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Cable Freedom Is a Click Away

"We use a mouse called the Loop, made by Hillcrest Labs, that costs $99. The Loop looks more like a chocolate-frosted doughnut with buttons than something that navigates a television set." Nick Bilton, New York Times
iCandy: Tech Gifts Beautiful Inside and Out

"More living rooms are home to computers that viewers hook to their big-screen TVs so they can tap the growing list of Internet services that stream commercial movies and shows. The striking, O-shaped Loop replaces the keyboard and mouse that would clutter a coffee table and makes it easier to navigate a PC's menus." David Lagesse, US News and World Report
The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009

"Pooling their collective talents, Hillcrest Labs and Texas Instruments have unveiled the Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE) compliant remote controls with Freespace Technology, an RF-based remote technology that eliminates line-of-sight pointing requirements." The PC World Editorial Team, PC World

Hillcrest Labs Announces Availability of Integrated Freespace® Motion Control and Bluetooth® Turnkey Solution at CES

Joint development with Broadcom enables use of Freespace motion control and Bluetooth for use with Internet-connected TVs and a wide range of other devices. Download
Hillcrest Labs' Loop™ Pointer Named As CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award Honoree

New York, NY and Rockville, MD, November 10, 2009 - Hillcrest Labs today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its groundbreaking Loop™ pointer. The Loop pointer is an in-air mouse designed for the growing number of consumers who enjoy Internet entertainment on their PC or Mac® or connect their computer to a television. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 36 product categories. Download
Hillcrest Labs Introduces Open Source Library to Enable Development of a Wide Variety of Freespace® Motion Control Applications

Developers Can Easily Add Motion Control to New Applications and Devices. New libfreespace Open Source Library Supports Linux, Mac® and Windows. New Freespace Reference Kit Version 3.1 Includes a Six-Axis Motion Control Module as Small as a U.S. Quarter. Download

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Event: CES 2010
Date: January 7 - 10
Location: Las Vegas
Meet the Hillcrest Labs team at CES 2010.
To schedule a meeting, please email: bizdev@hillcrestlabs.com.

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