Archive for January 7th, 2011

CES: Underneath Microsoft’s new Surface

Microsoft’s big update to Surface has made it considerably smaller, more accurate to touch, and even cheaper. But is it ready for your living room?

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CES: Underneath Microsoft’s new Surface

Motion control tech powered by your eyes

It’s like Kinect, but instead of dancing around and using your whole body to control a game, you just look around. The guys at Waterloo Labs showed us how their very preliminary technology works with a prototype they brought to CES.

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Motion control tech powered by your eyes

Motorola Xoom running Android 3.0 Honeycomb (photos)

This morning we got a look at Motorola’s new tablet, the Xoom, running on the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system.

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Motorola Xoom running Android 3.0 Honeycomb (photos)

CES: ThinkEco smart plug lays waste to wasted power

The smart plug sports a wireless radio that can send power consumption data to a Web app and let people turn off devices to reduce wasted energy and stand-by power.

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ThinkEco’s smart outlet cuts wasted power (photos)

At the Consumer Electronics Show, ThinkEco said that its power-saving smart outlet, which cuts wasted power, will be available in the spring.

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ThinkEco’s smart outlet cuts wasted power (photos)

AR.Drone lesson: Don’t dogfight in a Wi-Fi war zone

A demo of an iPhone-controlled helicopter goes wrong as the drone smacks into a CES attendee’s head.

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AR.Drone lesson: Don’t dogfight in a Wi-Fi war zone

CES: Clarity phones for seniors get customer service redo

ClarityLogic gives customer service reps full access to Clarity phones, helping seniors and hearing-impaired diagnose and fix any phone issues faster.

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CES: Grab a robotic massage from the WheeMe

The tiny WheeMe robot from DreamBots can provide a full back massage when your favorite human masseuse isn’t available.

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CES: Grab a robotic massage from the WheeMe

CES: Flix on Stix moves movies from kiosk to USB

Launching a series of kiosks throughout the United States, Flix on Stix plans to enable people to download movies onto a USB stick, and watch them on their home computer.

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CES: Flix on Stix moves movies from kiosk to USB