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January 14, 2013

CES 2013 – My Top 10

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has come to an end again and so many products have been shown off. Here are some of my favourites for this year.

1. Ultra HD TVs

Ultra HD and 4K displays was the big buzz word this year. All the big TV manufacturers announced and revealed their Ultra HD TVs this year at the CES. Ultra HD TVs have a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels which a 4 times the resolution of our current 1080p TVs.

Now all that has to happen is for all the content providers to up their game and start giving us content in that kind of resolution.

Above is Samsungs 85 inch 4K “floating” TV. It uses a metal frame that has inbuilt speakers and let you easily angle the TV to your liking. One thing for sure is that I won’t be able to afford it.

2. Nvidia Project Shield

The gaming handhelds are making a comeback. There are the Razer’s Edge Gaming Tablet and the Nvidia Project Shield.

Nvidia is known in the industry to supply some of the best graphic chips for PCs, Laptops, tablets and mobile phones and at CES this year they shows off a gaming handheld that is Android based and can mirror to your big displays while on the same network.

I think it is a nifty little device, but right now it is a niche product that hasn’t got a release date or a price attached to it. Check out some impressions in the video below.

3. Oculus Rift Virtual Headset

Remember VirtuaBoy from the 90s? Oculus Rift is the grown up version.

The headset will give the user a very compelling virtual reality experience. It will immerse the user into a wrap-around 3D world – you will feel like you are part of the game. Here are some impressions:

4. The Pebble

I pre-ordered my Pebble in September when it came out on Kickstarter and I was very happy about the fact that they will start sending it out to us at the end of this month.

Instead of packing in a ton of features, Pebble focuses on a few simple features. You can get quick notifications for texts, email, and calls along with custom watch faces and some music control. All that in a small form factor and with an e-paper display – what more can you want.
5. Panasonic 4K Tablet

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January 9, 2013

Stop eating so fast, slow down

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is on again in Las Vegas and all the big companies are there announcing all the new toys that are hitting the market soon.

CES 2013 — Consumer Electronics Show 2013

All the blogs are talking about the Sonys and Samsungs, Microsoft and HTCs, but there are thousands of other companies that hardly ever get a mention.

One of those companies that I came across is Hapilabs and their innovative product called HAPIfork. It was entered into the CES Innovations Awards that you can check out here and that have quite a few nice products in it.

The HAPIfork is an electronic fork that monitors your eating habits. It alerts you with the help of indicator lights and gentle vibrations when you are eating too fast.

You get your own Online Dashboard, you can download and install a mobile app to monitor and visualize your health and fitness progress and much more.

We have been talking about the internet of things and this is exactly what we are talking about, everyday objects are becoming interactive and are connected to each other.

I think it is a pretty nifty innovation and I am looking forward to things to come.

@maniac13

January 7, 2011

CES 2011 and here are my favourite things

As usual everybody seems to be waiting to announce their new products at CES and this year hasn’t been any different.

And again we are overwhelmed with information from everyone and blinded by all the new shiny products. I will have to get a 2nd job to be able to afford all the new gadgets I want now.

So below is a list of my favourites from the CES this year that I found on different blogs around the internets (maybe one day I will be able to go there in person)

So here I will be showing you tablets, 3D stuff, Microsoft hardware and some other cool stuff I came across

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January 8, 2010

Light touch is like surface on any surface

The CES is on in Vegas and everyone is just flooding you with new and exciting gadgets.

And one of the things that caught my eye is the Light Touch by Light Blue Optics.

It is a laser projector that turns any flat surface into an auto-focused and image-adjusted 10-inch touchscreen with WVGA resolution thanks to its laser- based pico projection engine dubbed HLP (holographic laser projection) and infrared touch-sensing system.

When I first saw the press release and all its nice staged photos I thought it can’t be that great and responsive, but engadget had a hands-on and it looks pretty cool.

They show off a few apps and the picture one is a lot like surface if you ask me.

Unfortunately there is no price anywhere.

January 13, 2009

The future of Media PCs looks small

At the CES in Las Vegas, NVIDIA was demonstrating a new reference platform for an ultra small form-factor multimedia PC.

To say this new product concept is tiny would be an understatement. Consider if you will, an entire PC, capable of decoding and playing full 1080p HD video content, in a box that fits in the palm of your hand with a 3" x 4" motherboard.

This little machine is able to play your favorite games too and hopefully it won’t be too expensive.

you can check out some more pics here.