Ken C. Pohlmann

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Ken C. Pohlmann | Jun 23, 2015 | 2 comments

Without a doubt, it is a cheesy idea. On the other hand, at least it doesn't cost a lot of dough. Pizza Hut Hong Kong is selling pizza in a specially designed Blockbuster Box. Figuring that movies and pizzas go together like, well, mushrooms and pepperoni, the cardboard box can be rigged to project movies played on your phone. Yes—you read it right—a pizza box that projects movies.

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The Coming Boom in Home Theater Ken C. Pohlmann | Jul 30, 2019 | 1 comments

I have a theory. Well, it’s not really a theory. It’s more of a hunch. Actually, it’s not even a hunch. Just a tingling. But sometimes my tinglings are surprisingly prescient. Here’s my tingle: Thanks to societal shifts, in the coming years there will be a huge resurgence — a boom — in the popularity of home theater.

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The Cone of Silence, Eavesdropping Speakers, Raspberry Pi, and You Ken C. Pohlmann | Jan 22, 2019 | 0 comments

If you are a certain age, you'll surely remember the Get Smart TV series, debuting in 1965 on NBC. You'll also remember how Maxwell Smart always insisted on using the Cone of Silence — plastic domes over him and the Chief that supposedly prevented anyone from overhearing their conversations. Now, 54 years later, in the age of Alexa, the Cone is back, new and improved. And you can build one yourself.

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The Connected Home Ken C. Pohlmann | Jun 17, 2004 | 0 comments

Source of boxed information: all Parks Associates except "Speed Demons," Yankee Group Oddly enough, when I was growing up two of my favorite cartoon shows held diametrically opposite views of technology in our lives. The Flintstones promoted the simple life.

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The Connected House: iPod Comes Home Ken C. Pohlmann | Jun 17, 2005 | 0 comments