Steven Choo, CEO of Toon Boom joined the CES TPN Live show. He showed off an iPad product, and how easy it is to create animations. Toon Boom powers a lot of the video you see now. Simpsons, Sponge Bob, and many other cartoons have used the engine. We saw Toon Boom Draw, their iPad app. […]
No, not the famous car from the 80’s that David Hasselhoff drove. This is the kit bluettoth internet radio car kit. Plug the kit into your cigarette lighter to charge it up. Kit then gets synced with your iPhone. You can then control the app with voice commands. It can get many different apps, and […]
Five new external apps were announced at CES by Ford. NPR radio, Stitcher, Roximity, Tune-In, IHeartRadio. Also Sync Destinations which is location based services for turn-by turn directions. Also an app called Scout that is also a navigation system. We went through a demo of the Sync. This is on a series of select vehicles, […]
We look at Ford and their My Ford Touch System. Back in November, they updated the software so you could navigate better. Larger buttons, more spacing and their four corners system, so you know exactly where to press. We go through the system and talk about how easy it is to update your car.
The credit card is getting an upgrade. It also won the CES 2012 Innovation award. Jeff Mullen, CEO of Powercards joins us to talk about the Dynamic Credit Card. They just raised over 40 million dollars to create one of the smallest devices ever developed. 70 electrical components in the size of a credit card. […]
While at the Canon booth, we looked at the new Powershot G1 X camera. It’s a new type of point-and-shoot camera that allows you to act like a professional. Ben Thomas talks about the sensor size of 1.5 inches. It’s much larger (9x) than other Point and shoot. This gives you amazing low light performance […]
I don’t trust hotel alarm clocks. In fact, I unplug the clock and plug my iPhone in the same area. Someone at iLuv must do the same thing, because they came out with the DreamTraveler. At CES this year, iLuv won several CES Innovations awards. Todd gets the skinny from Peter at iLuv. First, we have the Dream […]
IOGear has a box so cool, there is no name for it yet. While at the IOGear booth at CES, Todd talked to Joshua about this new box. It does a few different things in a 3×6 box. It’s all about 3D – you want 3D, but the standards are not set, or you don’t like the […]
At CES, we saw LG Styler. The LG Styler is the size of a refrigerator. You hang the clothes and start the cycle. Your shirts and pants will shake back and forth, as “True steam” penetrates the garments, remove the odors, wrinkles and freshens shirts and slacks up. The process takes about 39 minutes – a lot […]
Canon upgraded their VIXIA line of camcorders at CES 2012. 6 new models from the inexpensive R series to the higher end HFM series. Best part, they are including wireless access straight in the camera. You can move it through your wireless device. You can also tether it to your iPhone (via an app) to […]
LG has entered the touchscreen realm with their new LG Pentouch technology. The concept is to connect to your TV and computer. Pentouch is a box that connects to PC and the TV. Working with Wi-Fi, it communicates back and forth so what you touch will be relayed to the TV. It can turn the TV […]
Altair Semiconductor is a company that powers the cool stuff. Currently, they are making 4G-LTE technologies. Samsung, Motorola and other companies are enabling those technologies. Oded Melamed, CEO of Altair Semiconductor, joins us on the TPN CES booth about this technology. “LTE is about providing mobile broadband to a variety of devices.” Says Oded. “It starts from […]
If you want a video phone that incorporates your TV, then turn to Biscotti. The high definition camera and microphone can help you send and receive calls with clear pictures and clear audio. Biscotti incorporates Google Video Chat so you don’t need to create another contact list. Using an HDMI pass-through technology, Biscotti notifies users via a pop-up message […]
Logitech always brings some cool stuff to CES. This year, their new mouse is an Innovation award winner. Not only is it a mouse, it’s also a presenter! Use the Logitech Cube like a wireless mouse. when lifted from the surface, the mouse is a clicker for your presentation. The device works up to 25 […]
Mighty Dwarf is a Bluetooth speaker that is made for travel. Using surface induction, the speaker become the surface you set it on. By using the surface the speaker is sitting on to amplify the sound Mighty Dwarf has added a whole new dimension to this external speaker. For those with a device that doesn’t feature […]
Some awesome news from Mercedes-Benz. They are working on a concept car that allows C class or CLK series owners to integrate smart phones directly into the car. The device will become the in-navigation information station. Control the car through the mobile device’s touchscreen. Even software updates to the car will be done over the […]
In this day and age, a business doesn’t need to have a physical location. Heck, the employees might not even be in the same state or country. It’s called “Virtual organizations” – Your programmer might be in Ohio, your web developer in Florida and the graphic designer is in Germany. Nonetheless, you need to make […]
Speakers in the clothing is not a new concept, but not too many people can bring it to market. Enter in VeriSonix, where they have Electret-electrostatic Flexible Loudspeakers (EFL). Basically, super thin speakers (size of cardboard), woven in clothes, and very flexible. VeriSonixEFL uses membrane speaker technology, so no speaker cones are needed. EFL is green technology, […]
One of the most annoying things to do is try and keep your headphones from getting tangled in your bag. In the four years I’ve been going to CES, I have seen many different “de-tangle” options. But is this one going to be coup de grâce? If you are a zipper geek, then ZipBuds might be […]
360 Degree Sound from a little gadget? That is what the Lil’ Wiz does. A small speaker that fills the room. Best part is, you don’t have to carry that big stereo with you. Connect Lil’ Wiz to your computer, smartphone, music player or tablet via audio cable, or in some cases, Bluetooth. There is also a […]
The folks from iOnRoad showed us how to turn our Smartphone into a Personal Driving Assistant. iOnRoad, which is available for free in the Android app store (with iOS to come), mounts to the windshield. It turns the smartphone’s video camera into a “3rd eye”. iOnRoad’s Visual Radar is a type of augmented reality to warn you […]
We checked out Polkast at CES. This is a new P2P approach to self controlled file access. Your files are stored on your PC, or a series of computers. Maybe it’s not even on a PC. Anything in your network, or on mobile devices. The software catalogs and indexes your devices by downloading and installing the software. Polkast […]
While at CES, we stopped in and talked to the folks at Ford. Eric talks with Jeffrey about the Ford Focus Electric, and why you would purchase an all-electric car over a gasoline combustion engine. We talk about the internal battery system, the interactive charging system inside, sending routes directly to the car (a partnership […]
While at CES, we stopped and talked with Kingston. They have been a big part of computer memory for many years – I remember when I bought my first Megabyte of RAM (at $40 a stick!). It only makes sense they would be expanding to SSD technology. We saw them at Digital Experience, and they […]
There are a few stylus out there so you can use an iPad without having to touch the screen. aPen is a company with a stylus for your use to a tablet. Whether it an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberry or other device, you can revert to a stylus within seconds. Get apen on Amazon […]