Ambient Devices
Ambient Devices, Inc. is a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA that designs and markets various ambient devices for display of information ranging from weather to traffic reports to stock quotes. The company was founded by David L. Rose, Ben Resner, Nabeel Hyatt and Pritesh Gandhi, and is a spin-off from the MIT Media Lab.[1] It is funded by First Round Capital, .406 Ventures, and Nicholas Negroponte.[2] The company also maintains the Ambient Information Network, a U.S. nationwide datacasting network presently hosted by U.S.A. Mobility, a U.S. paging service. The service is similar to the discontinued Microsoft's SPOT service.
Products
- Ambient Orb – March 2002[3]
- Ambient Weather Beacon – 2003
- Ambient Weather Forecaster – 2004
- Ambient Dashboard – 2004
- Ambient Wireless Datacasting Kit – March 2005[4]
- Ambient 5-Day Weather Forecaster launched at Brookstone [4]
- Ambient Google Clock – (in development)[5]
- Ambient Umbrella – 2007 [6]
- Ambient Energy Joule - 2007 [7]
- Ambient Flurry Alarm Clock - 2011 [8]
References
- ^ MIT Media Lab Spin-Offs, MIT Media Lab , Retrieved May 1, 2007.
- ^ [1], Crunchbase , Retrieved Jan 8, 2015.
- ^ Kirsner, Scott. Peripherals, Lite-brite style, Wired 02-2002
- ^ Press Release: Ambient Launches Wireless Datacasting Kit
- ^ Ambient Clock combines Google Calendar and analog timekeeping, Engadget, 2006-10-23.
- ^ Rubin, Josh. Forecasting Umbrella, Cool Hunting 2006-01-10, accessed 2007-05-01.
- ^ Chapa, Jorge. [2], Inhabit 2007-08-27.
- ^ [3] Engadget.
External links
- Official home page
- Device configuration, coverage areas, etc.
- Coopeland, Michael. How to ride the Fifth Wave, Business 2.0, 2005-07-01.
- Massachusetts Corporations Database listing
- Rubin, Ross. Switched On: Sweet dash eats cash, meets crash, Engadget, 2005-04-20, accessed 2007-03-16.
- Rubin, Ross. Switched On: The Ambient Dashboard moves the needles, Engadget, 2005-04-13, accessed 2007-03-16.
- Koprowski, Gene. Wireless without worries?, Forbes, 2004-07-30.