HP Labs India

HP Labs India works to make IT more accessible

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March 30 2005

HP Labs in Bangalore is working to invent technology that could give a competitive edge to HP by creating new business opportunities.

BANGALORE: From trying to improve language capabilities on computers and devices to experimenting with niche broadcast networks to deliver IT services, HP Labs in Bangalore is working to invent technology that could give a competitive edge to HP by creating new business opportunities.

Elaborating on the focus of HP Labs, located across countries like US, UK, Israel and Japan, HP senior VP and HP Labs director Dick Lampman said, "We work on areas like disruptive technologies, printing and imaging, digital entertainment, industrial solutions including mobility and rich media and technologies for better service delivery."

He illustrated examples such as LEP (liquid electro photography), digital imaging research and software solutions, which were developed out of HP Labs that have helped HP improve its bottomline.

Touching on the technologies that were developed at the Bangalore center, HP Labs India lab director Ajay Gupta said, "We have created a breakthrough in language scripts with a device called Script mail, which is intuitive and easy to operate and ideal for vernacular communication." He added that that lab trials had been completed and the device was ready for field deployments. According to him, another initiative that is in the trial phase is in the area of broadcasting in collaboration with niche broadcasters. HP hopes to address the education and government verticals with these initiatives.

Though Lampman was unwilling to reveal details of the number of engineers working at the center in Bangalore, he said that it was a sizeable group and also added that HP hopes to ramp up the headcount.

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