Ambient Devices

Ambient Devices

service.

Ambient's devices focus on information of interest to the local (or larger) area, such as weather and stock indices, and with a paid subscription Ambient will provide a particular device with more personalized information.

Products

* Ambient Orb - Mar, 2002Kirsner, Scott. [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.02/mustread.html?pg=13 Peripherals, Lite-brite style] , Wired 02-2002]
* Ambient Weather Beacon - 2003
* Ambient Weather Forecaster - 2004
* Ambient Dashboard - 2004
* Ambient Wireless Datacasting Kit - Mar, 2005 [ [http://www.100share.com/Ambient-Devices-Launches-.htm Press Release: Ambient Launches Wireless Datacasting Kit] ]
* Ambient 5-Day Weather Forecaster launched at Brookstone [http://brookstone.com/store/product.asp?pid=532929&wid=100&cid=59&sid=625&search_type=subcategory&prodtemp=t2]
* Ambient Google Clock - (in development) [ [http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ambient-clock-combines-google-calendar-and-analog-timekeeping/ Ambient Clock combines Google Calendar and analog timekeeping] , Engadget, 2006-10-23.]
* Ambient Umbrella - 2007 [Rubin, Josh. [http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2006/01/forecasting_umb.php Forecasting Umbrella] , Cool Hunting 2006-01-10, accessed 2007-05-01.]

External links

* [http://www.ambientdevices.com/ Official home page]
* [http://www.myambient.com/ Device configuration, coverage areas, etc.]

Notes

* Coopeland, Michael. [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/07/01/8265500/index.htm How to ride the Fifth Wave] , Business 2.0, 2005-07-01.
* [http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchSummary.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=&FEIN=000849910 Massachusetts Corporations Database listing]
* Rubin, Ross. [http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/20/switched-on-sweet-dash-eats-cash-meets-crash/ Switched On: Sweet dash eats cash, meets crash] , Engadget, 2005-04-20, accessed 2007-03-16.
* Rubin, Ross. [http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/13/switched-on-the-ambient-dashboard-moves-the-needles/ Switched On: The Ambient Dashboard moves the needles] , Engadget, 2005-04-13, accessed 2007-03-16.
* Farivar, Cirus. [http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ambient-clock-combines-google-calendar-and-analog-timekeeping/ Ambient Clock combines Google Calendar and analog timekeeping] , Engadget, 2006-10-23, accessed 2007-03-16.
* Koprowski, Gene. [http://www.forbes.com/technology/wireless/feeds/wireless/2004/07/30/wirelesscomtex_2004_07_30_up_0000-7970-bc-wirelessworld-noworri.html Wireless without worries?] , Forbes, 2004-07-30.

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