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This company is related to 2 other companies, Khitchdee Music, that preceded it and Khitchdee Design that followed it.
The company explored "personalisation" is the domain of designing hardware gadgets or software. i.e. Designing for an individual user or class of users.
An example of a domain-specialised hardware gadget is the Kindle
E-Book Reader produced by Amazon. While it is similar in form factor to a tablet PC, such as an iPad, it has been designed to service the needs of a specific use-case -- reading books. Due to the narrow design focus, it is possible to optimise the hardware and software running on the device for efficiency and hence reduce cost, improve service-ability, device lifetime and the ability to recycle the device. It uses an E-Ink display instead of an RGB display. It is very light. It consumes very little power and is easy to read on.
A personalised gadget is similar to a domain-specialised gadget, but it is designed with the specific goal of servicing all the usage needs of an individual user or a class of users such as employees of a Enterprise. A software version of a personalised gadget could be thought of as a user-agent. A personalised gadget is easy to secure, has better privacy controls and can be implemented using low-cost customised hardware.
The company evaluated the design and production feasibility of personalized hardware gadgets. It researched custom ASIC design, FPGA-based design and hybrid microprocessor-FPGA based designs.
It was incorporated in October 2012.
It also explored software-based personalised user-agents and developer-tools, before closing down due to lack of production feasilibity in its operating context.
After this company was closed down, the founder founded Khitchdee Design.
