Samsung's new technology puts more heat on Apple
SAN FRANCISCO — For anyone who thinks former L.A. cop and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was the greatest futurist of the 20th century — as I do — wait until you see new home entertainment technology coming from Samsung.
It was demonstrated at a San Francisco hotel late last week on a 54-inch TV — equipped with two-way wireless — that was smarter than any computer or home entertainment platform I've ever used.
It does Roddenberry's famous Star Trek computer one better, because it allows consumers to navigate their home media centers with voice and hand commands.
Samsung has combined the gesture-capture breakthrough of Nintendo's Wii with the new voice-recognition search technologies used by both Apple and Google in the latest versions of software for tablets and smartphones. Read more »»»
