hill, visiting the consumer electronics show here. a lot of manufacturers and tech companies are up here to show some of their wares to the policymakers on capitol hill. here are some of the interviews that we did. san diego-based company qualcomm was on capitol hill. we're joined by someone from that company. what are you display here? >> we are focusing on all the ways that our company is pursuing the novel experience for consumers. we're featuring our new s-4 snapdragon chip set, which has all-new capabilities. -- it hast tremendous capabilities and graphics, seeking get game consul-quality gaming with this chipset. this is on a tablet.

getting that level of quality on a tablet is something new. you also have to -- you also have the new chip set that is lte and multipodmode. you have the ability to take advantage of the 4g lte networks being deployed globally. >> to you have to buy a qualcomm product to get snapdragon? >> at chip sets are in smartphones and tablets that are made by a whole variety of manufacturers. >> what about spectrum usage for ality?ih qu \ >> that is something we work on, including -- improving spectral efficiency. we have been able to reduce the bit rate as well as the file

size by hlahalf. that allows them to use spectrum much more efficiently. >> was that technology developed in san diego? >> yes. also here is the debt. what are you display here? woody showing to members of congress and the staff? >> this demonstrates how 3g and next-generation mobile technology can improve people's lives. one of our projects -- a health care project and an education project. the health-care project -- this is a wireless monitoring ship that allows patients with congestive heart failure to monitor their health and their house daily. they can use in mobile application and take their blood pressure, their blood oxygen level, their heart rate, their weight -- and they can collect

the data using the mobile app and transmit it to their nurses and doctor, who are listening on a daily basis. the doctors said and able to see the data. if they see a decline in the patient costs health, they will contact the patient immediately so that it prevents them from having to be readmitted to the hospital. >> do you see savings in health- care dollars with this? >> definitely. patients -- there are about 1 million people admitted every year in the u.s. with congestive heart failure. , 60% are days thom readmitted. this allows doctors to have better monitoring and intervene when they see their health declined. >> is this technology in use now? >> it is in use now. it was launched in december at flagstaff medical center in northern arizona. patients living in remote areas

and native american reservations are using it now to communicate and coordinate their health care with professional providers. >> qualcomm. there is one other technology here -- a display. mr. gordon, what are you going to show us? >> this has an application called smart shopper. i can take a picture right here, then take a picture here. if you press the shutter button -- >> thank you very much for showing us that. qualcomm, on display on capitol hill. the consumer electronics show. you might have seen the new commercial for this tv -- the

hopper. joining us is president of disch network. what is this, what does it do? >> it is the most advanced gearbox in the market today. we launched it at the consumer expo. it is a cvr deck and recording more shows and store more shows than any other on the market. you can do to -- up to six recordings at the same time andrews -- and store 2000 hours of video. you can watch in hd across your home with this one. you get tv in every war room of your home. >> who developed this? >> this was developed by a sister company, echo star. in conjunction with our requirements, they built these.

>> what is the prime-time feature with this? >> as we started building the hopper, we wanted to see what consumers wanted. they wanted to record more shows and store more shows. at the end of the day, 50% broadcast time between 7:00 and 10:00 or from the main networks. the hopper, if they enables it, it can record all of these channels -- abc, nbc, cbs, and fox, using a single tuner and stores trip for eight days. you can go back in time eight days and, it allows you to go back to last week's's show. if today is tuesday, i concur to last week's show, catch up on it, all the way to date. i can always stated to my -- save it to my dvr. it is like hulu plus, except

you get them at the same day launch. >> what does it retail for? >> it is available to new customers at no charge. it is free with a new subscription. >> what are you doing up here on the hill? what is important to you about being on capitol hill? >> a couple of things. one, as you look at what consumer features -- price, mobile video, you definitely want to show what you are doing on mobile video. we have the demo for that year, and app that allows you to watch your live tv from your home, anytime you want. we're very concerned about energy. the new joey is super energy- efficient. britt is not certified as yet, but it has passed all the tests for energy star rating. we also wanted to talk about

rural broadbent. -- broadband. historically, rural areas have not had good broadband access. we just released a product this year that allows people in rural america to get a high speed that is close to any speed you could get in urban america. >> you were talking to the sec about that product? >> yes. that is the modem, and that is the transceiver. it is not very pretty, but when you look at it, this is a one- way transmitter that transmits a signal all the way to a satellite 22,000 miles above the earth. a pretty impressive, and it allows for super-high speed. >> any of your equipment manufactured here? >> we have a lot of

distribution, but most are manufactured overseas. >> why? >> both cost as well as, you know, the supplier base. most of the chip set manufacturers and of the components manufacturers, hard drive manufacturers, they are all mostly in asia. it makes sense to assemble where they are. it reduces the overall cost. but we do have all of our call centers based in the united states. we do not ship our call centers overseas. if you pick up the phone and called disch network, you'll be speaking to somebody in the u.s. >> vice-president of disch network. we have been talking, here on capitol hill. adrian mcallister is with the google corporation. what are you demonstrating year on capitol hill? >> i am showing the google tv, which is an operating system for connected tv's, just like

