This week I discovered an article about how the company Intel and how they have released their new Reader as well as their focus and sales in the health care market. Intel, a company well known for their primary products found in 80% of computers. Although, Intel has been dominating the market demanding processors, microprocessors and processing chips. They have recently embarked on expanding their business into the health care market with their recently developed "Intel Reader" a palm-reader, by just pointing the camera at books or groupings of words it interprets the area you focus the camera on and plays an audio of what it reads. It can also be called a txt to speech product.
Article Discovered From: New York Times > Technology > BITS > Intel Sells It's Own Reader for the Health Care Market > By: Ashley Vance-
The reason why I chose to point out this new technology this week is because, recently many new projects for companies involved with developing technology have produced products like the new Intel Reader where a "smart" camera can diagnoss and interpret what it sees for the user. For instance, last week I mentioned the new "Sixth Sense" technology. Well, this week I am presenting the Intel Reader because I believe it is an extremly constructive way to use our new technoloy to help others in need. Case in point, the Intel Reader is focused on reaching the Health Care Market to aid people with dyslexia and blindness. It could also aid a student read books by scanning their material and repeating back to them via audio.
Intel has always just had their brand name on other user products like PC's a notebooks. However, in the case of the Intel Reader they have decided to keep it all their own. Costing on average $1,500 compared to competitors similar products costing between $5,000 and $10,000. Part of the reason for the cost difference is that Intel used the Atom Processor, one of their own processor products as the heart of this device, making it almost a full blown computer. Which is why they chose not to add in wireless capability, they did not want students to be going online with it. The Intel Reader is already popular with people who have poor or no vision and will most likely grow more popular due to it's low cost.
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I think that this is a great article and technology round-up because this a great idea for a company who has exhasted its expansion in a certain area to try somthing new and different. But, what is really great is when the company tries to expand by using what they do to help others and contribute where they can in the health care field.The intent with this device as well as the intent for many of Intel's future projects is to help people in the heath industry and find more uses for their products to help doctors and hospitals.
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