14 DAY TRIAL // Normally, mild investments wouldn't show up on our radar, even when Intel is the one giving money. We might even say especially, since Intel is always investing in something. This time is special though.
Recon Instruments is the company benefiting from Intel's loose pockets.
This is relevant because Recon is the company behind the Jet heads-up display for extreme sports.
It's not the same thing as the augmented reality headset from Google, but it's not hard to make the logic leap and surmise that the Santa Clara company might be thinking about it.
After all, Intel has had a try at motherboards (not much came from it) and SSDs (holding steady), and is doing its best to sell TV programmers on the idea of Internet television too (not going very well).
There's no way to tell what will come next in the new partnership, but as we have said, there isn't that much room for speculation.