Bluetooth: should you go low energy?
September 26, 2015
3 Mins read

Bluetooth today is understood by many as a convenient connectivity solution. Yet there are limitations regarding its flexibility and this entry serves to discuss some misconceptions about Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE or Bluetooth Smart) and classic Bluetooth. We often receive projects that involve Bluetooth communication, yet many of our clients specify “BLE” without understanding the […]

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Portable light prototyping for smart-phone photography
July 25, 2015
5 Mins read

We love taking photos. Wefies. Selfies. You name it. But if you’ve tried to use a smartphone camera in less than optimal lighting conditions, you’ll find your pictures poor and unworthy of that coveted Facebook post. A problem we often face when taking a selfie is that besides having a poor front-facing camera on a […]

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Empower your projects with Bluetooth Smart
July 19, 2015
15 Mins read

An even smarter Bluetooth You’re likely to own a Bluetooth-enabled device by now – your phone is one. Bluetooth-enabled connectivity exists in a variety of consumer electronics and has become a socially understood means of convenient wireless communications. Bluetooth capability can be found in almost every decent smartphone, tablet, wireless mp3 speaker and in-vehicle entertainment […]

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The LG watch R teardown
March 31, 2015
10 Mins read

Here at Thesis, we’re all fans of the latest and coolest gizmos and [smart]watches. The announcement of the new LG Urbane, the successor to the LG watch R was a surprise owing to the fact that the watch R was relatively new on the market. I got the opportunity to test this smartwatch myself and […]

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