By Kevin Maney, Newsweek Magazine The rapid evolution of wearable technology is leading to body implants Wearable gadgets like smartwatches and Google Glass can seem like a fad that has all the durability of CB radios or Duran Duran, but they’re important early signs of a new era of technology that will drive investment and…
Wearable technology and Quantified Self-movement are pretty trendy nowadays, especially since the launch of the ultra-popular Jawbone UP powered by MotionX technology. Today, Fullpower-MotionX, MotionX-24/7 for the iPhone and iPad, an activity tracker and sleep monitor optimized for the iPhone 5S M7 processor and iOS 7. Click here for the complete article at Ubergizmo.com
Major companies such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft are increasingly getting into the wearable computing business. The opportunity is huge, especially for makers of MEMS-based sensors, electronics, and associated software. Click here to read the full article at MEMS Journal.
Philippe Kahn is a sailor singularly obsessed with optimization – finding the right crew and the right technology to survive and prosper on the high seas. That approach has made him a record-setting racer, and a successful tech entrepreneur. Click to read at Wired.com
A prolific inventor argues that we are on the cusp of an explosion in truly useful and unencumbering wearable devices Scientific American, July 2013 Issue Forum by Philippe Kahn Click here to read the full article in PDF format
Entrevistamos al francés Philippe Kahn, que cuenta los detalles del prototipo que en 1997 le permitió compartir la foto digital del nacimiento de su hija y los desafíos que enfrentó la tecnología para posicionarse en la industria móvil Por Guillermo Tomoyose | LA NACION En las cuatro décadas de vida del celular, existe una prestación…
SANTA CRUZ, CA–(Marketwire – May 7, 2013) – As the Apple® App Store approaches 50 billion downloads, Fullpower® is proud to share that MotionX®-GPS Drive was just announced as one of the Top 25 All-Time Paid Apps for iPhone®. About Fullpower and the MotionX Technology PlatformFounded in 2003 by a world-class team, Fullpower’s MotionX technology…
An email interview with the serial entrepreneur behind the technology inside the Jawbone Up fitness-tracking wristband. Lewis Schiff, Inc.com In 1983, Philippe Kahn emigrated from France to the United States with just $2,000, and a software program he co-created called Turbo Pascal. The company he built around that program, Borland International, sold for $75 million…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Jan 7, 2013) – Fullpower® today announced it has received a collection of patents covering key breakthrough technologies for wearable non-invasive medical devices.”The next social paradigm-shift is non-invasive wearable wireless medical devices and applications,” said Philippe Kahn founder and CEO of Fullpower. “It’s all about invention, innovation and IP. The combination…
Great Pegasus MotionX 24 team. Mark Christensen , Cole Kerby David Giles and Philippe… A great 3 day regatta with huge conditions on day one. Great class, very close racing, skillful boats!
Click to View the Official Pegasus Results and Race Log Q and A time With Pegasus’s Philippe Kahn, Published on 07-09-2011 06:18 AM Earlier this year we got a glimpse of the past playing with the future when Philippe Kahn’s freshly remodified Alan Andrew’s 70′ came out of the shed from Southern California’s Dencho…
With an astounding 403 Nautical Miles in 24 hours, Pegasus-MotionX shared the adventure to give you all a feel for the fantastic sport of offshore sailing.
The record for double-handing the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu has been broken. At 4:38:35 am HST today.
HONOLULU, HI–(Marketwire – July 30, 2008) – The Waikiki Yacht Club announced today that Skipper Philippe Kahn, with co-skipper Richard Clarke of Canada, set a new record for the 2008 Pacific Cup race of 7 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes and 50 seconds. The prior record was set by Volvo Ocean Race winner Stan Honey in 1992.
Pegasus Racing and Philippe Kahn have win the Double Handed division of the 2007 Transpac Race. Click here for the Skipper’s Log
Pegasus Wins the 18′ Skiff European Championships (European Grand-Prix) The last two days of the European 18ft Skiff Grand Prix on Lake Garda have had mixed conditions. Wednesday bought with it some lighter conditions, with the only race of the day sailed in a building 6-9knot breeze. But no change at the front of the…
Pegasus Racing Wins the 2007 Fullpoer Melges 24 World Championship in Santa Cruz, California! Race Results 2007 Melges 24 World Championship RegattaSanta Cruz Yacht Club, California, USA, May 05 – 12 2007 2007 Fullpower Melges 24 Worlds Race Results POSITION BOAT NAME SAIL NUMBER HELMSMAN 1 Pegasus 505 USA David Ullman 2 Full Throttle USA…
The countdown to the start of world championship racing in the International Melges 24 Class next spring has started at the Santa Cruz Yacht Club with a significant note: make it the Fullpower Melges 24 World Championship for 2007. Fullpower Technologies, a new wireless nanotechnology biotech company based in Santa Cruz, is fully onboard as…
2009 Finn Gold Cup, San Francisco, St Francis Yacht Club
The 18′ Skiff International Regatta wasn’t quite a changing of the guard, Howard Hamlin, 53, was the winning skipper for the third time in five years -but if runner-up Samuel (Shark) Kahn, 17, is the wave if the future, that’s fine with Howie.
SAN FRANCISCO—Last year’s top three finishers have returned to San Francisco Bay for the fifth windy, wet and wild 18′ Skiff International Regatta Tuesday through Saturday.
International yacht racing at its highest, most competitive level comes to Miami for the 2006 Rolex TP52 Global Championship. Set for March 7-12 during Acura Miami Race Week, the inaugural championship welcomes a fleet representing England, Ireland, Hong Kong and the U.S, abounding with the world’s top sailors from the America’s Cup and Olympics. The racing series consists of short windward/leeward and longer, offshore races that will take the fleet to the Bahamas and back.
20 January 2006, Key West, FL • Congratulations go to Dave Ullman aboard Pegasus 505, one of three Pegasus racing yachts on the Melges 24 course. Ullman won the 2006 ACURA Melges 24 Key West Race Week division four points ahead of Chris Rast at the helm for Franco Rossini on Blu Moon and nine…
– St. Francis Yacht Club There were 103 boats racing in four IRC and five one-design classes at the Rolex Big Boat Series on San Francisco Bay, and they got what they came for. Although much of the regatta was sailed in wind of under 20 knots, it was full breeze-on for the two races…
The 2005 Waikiki Offshore Series finished Saturday with two windward leeward races off Waikiki. The medium trade winds and small seas were a welcome relief from the 8 – 12 foot seas and 35+ kts winds that challenged the racers all week.