All Roads lead to POET

I believe that is Dr G's quote!

With the recent announcement of the Apple Watch, I read some of the articles and looked at pics of the device. I see a few flaws with the watch and why I think it will be Apple's next Newton. Sure they will sell a lot only because it is an Apple brand. But the numbers will not meet the expectations of the investment community. But like the Newton, which did get other companies to produce similar products, such as the palm pilot, it will get other companies to produce a similar product. But ultimately they to will also fail. Unless they are able to conquer the “battery life” issue and the “must have mentality”.

So what is spurring this latest and greatest electronic gadgetry. The media is. They continually write articles about the movement towards “wearables”, and being constantly connected. How can you be constantly connected if you are dependent on recharging a battery that can't keep up to the demand of the the “wearable”

Also if you look at the product itself. Is that a “wearable” that you truly would wear at a black tie function or a rave? I don't think so. Apple should have enlisted the services of a fashion jeweler.

The chip itself, will not be able to address the battery life issue and do everything that will be asked of it.

So where does POET fit in?

1 - At this time they are working towards 40nm size and quantum computing.

2 – Less power consumption means longer “battery” life or useable life in a 24/7 environment.

3 – Faster processing speeds.

How will POET fit in, in the new “wearables” segment? Well I believe we need to think outside the box and as the good doctor said at EC - “there may be uses that we have not even imagined”

In my field of work I deal with energy, both creating it and making use of it. We use thermocouples for instrumentation. For those of you that do not know what a thermocouple is – it is simply two dissimilar metals that are connected together that use heat to produce a small current, which is then used to send a signal to a controller. Fairly basic. Out in the market place you can purchase a flashlight that you shake and it will generate energy to power that flashlight for awhile. These are two technologies that currently exist that could be utilized in the “wearable” device. The POET chip requires very little energy to power it, these technologies can be utilized to power the “wearable” and charge a “battery”.

So where does the POET device get it's power source from? Since it is a “wearable”, it will get it from the human body! We produce heat and we are for the most part in constant motion. Wait...it gets better! How will we get the energy from the human body connected to the “wearble”? Miniaturize the previously mentioned technologies for quantum computing and surgically implant them to power the "wearable".

Society has proven over and over again that they want to make fashion statements to stand out from others. People change their hair constantly. In the 80's piercing became popular. Now it's tattoos. People have proven throughout time that they will augment their body and looks for fashion. Welcome to the world of the “Borg”. 7 of 9 made wearing a “wearable” sexy and fashionable. Society will accept implants as the new “wearable” to stay connected. It will be all about quantum computing and nano technology and this is the direction that I believe the good Dr. is trying to take POET. Not for “wearables” but the next step in computing. Just that the money side of POET will come from the consumer taking advantage of POET's technology.

So getting back to the Apple Watch. No it won't succeed as the next greatest product from Apple. The “wearables” will be surgically implanted and fashioned to enhance our status in society.

Damn......my misspent youth in the 70's LOL.....and Star Trek!