android is an operating system for mobile phones. this is an operating system for smart tvs. in fact, we are built off of the android operating system. >> can anybody get google tv? >> any consumer can get google tv. our initial launch partners are sunny and a lot attack -- sony and logitech. sony has a television with two tv built into the system itself. logitech has a peripheral device, a string player. we have a new hardware coming out with four partners in the next several months. >> so what are the advantages of google tv? why would somebody get googled tv instead of cable, instead a

satellite tv, instead of broadcast tv? >> we do not view google tv as an alternative to cable tv. we see it as an enhancement to your live tv experience, the same way that mobile phones did not eliminate land line phone and cable did not a limit broadcast. we think smart tv ads and enhances cable subscription viewing. but what is unique is that we are built to work with enhancing experiences. a couple of particular things -- one, there is zero input switching. if you are watching live tv, you can press the home but in on your remote. this is one of the remotes, the initial remote that sony has built. you can get to a home screen launcher. this is a view of some of the

apps, which are customizable. you can customize these apps. if there is one in particular you always use, you can select that. the key is that you are not having to go from input 12 input two. you can quickly go from live tv to whether video content. googled tv is really about bringing millions of channels of web video to the television. one of the ways that we are doing that is that we are building a discovery experience for google tv that gives you a view not only of what is available to you, online -- on live tv -- >> but also broadcast, cable channels. >> if you have a subscription, when he set it up and tell it that you live in a particular zip code, we tell you what is available to you through that lived subscription today.

see whatt into let's you have watched for what you have raided, we will personalize the experience for you as well. you can go in here and say, you want to watch 30 rock -- it 1 navigate directly there. you can also press the menu button to rate something, say that you love "30 rock," or, never shown me anything from this channel again. this is a live tv experience. >> is c-span on here somewhere? >> of course. we can search for c-span. i will show you in a minute. we also have tv content and the content, not only from the tv, but from across the web, third- party providers. if it is a friday or saturday night and you want to see what is available, you can select "

pop fiction," say you want to watch it, and you can see the it is coming on as soon from one of your subscription channels, or you can read it immediately from amazon, or, if this has reminded you that you want to see " reservoir dogs, " you can go in and see that it is available for free because you have a netflix subscription. or, again, you could rent it from amazon. this has been integrated into search. if you want to search for c- span, you could do that and go navigate their. you do not have to remember what channel c-span is. >> what is showing here on both tv? >> -- a book tv? >> this is all the book tv available. only one available episode

coming on soon. you can set your d p r -- dvr if you want to. >you can also navigate, because we are surging across the web, for the c-span 2 channel. you can go directly there -- the c-span 2 youtube channel. you can go there directly. >> is there any cost for someone who wants to buy google tv? >> our business model is that we license the operating system for free to our partners. there is no ongoing fee to consumers at all. >> so what kind of tv do you need to load this, essentially? >> you need any tv that has an hd on my -- hdmi input. if you bought a tv a year ago and are perfectly happy but wants to be able to get internet connectivity and access to

millions of web video channels, you can buy a peripheral advice from googles tv, one of our partners. >> york lang c-span right now -- and the youtube channel. i noticed you had the app bar up their earlier, there was google crumb. >> yes. you can also access the internet? >> you can type in, essentially, and the url that you would like and access it. you can check your e-mail on your tv if you would like to. it is a full browser. >> we have been talking to adrienne mcallister of google. this is "the communicator's." jean russo is with motorola mobility.

motorola is having a display here -- what are you showing to the members of congress and their staff? >> we're showing our latest and hottest devices. this is the motorola droid razr max. it is our hottest device. it is beautiful, thin -- look tough and that is. it feels great in your hand. the best thing i think about it is the battery life. there is not a single device in the market that can compete with the motorola droid razr max. you can talk on this on for 21 hours straight without having to recharge. it is great for somebody like me who is always forgetting to recharge their front.

-- a phone. i just got it. i cannot say enough good things about the. >> what is important about this to show to policy makers here? >> it is really important. it is showing that we are continuing to leave of the technology. there are a number of changes in battery life, and motorola is absolutely being in that. the thing about a lot of our front is that they are great for personal use, but also enterprise-ready. i think that is something that policymakers will want to see. >> you also have some other equipment over here on the side. >> this is one of our hottest products -- people are really excited about this. we introduced this at the same time that we launched another product. this is another first -- the world's first gps fitness

tractor and music player. it can track of your fitness performance. when we had this, you could actually track how many steps you went, how many calories you burned, how many calories you ate -- everything. you can only imagine -- it was pretty mind-blowing. what i love about this is the mp three music player. everybody loves working out to music. the work better with some songs than others. you have never been able to prove it was science -- now you can. this product will track which sons to work out better to and create custom playlists so you always work out better. >> what else you have over there in terre -- over their? >> we have been talking for

