For this year's Grammys, the Recording Academy the 59-year-old group of music industry professionals has reportedly outfitted its iconic award statue with a camera that will stream footage of award winners online as they come on stage to collect their award and address the audience at next week's event, according to Fast Company. The so-called "Grammycam" features a disassembled GoPro action camera in the base of the award statue and the camera's footage will stream wirelessly and be broadcast to the Grammy Live stream online.
Wearables today are overwhelmingly tethered to smart watches. Qualcomm wants to change that by bringing LTE connectivity to wearables with its new Snapdragon Wear platform. With the Wear platform, Qualcomm wants to drive the development of sleek wearables like smartwatches, smartbands and smartglasses that offer long battery life. With Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LTE, Qualcomm is enabling more ways for wearables to connect and transfer data over the Internet, other than using the smartphone as an interface.