INTEL Corporation, Embedded and Communication Group, has chosen Smart Surface to enter into a cooperation for testing Intel’s latest chip in gesture control applications, which are considered ones of the highest processor-demanding applications.

Intel is supplying their latest motherboard (model is confidential) together with their new AVX compilation software development tool and is funding the development.

As a first step, Smart Surface is developing a proof demo for INTEL within this year. The next step will involve greater cooperation whereby INTEL will consider financing a research for developing a full-fledged gesture control application using INTEL latest motherboard. The application will be developed by Smart Surface based on 3dimensional display technology from 3D International (see cooperation with 3Di).

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Smart Surface Sdn Bhd & 3D International – the brand owner of Visumotion has accepted to cooperate on developing a gesture controlled three dimensional applications.

3Di will provide their technology of three dimensional view screens and Smart Surface will make the images gesture controllable.

As a first project, Smart Surface has already started developing an architectural application that allows gesture control of 3D architectural images for a large real estate client.

The next step will include wider applications such as gaming and medical.

 3D International Group is an amalgamation of companies that posses state-of-the-art 3D screen and display technology with subsidiaries such as 3D International Europe GmbH (formerly known as VisuMotion GmbH) in Germany and 3D International of America Inc. (formerly known as ThreeView Technologies Inc.) in the USA.

 3Di has chosen Smart Surface after examining their gesture control technology which Smart Surface has been developing for the past year as part of their touch-less multitouch control application development.

 The success of this cooperation will create a true science-fiction-like application where people can manipulate with their bare hands holographic 3D images floating in the air.

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DzyneWorks, Smart Surface distributor in Bangladesh has showcased Smart Surface’s SmartFrame in “DIGITAL BANGLADESH FAIR 2010”.

The SmarFrame was presented with applications for Hotel Event Information System and Restaurant Ordering System.

The Bangladeshi market is very promising due its large size. New investments are being made by different consumer-based sectors for technologies that help in attracting new customers of this vast market.

Visitors interest in SmartFrame Booth

Smart Surface is currently negotiating and showcasing their technology to Grameephone, one of the largest GSM cellular communication providers in the country.

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Smart Surface Sdn Bhd has further enhanced SmartTable LCD in term of component design and robustness in addition to improving the total response and increasing the number of simultaneous touches.

One external design of the new model is a V-Shaped Table which requires special know-how in fitting the components in the slim & slender body.

See video demonstration of the new design at the Product Page of SmartTable LCD.

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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.

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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.“

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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.

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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.

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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.

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