The winners for this year’s DEMO Fall 09 represented a spectrum of accomplishment. From a consumer perspective, the win by Emo Labs highlights another company at DEMO whose product could find widespread adoption in film and television media: Hand Eye Interactive Technology . Hand Eye Interactive Technology’s presentation at DEMO was simple but unprecedented: content is effectively integrated into film and television in the same way that Close Captioning is so that a photo Emo Labs , the winners in the consumer category, aim to revolutionize the audio media experience.

From the TechCrunch50 Demo pit I had a chance to talk with Israeli startup Meaningo . Tags: Events tc50 techcrunch5 A semantic search engine, Meaningo helps consumers refine their product searches. Lets take a look: ...Tags:

Demo Fall 09 San Diego presents some innovative technology companies all debuting their products for about six minutes in front of an eager conference room of industry peers and potential investors. Pair this with a pair of wide screens across the room as they did as their DEMO booth and Skyroom is definitely a potential leader in small-enterprise conferencing. Fuze Box , whose The conference splits the companies into categories based on similarity of purpose; this coverage highlights the companies from each group in a post. First up: Virtual Spaces.

The Smart Money category at Demo 09 made one point clearly: the smart money is betting on mobile payment systems. MoLo rewards would eliminate paper coupons by allowing the scan of your phone at grocery store isles beside an item; discounts can be integrated into items and then be scanned by phone; time stamps can even be set on products to give a discount window as was shown in the DEMO presentation with the pasta that was only on sale only in the morning. Photo Adding to these were a variety of financial innovations that were focused on everything from a revised take on the ATM to a credit rating service for small business.

Yesterday I met up with Thread in the TechCrunch50 demo pit. Tags: Events techcrunch techcrunch5 They offer a new way to find and connect with people you may want to date (or just roll around the bed with). It uses Facebook connect to survey your friends to make a good match. Lets see what they have to say.

A number of Southern California firms are on the list for DEMO 09, the technology conference which has been one of the traditional launching ground for new products and startup firms. DEMO disclosed Friday that San Diego-based Avaak , Goleta-based Citrix Online , Huntington Beach-based HowSimple , San Diego's Qualcomm MEMS Technologies , and Santa Monica-based Vokle are among the list of firms who will be presenting at the event. DEMO 09 is being held March 1-3 in Palm Desert. ...Tags: Tags: california demo startup conference souther

DEMO , the technology company launch conference which has traditionally been held in Palm Springs or the San Diego area, is moving its conference to the San Francisco Bay Area, new executive producer Matt Marshall announced today. According to Marshall, who is replacing Chris Shipley in running the event, the move is the first time that the technology launch event has been held in the SF Bay Area. DEMO has been held outside of the Bay Area for its entire history. Marshall said that the conference organizer will continue to hold its spring events outside of the Bay Area.

Conference founder Mike Macadaan (disclosure: a colleague) started Twiistup and quickly turned it into THE Los Angeles tech event. few years ago I attended my first Twiistup, it was a very small and intimate event. Each event grew and grew, until Twiistup 5 got so big that we partied in a private hanger at Santa Monica Airport. One of the worst keep secrets in Los Angeles tech is finally ready for public viewing. We have received notice that the much celebrated Twiistup brand is changing hands.

Steve is less well known but has been producing events through his company Parnassus Group for many years. got a response right away with some good background on the event. Unfortunately taking place around the same days as DEMO . Due to the distance between the two THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Los Angeles has two Twitter conferences coming up.

The second major startup launch event this month, DEMOfall 09, kicks off next week in San Diego, with four Southern California firms among the list of 56 companies slated to present at the conference. According to VentureBeat, which is co-producing the event, Los Angele-based NativeTung , Laguna Niguel-based TotalTrainer , Irvine-base TravelTrac , and Alhambra-based Gorok Technology Corp. will all be presenting at the event next week sometime. The event follows TechCrunch50, which was earlier this week. ...Tags: