August 2007 - Posts
About a week ago we had an interesting presentation at Microsoft Research given by Rod Grupen from the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics , Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) - the lecture was very interesting,
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Windows CE supports an extremely diverse set of embedded devices, ranging from the obvious, and well known devices such as Windows Mobile, Personal Navigation Devices, robotics, set top boxes, pig slicing machines (still need to see if I can get a video
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I've just taken the Transformers quiz and it turns out I'm 79% Jazz! (I wonder what the other 21% is?) I AM 79% JAZZ Take the Transformers Quiz - Mike
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It's interesting to see that when Linux developers hear the word "Microsoft" they immediately think "Crash!" (for some totally unknown reason) - so, given that LinuxWorld was running this week in Sunny old SFO it seemed appropriate for some of the Microsoft
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I'm sat at Jillians, a bar just around the corner from LinuxWorld - we open at 6pm for food and drinks (and of course discussion about embedded operating systems), there's already a crowd waiting outside the bar eager to drink our beer and eat our food
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If you attended any of the MEDC International events you would have seen the "Consumer Experience" demo, this uses .NET Micro Framework, Windows CE, Home Server, Windows Vista and the core technology is WSD (Web Services on Devices) - Here's the video
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Building an embedded operating system image is only part of the process for releasing a final product - Testing and diagnosis tools should also be an integral part of the release process - an operating system image may appear to be running just fine,
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At next weeks LinuxWorld event the Microsoft Windows Embedded team will be hosting another free food/beer/chat event. If you're at LinuxWorld on Wednesday August 8th from 6pm - 8pm and are: interested in finding out more about the .NET Micro Framework,
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Earlier this week Kevin Morris from Embedded Technology Journal interviewed two teams that are taking part in the finals of this years Imagine Cup (happening next week in Korea), this years competition focuses on how technology can improve education world-wide
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