It was only a matter of time before the familiar desktop computer became a single, integrated component. But we couldn't have imagined the leap Intel would make, from a laptop to a computer the size of an SD card, skipping all the intermediate steps.
Of course, you will tell us that there are tablets, smartphones, watches, glasses, etc., but here we are talking about a full Pentium computer, so the step is huge.
At the 2014 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced Edison, “a full-fledged Pentium-class computer” that’s the size and shape of an SD card and can even fit in your camera.
According to the company, it is powered by a dual-core Quark SOC, runs Linux, and has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
To demonstrate Edison’s capabilities, Intel presented a potential concept called “Nursery 2.0.” In this concept, a baby wore a Mimo onesie equipped with sensors for location and other things, such as temperature, and Edison was used to display all the relevant information on a coffee mug. When the baby is doing well, the mug will flash lights showing a happy green smiley face, but when something is wrong, the face turns red.
But for all of this to happen, developers will first have to get their hands on Edison, so we probably still have some time to see it on market shelves.
