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08:43 PMAdam Berger said:

The gallery is now up so head on over to see more pics: CES 2008: Paul Otellini Keynote Photo Gallery

08:36 PMDoug Berger said:

That’s all for the live-blog folks… stay tuned to our Dedicated CES page for live updates throughout the show.  We’ll get the rest of the pics uploaded ASAP.  Thanks for hanging around with us.  We enjoyed having you.

08:35 PMAdam Berger said:

(sorry that was out of order)

08:35 PMDoug Berger said:

“Don’t be incumbered by history… go off and do something wonderful.”

08:34 PMAdam Berger said:

Robert Noyce, Intel Co-Founder

08:34 PMAdam Berger said:

This same technology can be used for medical care, distance computing, education…
Collaboration and standards helped drive the computer industry back from the low point. Eventually the consumer will actually drive the internet. Intel will be the silicon and computing partner to drive the internet forward.

08:32 PMDoug Berger said:

Wow that’s amazing… it was in sync and looked very good.  “You can see we’re building up the basis for the personal internet.”  “We’d like to thank BigStage, Virtual Heroes, eJAMMING, and Smashmouth for their work on this.”

08:31 PMDoug Berger said:

They’re taking all of the technologies and combing them into a live performance in the virtual garage.  Singing “Rock Star” now.

08:29 PMDoug Berger said:

They took the virtual images of their band and put them together in a garage band… very cool.  He’s talking to the other guys in the band via eJAMMING.  Andrew is coming out from Organic Motion.  “We’ve worked on making it easier for computers to see people move.”  The computer will track 3D movement.  Steve is going over to the stage on the side to demo out the animation technology…

08:26 PMDoug Berger said:

Steve offer to trade jobs with Jonathan from BigStage… he just requests “the company credit card” [crowd laughs].  BigStage will be available in Q2 2008.

08:25 PMDoug Berger said:

Now, his digital friends can get together and be in a digital world together.  They got footage from Steve’s first music video, and they’re putting Paul IN the music video… but there were audio problems…  The beauty of live tech.  “What happens in this room, stays in this room… Here’s a secret… Paul really liked being in this video.” - Steve Hardwell

08:22 PMDoug Berger said:

The technology is available Big Stage’s web site.  They just turned him into a biker dude.

08:21 PMDoug Berger said:

The software has now created the “Digital Steve”.  It makes a 3D animation of Steve that can be modified by adding hair, earings, etc.  They’re adding a nose-ring right now.  He’s got shades, a bull ring, and a mohawk… look kind of like Bono!

08:19 PMDoug Berger said:

Steve said all of the band members are actually very far apart right now.  Alan leaves the stage, and Paul brought Jonathan from BigStage up on stage to talk about his technology.  He’s taking a few pictures of Steve with a standard digital camera.  Now, we’re taking the camera, plugging it in and using the BigStage software to generate an avatar of Steve that is fully animated—using just the 3 pictures that he took of Steve.

08:15 PMDoug Berger said:

“You might as well be walking on the sun” - Smashmouth

08:15 PMDoug Berger said:

He’s now singing with the band over streaming audio… and it’s completely in sync.  Very impressive streaming technology.

08:14 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. Steve Hardwell from Smashmouth just voluteered when they asked for a volunteer.  “Do you sing or play music” - Paul “I’ve been known to sing a bit.”  Smashmouth is is online right now on eJAMMING… even over the internet, it will coordinate the audio streams so there’s only milliseconds of delay.

08:12 PMDoug Berger said:

Paul’s discussing a more “personal internet.”  I’d like to bring out Alan J. Glickman who is the head of eJAMMING.  We’re now listening to musicians playing live over eJAMMING’s peer to peer network… very impressive.

08:09 PMDoug Berger said:

He’s now showing the Nintendo Wii… “You don’t expect to play a game on the Wii, you expect to interact with it… we’ve seen an evolution to a more natural interface.”

08:09 PMAdam Berger said:

Lastly, the personal internet need much better user interfaces. The industry has begin looking at gesture controls, motion sensing, vocal recognition, and others natural interfaces.

08:08 PMDoug Berger said:

“We need to move from a world where you are searching for information to where the internet searches for you.”

08:07 PMDoug Berger said:

The device is using WiMax, and he’s saying that this is the best solution for video over the wireless internet.  Commercial demos are being done in over 70 countries worldwide.

08:07 PMAdam Berger said:

Adobe AIR

08:06 PMDoug Berger said:

Now we’re talking about mobile internet devices… “something you can carry around in your hands that can deliver the FULL internet… streaming video, java, flash, etc..”  He’s now showing a new Toshiba device that hasn’t been announced yet.  It is using the full version of Vista.  It is running on a high-performance silica that they have developed.  It’s running Adobe AIR.

