Intel's biggest announcements at CES 2015
![Intel firmly believes that wearables are the next big evolution in consumer electronics, and it's doing everything it can to help usher in this new age. Enter Curie, the company's tiny, Quark-powered system-on-a-chip designed specifically for wearable technology. The device is about the size of a shirt button, but it packs in a six-axis sensor with an accelerometer and gyroscope, 384kB of flash memory, a Bluetooth Low Energy radio and, of course, that tiny Quark computer brain. It's small enough to fit into rings, pendants, some glasses and, of course, buttons -- and Intel says it's "designed to help customers, including fashion, sports and lifestyle companies, incorporate advanced functionality into their wearable designs, [and] help speed time-to-market."](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/MweKwavKw7fxaa.HLC29RA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU5NA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/8NgMWkRVJbIlwUOMfx48PQ--~B/aD0zOTA7dz02MzA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/325/172/6/S3251726/slug/l/intel-curie-1.jpg)
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Intel's standard chip and architecture announcements were a big part of CES 2015, sure -- but the company's press event focused heavily on its RealSense technology: a compact depth sensing camera that enables all sorts of neat applications. The company showed the technology changing the focus in photographs post-shoot, creating artistic color variations based on depth of field, enabling more advanced face recognition and being used to create a touchless interface for an onstage cook.
