Embedded Systems Conference Boston 2008 Showcases the Hottest Developments in the Engineering Community
Highly Anticipated Keynote by Mobile Phone Inventor, 'Teardown' Sessions to Dissect Groundbreaking iMac Computer, Two Never Released Apple Products, and Estes Micro-Tiger Helicopter
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights
(http://www.techinsights.com/) today announced that the Embedded Systems
Conference (ESC) Boston (http://www.embedded.com/boston), taking place October
26-30, 2008 at the Hynes Convention Center will attract over 4,000 attendees
from 36 countries. ESC Boston will be co-locating with the SD Best Practices
Conference. ESC Boston will showcase how the hottest developments in embedded
systems technology are reshaping the way ordinary citizens live their lives
and conduct business.
Embedded systems drive the performance, size, and capabilities of the
gadgets and machines inside American households, cars, and businesses. The
week of October 26th, the embedded engineering community's most advanced
thinkers will deconstruct and demo state-of-the-art embedded technologies.
Highlights, all of which are suitable for recording, are as follows:
Keynote address by mobile phone inventor explores the successes, failures
and untapped potential of Broadband Digital Transmissions
Who: Dr. Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone and Executive
Chairman and Founder ArrayComm
Where: Ballroom B
When: Tuesday, October 28; 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EDT
Flight Demo and Teardown of the Sophisticated Estes Micro-Tiger Helicopter
Who: Richard Nass, Editorial Director of Embedded Systems Conferences
and John Day, Staff Field Applications Engineer for Microchip
Where: ESC Boston Exhibit Floor, Teardown Theater
When: Wednesday, October 29; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Teardown of the Apple iMac -- Why Was It Such a Success?
Who: Richard Nass, Editorial Director of Embedded Systems Conferences
Where: ESC Boston Exhibit Floor, Teardown Theater
When: Wednesday, October 29; 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. EDT
Live demo and Keynote Presentation on the Current State of the Art and
Future of Robotic Technology?
Who: James McLurkin, Robotics Engineer and Leading Designer of Robot
Swarms, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Where: Ballroom B
When: Thursday, October 30; 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. EDT
Apple Teardowns: Newton and Bandai-Pippin -- Why Did These Early Apple
Products Fail?
Who: Allan Yogasingam, Senior Technology Analyst, TechInsights
Where: ESC Boston Exhibit Floor, Teardown Theatre
When: Thursday, October 30; 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. EDT
To arrange for a live recording or filming of any of the demos and
presentations at ESC Boston, please contact either Crystal Wiertalla (onsite
at the conference) at 415-314-6271 or cwiertalla@bateman-group.com or Carolina
Grimm (remote support) at 415-503-1818 x 16 or cgrimm@bateman-group.com.
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