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Gallery: Intel shows off computing's future

Intel shows what's behind the doors to its research facilities at Research@Intel Day which was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
By Andy Smith, Contributor
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Intel gives a look at more than 70 projects that were developed from the company's $6 billion research budget at Research@Intel Day which was held at the Computer History Museum.

Here is a "smart car" that tracks objects with its computer vision. Click on any photo to enlarge.

Photo credits: Intel

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Safety features for the smart car.

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Intel hopes to significantly reduce power consumption with its platform power management research.

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Hardware for platform power management.

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This speech interface controller creates connections between two mobile devices and a wireless display to share resources and services.

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Robotic sensors

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A robotic sensing device or robotic fingers has electrodes in its fingertips that can detect objects without touching them.

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Robots are being trained to take over menial tasks such as mixing drinks. It even has cameras in its palm. But how is its conversational skills?

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Prototypes of mobile environmental sensing platforms will track information to influence environmental policies.

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Ray tracing allows computers to simulate light rays in a 3D scene.

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More ray tracing

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Tera-scale processors will give devices the ability to understand the contents of visual media.

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Intel is preparing many applications for the health care industry.

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Intel is studying key factors in people's gait to determine their risk of falling.

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