years about making the next phone -- the home smart. we are making it simple. motorola launched our home a platform. this is software from late last year. now, consumers can stay connected to your home wherever you go. what does that mean? verizon is offering a number of different speeders -- indoor cameras, door locks, wireless sensors. this is really easy -- you can see what is going on in your home, whether you want to lower your energy consumption during peak hours for a lower energy bill, or if you go on vacation and realize that you forgot to turn off the air conditioner -- now with a push of a button

you'll not have to go home to a really high energy bill. if you want to go to unlock the door for somebody, now you can do that from your phone or tablet. all thanks to motorola. >> we have been looking at new products out by motorola mobility. we have been talking with gina russo here at the capitol. the consumer electronics show on capitol hill. >> we speak to the founder and ceo of an organization called votify. >> we are a mobile-based voting company built on top of a political search network, where use survey responses you get us to connect with other light- minded individuals to discuss the issues and also debate the issues with opposing-minded people. >> how you do it?

>> mobile-based -- mobil for us means through e-mail, goodlatte taught at home, a tablet, an html link through an asset mass app.n sms, or an we curate content from all over the web to give you more of a well-rounded view of the news. then retract that and cluster you with other individuals in the back -- we find issue symmetry, where we of line, and issues where you are a part. this in your activity, as you read what is most important for you. >> -- based on your activity, you rate what is most important for you. >> if we sign up, what kind of information do we give? >> you can download the app to the itunes store or go to the web page. it is either votify.com, you can

register with facebook or an e- mail or sms, and to answer a series of questions. those start to formulate your profile. you see news articles to like -- you can read them. you can have discussions if you like -- you can start one, or c one that is going on -- c one that is going on at the time. we did one on a national meet all day, march 9 -- how you like meatballs? not political, but there was a lot of activity. the more you participate, with news articles and surveys and polls, the more refined your profile gets. it starts to show you where you break down on the issues. >> what do you do with that information? to use aldrich to campaigns? >> -- do you sell it to campaigns? >> we've had 1.2 million

questions answered since june of last year. we are building a network that operates as a separate connection point to the american population to communicate about politics, civil discourse, and engagement. part of a challenge the politicians are having now is that poland is tied primarily to landlines -- polling is tied to land lines, and americans are abandoning landlines at a rate of 700,000 a month. how you have a realistic data capture? we are solving that problem. we can sell big block data involving trends and issues, or even pull people -- poll people by sending them questions. >> what is your background? >> i was a practicing lawyer, but i have been a political junkie my entire life. i worked in my first campaign in 1972 for george mcgovern.

in my family, i had when nixon vote for and won the governor -- then you had watergate, the carter years, iran contra -- i always stayed involved, but then i took more of the traditional path into the practice of law. i had my own law firm for 14 years. then, in 2008, we were putting their kids on a bus stop and everybody was complaining about the robocalls. one guy was not complaining. i asked him why -- he did not have a land mine. i realize i should start a mobile phone-based polling company. nobody knows what i think about anything. i left the practice of law in november. we have to start a company -- we have been fortunate to have folks bring us down here today.

i was just down in austin at south by southwest, where we were finalists in the accelerator competition for hot new mobile companies. it has been great. a lot of fun so far. >> if people want to sign up, what is the website? >> www.votify.com. >> president and founder of votifi. -- votifi.com >> here on display is mobileye. could you start by telling us what this is? >> this is a company that manufactures collision prevention systems based on artificial vision. we manufacture cameras. it works like an electronic eye. you install it in your car, and your car can see and help to avoid accidents with cars, with

pedestrians, with cyclists. many things that can help the driver in order to help him, you know, get to work safely. >> where did the idea come from? >> the technology was shot by us. the idea was that today, 92% of accidents are because of the driver. 80% are because of inattention -- driver inattention to everybody else, driver distraction, a big industry issue. how can we help the driver? we take this element -- remove this element from the equation and make sure the driver -- to help the driver, we are using our eyes to drive and see what is around us -- that drove the idea. >> you have the video plan you are on the screen. what are we seeing?

>> this is actually what happens inside the camera. they're all the pedestrians, all the objects -- when you drive, the mobileye system is quiet, but we discuss everything, analyze everything, watch for every one of the pedestrians. this is actually a benefit -- we have a system that will cover your back when you are driving. >> this is what the camera is seeing. is this what the user is also seeing? >> no. that would be a distraction. the user just gets a warning. on the right, these are the kinds of warnings the user can get -- it can connect to a softened by bluetooth or on a dedicated screen that would show the user what kinds of warnings are happening.

also, an audio warning that there is danger. you hear the noise, it tells you exactly what is wrong, and you can apply the brakes or use the steering wheel to avoid it. >> why are you on capitol hill? what is the importance of showing this to politicians? >> today, everybody is involved with distractive drive-in -- distracted grabbing. we want people to be safer. we think that there are many people who can use this technology in order to save lives. >> is this yet available? >> this is available for consumers right now. we're working with several retail chains and getting more and more into the retail markets.