And years ago, well before Nokia sold its handset division to Microsoft and was still the world's biggest handset maker, the two talked about collaborating on devices.
A sensor network, which is a network of collaborating embedded devices with capabilities of sensing, computing, and communicating, is used to run specific applications (such as target tracking and event detection).
Widevine and Sonic are collaborating on device-optimized content preparation and delivery.
Miravant also makes a few light- producing and light-delivery devices, collaborating with Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson's Cordis.
Depending on the type of application, a mesh topology can be formed by a variable number of devices collaborating among them; from a few nodes for the monitoring of a particular scenario (e.g., a floor of a building) to a considerable number of devices which could be deployed in large-scale sensor networks (e.g., agriculture, industry, military, etc).
Mr. Krispil said the start-up has been collaborating with large device manufacturers for several months, but he would not name the companies because of nondisclosure agreements.
In 1999 he approached Nokia about collaborating on a device that would target homes, a market expected to reach $1 billion by 2005, according to IDC.
Intel and startup Ozmo Devices are collaborating to provide an alternative to Bluetooth for short-range, high-speed wireless connections.
Ignited by the efficacy and commercial success of cardiac devices, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and biomedical engineers are collaborating to develop implantable brain devices to arrest, contain, and preempt seizures before they cause clinical symptoms.
addresses hearing aid systems, where the left and right ear devices collaborate with each other.
