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Consumer & Computer Projects
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Bolton Engineering worked with Ambient Devices to integrate the mechanical and industrial design. The switches to read the FaceCard were implemented with small beryllium spring contacts that were inserted and soldered as a group before a small sacrificial bar was broken off. The product was implemented for low-cost Far East assembly using very low-cost discrete devices rather than more expensive integrated ICs.
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Bolton
Engineering, Inc. worked with CC Kinetics, Inc. to develop
the first embedded prototype of a proprietary passive Bicycle
Power Meter. Code named “The Twanger” during
development, the Power Meter measures the power transmitted
through the Bicycle drive chain by monitoring the chain
resonant frequency and the chain speed.
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FaxView
is a palm-sized fax machine that works cwith cellular or
landline phones and allows the user to receive, read, store,
and send faxes, and to retrieve and read e-mail anywhere,
anytime. Reflection Technology’s FaxView personal
Fax Reader is the first handheld fax viewer to incorporate
a virtual display. Based on proprietary, patented technology,
the FaxView uses a linear LED array to scan and project
full-screen images directly on the user’s retina,
eliminating the need for a costly and bulky Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD).
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The
PHANTOM® Omni™. was SensAble Technologies’
second generation commercial haptic device. Just as video
screens and soundblasters allow computer users to visualize
and hear virtual objects, haptic devices allow users to
feel, touch and manipulate simulated objects.
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SensAble
Technologies had built a high power force-feedback (Haptic)
joystick for several years. They wanted to produce a moderate-cost
desktop version in time for an upcoming show.
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Cognitech had spent several years researching and developing the Brainware 200, a personal relaxation device that uses a combination of pulsating lights and binaural sound to relieve stress and bring its users to a more serene state. Precisely coordinated, slowly evolving light and sound patterns gently coax users' Alpha waves to relax.
Cognitech had worked with a design firm for most of the development, but became unsatisfied as problems remained unsolved, and costs rose. Bolton Engineering, Inc. was hired to take over the project, fix these problems, and reduce cost where possible.
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FirstAlert had developed a variety of Smoke Detectors
and CO Detectors, and needed to quickly develop a
combination product. Bolton Engineering worked closely with
FirstAlert to combine the functionality of two existing
products, cutting months off their standard development
cycle
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Created a custom PCI board to interface
with a PC-based motion control system.
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Phased Array Microphones greatly
improve speech recognition in speech-to-text applications by
intelligently combining signals from several fixed-position
microphones to “focus in” on the speaker.
Acoustic Magic had been contracted to develop a
customized low-power version as part of portable military
language translator. Bolton Engineering created this product
for Acoustic Magic by integrating key design features from
several previous Acoustic Magic designs.
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Consumer and Computer
