Peggy Smedley discusses how the U.S. military is working on developing applications for the iPhone which will help to improve situational awareness among military personnel, such as an application that lets soldiers know the location of their allies to avoid friendly fire situations. She also talked about a company that has developed a device that looks like a wristwatch and uses cellular connectivity to keep track of people with cognitive issues that may cause them to wander or get lost.

 

Trip Wakefield, president and CEO, ThinAir Wireless and Vision 20/20, joins the show to talk about his company’s offerings in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. He discusses the three separate levels of peace of mind that Vision’s products offer to consumers as well as what fleet companies can expect from working with ThinAir Wireless;

 

Michael Barthman, business development manager, Ditto Book Inc., describes Ditto Book’s focus on the OEM and reseller markets and how corporate customers can customize Ditto Books to promote their brand name and meet the individual needs of their customers. He also describes what sets Ditto Book apart from other ereaders on the market.;

 

Peggy Smedley and Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, M2M magazine, discuss some of the innovative products that will be on display later in the week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They talk about a new digital photo frame that uses Wi-Fi technology to connect to the Web so users can download photos to their frame in realtime. They also discuss an in-home energy management solution which lets consumers know how much energy is being used by each individual appliance in the home and will even send alerts to their phone if they forget to turn an appliance off being leaving the house. Lastly, they cover a new ereader with dual screens