A Better Life @ Home
It’s easy to walk into the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and think that it’s all about flat panel televisions. The place is thick with 'em. But wander a bit deeper into the maze of exhibitions and you'll find many companies whose products dazzle in very different ways--some because of the way they use technology to make complex tasks easier and some simply by the clever way they overcome long-standing nuisances in life.
A Plug-and-Play Computer Network
Colored Cat-5 cables snaking along the floorboards of your house look awful, even to a geek. So get rid of them. Use the network that’s already built into your house.
Yes, you have such a network--your electrical system. And the company Asoka (www.asokausa.com) has developed sweet gadgets that enable these common wires to be the bones of your new high speed home network. Just plug in Asoka devices around your house, connect your PCs, Microsoft Home Server, Internet cable modem, what have you, to these devices, and voila, you have all the network and none of the eyesore.
Digital Picture Frames
A problem with digital cameras is that you may never get around to printing and sharing your pictures. You shoot; you file them on a PC; you’re done.
A Plug-and-Play Computer Network
Colored Cat-5 cables snaking along the floorboards of your house look awful, even to a geek. So get rid of them. Use the network that’s already built into your house.
Yes, you have such a network--your electrical system. And the company Asoka (www.asokausa.com) has developed sweet gadgets that enable these common wires to be the bones of your new high speed home network. Just plug in Asoka devices around your house, connect your PCs, Microsoft Home Server, Internet cable modem, what have you, to these devices, and voila, you have all the network and none of the eyesore.
Digital Picture Frames
A problem with digital cameras is that you may never get around to printing and sharing your pictures. You shoot; you file them on a PC; you’re done.
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