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 NEW YORK (AP) - Ambient Devices made a splash a few years ago when it released an odd glowing glass orb that changed color depending on the direction of the stock market or the temperature outside.
The orb provided just a single point of data, an approach that was the opposite of a computer's rich, confusing way of presenting information. A refreshing idea, but not one that's become mainstream, especially not with its $150 price tag.
Now, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company is making some rather more practical gadgets that present the same kind of information in a less cryptic form: panels that spell out the weather forecast, or the day's stock movement, on plain, easy-to-read LCD screens.
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