A Vision of Cars
Imagine a car that features the latest driving software to give you a faster, safer, and more enjoyable ride. All you have to do is get in and tell it where you want to go to. The car does the rest. It plans out the fastest route taking into account detailed traffic reports, and it even takes things one step further: it drives you there. All you have to do is sit back, catch up on work or just read a book.

We believe the future is in the application of robotics to machines in our everyday surroundings. The seamless integration of robotics and automation will over time become essential to everyday life. SeventhDigit's Hollar Consulting makes that happen with experience, expertise and thinking out-of-the-box.

Experience

Silicon Microrobots
Seth Hollar has experience developing self-contained power-and-locomotion systems on a chip including creating an autonomous walking silicon robot. With our wide range of experience, we can provide consulting in the areas of MEMS and nanotechnology. From design to process fabrication, we have the knowledge to help you develop your future products (see reference here).

Distributed Sensor Networks
Seth Hollar developed the original hardware platform for the popular TinyOS operating system at UC Berkeley. Additionally, the prototyped hardware he created was eventually commercialized for distributed sensor networks by Crossbow Technology (see reference here).

Acceleration Sensing Glove. Developed by Seth Hollar et al. at UC Berkeley, the Acceleration Sensing Glove senses hand and finger movement wirelessly with accelerometers on the fingertips. This was later used to demonstrate hand-controlled computer pointer and hand gesture recognition (see reference here) .

AllKeys Macro. Originally developed to help computer users use keyboard shortcut keys instead of the mouse, it has become a full-fledged macro program with a number of features including a program launcher, keyboard-based mouse control, and a computer work monitor. See the AllKeys page for more information.

Services

 

• Investigate and evaluate new and existing technologies
• Review development of new concepts from design to market
• Perform feasibility studies of new and existing designs
• Provide guidance and counsel for new design methodologies
• Perform comprehensive technical market research
• Augment decision making by offering third-party perspective
• Facilitate brainstorming sessions to solve strategic problems
• Identify and develop key intellectual property
• Conduct research in a variety of system engineering fields
• Build and demonstrate prototype devices – Built world's smallest robot.
• Design and develop MEMS/nanotechnology-based devices
• Augment knowledge-base with our network of professional associates
• Robotic control and automation including embedded microcontrollers
• C++ programming; GUI application design; kernel driver development
• Extensive modeling with Matlab including aerospace experience
• Vision processing for robotics