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Making the .NET Micro Framework Work for You

Fri, 18 May 2007 14:00:00 EDT

In this excerpt, we'll create the ultimate flashlight. With find-in-the-dark flashing behavior and a power-audit mode, this single-button-controlled device will become the ultimate in personal illumination for the twenty-first century.

Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Initiative

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

The first article in this series described the overall motivation for the Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative, detailed the client hardware and core client software and covered some of the wireless network processing. This article will finish describing the client software with a review of the UI rendering architecture for Smart Watches 1.0, which has already been adapted for several other products under development at Microsoft.

Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT)

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Product groups at Microsoft generally develop platforms or specific applications that run on these platforms. SPOT is different. Our goal is to increase the usefulness of everyday objects that we can wear, carry, or that might be scattered throughout the environment, ultimately making some activity easier and/or more enjoyable.