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Subject: Jim Hogan on how low energy designs will shape everyone's future
> Jim sees in 2014, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) will spur a lot of new
> end-product development in wearable devices, medical devices, smart
> devices -- that save energy or run faster on current energy.
>
> - from http://www.deepchip.com/items/0535-11.html
From: [ Jim Hogan of Vista Ventures ]
Hi, John,
I'd like to develop this earlier bit I said before about low power.
First, here's where we get our energy:
Second, here's how we use our energy:
Now a deeper look at that residential sector:
Increasingly your home is filled with electronics running SW on HW that has
an unending appetite for energy.
It will not go on, it can't. Sooner not later, the government will force
specific legal limits on what energy a household will be able to use plus
require us to use lower-powered electronics -- exactly like how it was done
with automotive MPG. The truth is that energy consumption is on everyone's
mind -- from small wearable devices to huge server farms. The business of
energy is arguably the number one factor in the economy and geo-politics in
the last century.
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WHAT IS COMING?
Imagine low energy ideal heart and neural pacemakers that never need to be
replaced, by way of circuitry that can run for decades without an external
power supply, while continuously measuring and reporting vital statistics.
Or, imagine how we'll amplify the usefulness of our low power smartphones,
and upcoming low power smartwatches and low power lightweight augmented-
reality goggles -- if we can get batteries to last long enough. For the
goggles, think real-time object recognition and 4K display, ASAP.
We will witness smartphones morph from moving Facebook social chit-chat
with our friends to being the central hub of our life's management over
the next several years. These low power supercomputers sit in our pockets
to answer our phone calls. Dow Chemical throws low energy wireless-enabled
sensors into giant vats, to optimize their chemical processing. Tiny solar
cells run at 0.4-0.5 V to power a variety of remote sensors and general
scavenging functions.
Additionally, the Internet of Things will give us small efficient low energy
devices that will make a positive difference in our quality of life.
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Below is an example of how this low energy technology is evolving, and how
low power smartphones are morfing.
We wil be putting low energy biostamps on people to track health, such as
something to monitor a baby's health in its mother's womb. And then once
the infant is born, and for the rest of her baby's life.
Imagine a senior citizen, like our parents, or even us someday. Low energy
sensors will allow them to live by themselves in their own homes; yet have
top quality 24x7x365 care. How? Low power cell phones and biostamps.
The Golden Hour after a heart attack refers to a time period lasting for one
hour following traumatic injury being sustained by a person -- during which
there is a high likelihood that prompt medical treatment will prevent death.
A simple low energy wearable biostamp hooked to a low power cell phone makes
sure that help is called and on it's way the instance a medical emergency
happens. A heart attack will call for an ambulance to come; the victim only
has to wait for help to arrive.
Every senior citizen and their families will eventually have this kind of
Internet of Things technology. It will allow them to live a high quality
of life longer and with the freedom to live longer independently -- rather
than being tied to an assisted living situation.
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Do you see the bigger trend I see? It'll be the chip designers reading this
who do low energy designs who will make these predictions real.
- Jim Hogan
Vista Ventures Los Altos, CA
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