シリコンバレーVCの注目する次世代家電

”完璧”なデジタル・リビングルームを思い浮かべてみよう。

They're pouring money into companies such as Emeryville's Orb Networks and San Mateo's Sling Media, whose technology platforms seek to allow people to wirelessly transfer data -- such as video and music -- to any device inside or outside the home.

そしてシリコンバレーのVCの投資先として、
ビデオや音楽データを無線でどんなデバイス間でもやりとりできる技術を開発する会社（Orb Networksや Sling Media）がある。

They're also backing technologies that will work with such platforms. Those include chipset companies such as Mountain View's Video54, which provides a more reliable WiFi network for video transfers within a home, and companies like 2Wire and Arroyo, which make the multimedia routers and servers for content coming into the house.

Video54という会社はより信頼のおけるWiFiネットワークを家庭内ビデオ配信技術をもさくし、

``The technology is happening here,'' says Selina Lo, chief executive of Video54, which received $3.5 million in a venture round led by Sequoia Capital last month. Her company aims to do for wireless video ``what WiFi did for data in the coffee shop,'' and it works closely with local networking companies such as Netgear and wireless chip companies like Atheros.

かの有名なセコイアから＄３．５Mの投資を受け鼻息があらい。