After seeing video of the Samsung Smart Window at CES, my mind is a bit blown. This is innovative times ten. This is so cool and it doesn’t look believable but it is, it’s very real. It’s called a “window” because it’s a fully transparent screen so you can see through to the other side. It’s also a fully functioning operating system that can run apps; basically a big iPad.
New products and technology continue to get more interesting at CES this year. So far I have seen some pretty cool demos and prototypes that will be coming out soon. The Tobii Gaze Interface is another one at CES that is pretty neat that I think when strategicially integrated into the right products will enhance user experience ten fold.
This is just too good to not blog about. The Verge’s Joanna Stern is at CES and got some great footage of Justin Bieber who was helping unveil the TOSY mRobo, a new portable music player that dances to music as it plays. The video and pictures that came out of it are priceless. I don’t know which is better now, this video or the one below.
At CES yesterday Myspace and Justin Timberlake had a big announcement to make. Myspace in their journey to become relevant again has partnered with Panasonic to launch a new service called Myspace TV. Coming to Panasonic Viera Connect-enabled HD televisions later this year will be a full Myspace integration with their social element in another attempt to bring back users and have people communicate to each other while watching their favorite TV programs and using Myspace.
Well, it appears I spoke too soon. Last night I was ranting a bit about how I don’t see anything lined up to use Kinect technology for television, in particular for TV remotes. Since it makes perfect sense, I figured it was bound to happen. I didn’t give CES a chance apparently because I just saw that Samsung has done exactly what I was described, but way better and way more awesome.
The television was one of the greatest inventions of our time which became commercially available back in the 1920’s. It wasn’t until thirty years later in the 1950’s when the first commercial use of the TV remote control started being sold. Since then, you can’t imagine a television without a remote.
EXOPC is a tech company that develops touch interfaces, similar to an iPad. EXOPC is going to be debuting an interactive desk at CES in 2012. The desk called EXOdesk will use your desk space to put a window directly onto it where you will be able to touch to pull up apps to do things such as view Facebook and Twitter.
Kara Swisher interviewed Twitter COO Dick Costolo at CES this year. This video gives a rare insight into Twitter from Dick Costolo’s point of view which you don’t normally get to see.
There is a lot of great stuff coming out of CES this year. Sometimes, you get gadgets that are not your traditional television, processor, tablet, camera, whatever. Occasionally there are things that are great in it’s own right; don’t get me wrong, the technology backing some of these gadgets are incredible. They are just, odd. So here is a round up of some of the oddities coming out of CES 2011.
Check out some really cool new products coming for the Apple iOS at CES 2011.
For live coverage at CES go here and bookmark the page because CNET and Apple Keynotes will be streaming live.
The Wall Street Journal published an article that is really interesting on how Google is trying to enter the digital newsstand market with it’s Android OS. Currently the market is dominated by Apple with iTunes and the iPad and iPhone. Tablets are becoming more and more in demand with alternatives to the iPad such as the Galaxy Pad, IdeaPad, Win7 Touch Screen Tablet and some others.
The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is starting this Thursday. Actually some pre-event activities are happening tomorrow, but for the main stream of events, key notes, etc it is happening on Thursday Jan 6 through Jan 9.
Is Polaroid trying to make a come back? Polaroid sent out a press release with a new style camera reminiscent of the classic camera [inset].
If you look at it, it looks like the old style Polaroid camera where you could snap a pic and print the image right from the camera. Engadget took the wise approach - they lightened the image to show the bottom dark area which appears to show a slot for image printing.
Hmmm…according to the press release Polaroid plans to unvail the new camera in January at CES.
Need to relax for a bit? The WheeMe may solve your problems. It’s a massage robot made to caress and relax you by giving you a light massage. Only weighing in at 8.5 ounces it is not meant for a deep massage. If anything, it looks like it makes you laugh and smile than give you a massage. As they say, the key to a healthy life is laughing though right?
The WheeMe is made by DreamBots. It looks interesting and pleasant, but doesn’t really appeal to me for a ‘massage’. Check out their video for a demo. DreamBots plan to showcase the WheeMe at the CES in January 2011.
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