08:04 PMAdam Berger said:

We can use transistors to intrigate a bunch of functions on a single chip (audio/video, security, 3D graphics unit, a TV receiver, and more). It is brand new and dubbed Canmore. The chip is an internet computer

08:02 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. They can either increase capacity, or half the power consumption of a given chip… Intel has made 2.4 trillion transistors since he walked on the stage.  Uhhh wow!  Moore’s Law will continue, Paul says.

08:01 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. You know Moore’s law, so I won’t explain anymore.  “How small is small?”, Paul says.  Intel can now create chips that are 46 nanometers… which is 1 billionth of a meter… he compared that to a small marble in his hands versus the size of the Earth.

07:59 PMDoug Berger said:

Before we can move ahead, we just get rid of those obstacles… first, we’ll talk about Silcon…  “Big things happen when we shrink transistors, so we need to shrink them more.”  He’s now discussing Moore’s Law - “every two years, the size of a given chip will double.”

07:57 PMDoug Berger said:

Craig leave the stage, and Paul wraps up Craig’s schpeal… “That’s exactly like products that Intel will be delivering in 3-5 years…”  There are some obstacles… 1) Silicon, 2) we need a ubiquidous wireless infrastructure… and we need 3) Better user interfaces.

07:55 PMDoug Berger said:

He’s now doing a demo where he is getting virtual instructions from a “virtual terracotta warrior.” —(not sure if the middle word was the correct spelling).

07:53 PMDoug Berger said:

He’s now doing a virtual tour of Intel’s office in Beijing… sorry, I thought I heard Japan back there.  My bad.

07:52 PMDoug Berger said:

He did a demo talking to a girl speaking in Chinese.  He couldn’t understand her, so he used his device to do two way translation with audio… so it talked to her.  He said… “can you tell me the way to Worker’s stadium.”  She responded with “that’ll be nine thousand kilometers away..”  He responded, “very funny miss.”  We’re now doing a demo in Japan…

07:50 PMDoug Berger said:

They’re acting like they’re in China right now.  “The moment you get off the plane for business travel, your mobile device will help you.”  He is doing a demo of an “actual technology” where he’s holding up a mobile device with a camera, and pointing it at different signs.  When he points the camera at the signs, the information comes forward so it is readable on the screen.  Now he’s going to do an Olympics demo.

07:48 PMDoug Berger said:

“Rather than us going to the internet, the internet will come to us… I’m talking about brining a whole new level of availability… Proactive, predictive, and context aware.”  Craig is now doing a skit about business travel…

07:46 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. This year, you’re seeing a whole bunch of devices that connect to the internet with… or without a computer… the internet will continue to transform the CE industry.”

07:45 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. “The internet came and set us free… check out our mobility… Internet burned the fax machine star…”  Well done sing-a-long music video.  Alright, Paul Otellini has taken the stage.  “The song you just heard, was an update to the classic song “Internet killed the radio star”... this was apparently the first music video that MTV showed… fact check anyone?

07:43 PMDoug Berger said:

“As the first non-PhD head of the company, he has had many accomplishments… Ladies and Gentlemen, lets see intel’s vision..”  They’re now showing a video with a goofy cartoon “Internet rocked the music store star.. Oh-a oh..”  This video has some pretty funny lyrics… and referrs to YouTube as BoobTube.

07:41 PMDoug Berger said:

CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Schapiro has taken the stage and is talking about Paul Otellini.  Paul aparently has worked at Google as a Director, and has refocused Intel and helped to pioneer the Pentium chip.

07:38 PMDoug Berger said:

The CES “pep video” is now rolling where they review the show floor and what not.  Same video as the other keynotes… you’re not missing much yet.

07:35 PMDoug Berger said:

Click for a larger image. “The keynote will begin 2 minutes…” get psyched!  They’ve got the Intel logo plastered on the screens in the front of the room.  OK, now we’re getting the “please restrict flash photograph to the first 60 seconds” message.. we’ll be underway momentarily…

07:31 PMDoug Berger said:

“Ladies and Gentlemen… the keynote will begin in 5 minutes… take your seats please.”  Stay tuned for more…

07:16 PMDoug Berger said:

Welcome welcome ladies and gents to the Intel keynote here at CES 2008 in Vegas.  FYI - I was the one that noticed the letters from Intel in Paul’s last name… thanks for the credit… Adam… :)

06:40 PMAdam Berger said:

(withing is a word also know as within—sorry)

06:38 PMAdam Berger said:

Food for thought, while we wait: The word “Intel” can be found withing Paul Otellini’s last name. Coincidence? I think not.