Intel: Cooking Up Cool Stuff in the Lab

Robot made from a Segway aimed at home use for elderly and disabled people.

Project Oasis

A depth camera that can create 3D representations of real world objects without needing special sensors or bar codes.

Up Close with Project Oasis

After recognizing the two objects--in this case a piece of steak and a bell pepper--the system automatically produces recipes in a virtual menu projected on the kitchen counter.

Project Portico

Small cameras attached to a tablet PC sense actions by a user near the tablet computer.

Holodeck Car project

Engineers project an auto's image onto a cardboard life-size model and stick it in a wind tunnel. The object is to fine tune the fuel-efficiency of the vehicle before build a single model.

Listening to text

A project now underway takes text from the Web and automatically converts it to speech for listening on any device.

Cars connected to "the cloud"

In the future, Intel infrastructure would allow autos to be connected to the Internet in ways that facilitate remote control to adjust heat or security settings.

LED detection of distance

Cars with LED headlights and taillights with tiny camera sensors use light to detect the distance between cars.

Computer Vision & Augmented Education project

A teacher's aid for the future. Cameras tracking objects near a Classmate PC, allow a child's lessons - involving physical objects - to be represented both in reality and on screen virtually. Teachers can also customize students' lessons on the Classmate computer.

Socially Enabled Services

Sensors track a person's location and context to feed information to what Intel describes as a "shadow avatar."

Meeting Diarist project

Researchers will be able to record meetings and then search later for any word or by who was speaking at the time.