such as:
1. Downloading our SmartSurface Tracker binary & source code, SmartSurface Suite of application, and other software we will be providing for our members for free.
2. Obtain service and follow-up by asking questions regarding any of our software or products.
3. Participate in the forum discussion by giving suggestions or opinions.
4. Read interesting topics regarding surface computing and multitouch which will be posting regularly .
The link to the forum is provided on the side bar of our website.
SmartSurface CCV Tracker released
SmartSurface CCV Tracker
For more information please go to: http://smart-surface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3
You need to register with our Forum (free) and login to be able to download the files.
Frost & Sullivan, the leading global market research giant that covers 300 markets and 250,000 companies and provides management and decision-making consultancy and investment directions to the leading financial institutions, investment bodies, and corporations around the world have recently featured Smart Surface in a wide-focus study on the most exciting emerging areas in consumer electronics.
Report Code: D1CD
Title: Disruptive Technologies in Consumer Electronics (Technical Insights)
An extract of the study is quoted below (published with permission; the full study is available through Frost & Sullivan):
“A Malaysian startup, Smart Surface Sdn Bhd, has a solution based on laser projection and detection and stripped LCD screens that require significantly less clearance, is extremely fast and is cheaper than competing products. Various prototypes have been successfully installed in locations around Malaysia“.
Frost & Sullivan is preparing a detailed study on surface computing solutions, in which Smart Surface will be featured in more details.
New Solution Launched - Multitouch SmartFrame
We have added a new multitouch solution to our exisitng SmartSurface product lines.
SmartFrame is a ready to use overlay frame panel that can be easily fit onto an existing screen and connected through a USB to an existing computer to render dull LCD and Plasma screens into an interactive multitouch capable devices.
See details in SmartFrame page.
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