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Ambient Devices, Inc. is a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA that designs and markets various ambient devices for display of information ranging from weather to traffic reports to stock quotes. The company was founded by David L. Rose, Ben Resner, Nabeel Hyatt and Pritesh Gandhi, and is a spin-off from the MIT Media Lab.〔(MIT Media Lab Spin-Offs ), ''MIT Media Lab'' , Retrieved May 1, 2007.〕 It is funded by First Round Capital, .406 Ventures, and Nicholas Negroponte.〔(), ''Crunchbase'' , Retrieved Jan 8, 2015.〕 The company also maintains the Ambient Information Network, a U.S. nationwide datacasting network presently hosted by U.S.A. Mobility, a U.S. paging service. The service is similar to the discontinued Microsoft's SPOT service. == Products == * Ambient Orb – March 2002〔Kirsner, Scott. (Peripherals, Lite-brite style ), Wired 02-2002〕 * Ambient Weather Beacon – 2003 * Ambient Weather Forecaster – 2004 * Ambient Dashboard – 2004 * Ambient Wireless Datacasting Kit – March 2005〔(Press Release: Ambient Launches Wireless Datacasting Kit )〕 * Ambient 5-Day Weather Forecaster launched at Brookstone () * Ambient Google Clock – (in development)〔( Ambient Clock combines Google Calendar and analog timekeeping ), Engadget, 2006-10-23.〕 * Ambient Umbrella – 2007 〔Rubin, Josh. (Forecasting Umbrella ), Cool Hunting 2006-01-10, accessed 2007-05-01.〕 * Ambient Energy Joule - 2007 〔 Chapa, Jorge. (), Inhabit 2007-08-27. 〕 * Ambient Flurry Alarm Clock - 2011 〔() Engadget. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ambient Devices」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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