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Event: Consumer Electronic Show
Written By Josefine Koehn on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 11:11 PM | In Technology Trends, USA, Events
Our selection of new, hot items from the Consumer Electronic Show 2008 in Las Vegas.
Trend Description:
The future is here. Cool gadgets get us very excited over here at CScout. We love to report on digital trends and gadgets are what makes the digital ecosystem tick. At the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas more than 2,700 exhibitors present right now (January 7th through January 10th) their gadgets and devices, which aim to make our lives so much more practical and connected. Here is what we found most intriguing:
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Bug Labs:
Described as “the Lego of gadgets”, the Bug Labs platform starts with a minicomputer, the Bug Base, onto which you can snap multiple modules, such as a digital camera or an LCD screen. BUG makes it fun and easy to build any imaginable gadget, starting with digital cameras ending with a GeoPhotoShooter…. Consumers can either program their own software to run their custom gadget or download software others have written from the Bug Labs site. Accel-o-Mailer or … the list is endless!
Audiovox Digital Message Center
No more sticky notes all over the house: Audiovox fridge-mountable units enable users to record audio and video messages (on the DPF711K only) tag them to a calendar and display photos for family and friends to see. Video-capable DPF711K for $199.99 or the audio-only DPF710K for $40 less. The digital photo frame has 512 MB memory, which is enough to store 100 pictures. The Audio Message Center with digital photoframe will retail for about US$ 159, the video-enabled DPF711 K for us$ 199.99.
Shogo
Shogo is the first digiframe ever to feature both a touchscreen and wi-fi. Additional features include: 1GB of internal storage, a 800 x 600 resolution panel, a multicard reader and a built-in rechargeable battery. Consumers can add photos from popular online image portals (think Flickr, Picasa, etc.) as well as connect to internet radio stations and scroll through RSS feeds. According to endgadget Shogo announced that it’s frame will be available soon and retail for about US$299.
LG Watch Phone
Endgadget sneeked some pics from LG’s watch phone, which supposedly is still just a prototype. Still, it is pretty appealing, featuring a simple three-button, watch-phone interface with scroll-function. Please watch the video on endgadget.
Polaroid mobile photo printer
Polaroid’s Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer uses a thermal printing technology, so it needs no ink. Once connected to a phone or camera by Bluetooth wireless or USB port, the printers need less than a minute to churn out a 2-inch-by-3-inch picture. The 8-ounce printers, which a bit bigger than a deck of cards, are due to go on sale around back-to-school time for about $150.
Vudu Box
Vudu is basically a movie store-in-a-box service to consumers. The company has distribution deals with all the major studios and more than 5,000 movies available for instantaneous television viewing via its $400 device. It connects to a widescreen TV through, and a broadband connection, which makes it independent from another computer or device. Eventually the box will also carry tv shows and video games.
Pico Projector
Microvision’s pocket-sized Pico Projector prototype connects to mobile devices to project high-resolution images and video onto any surface.
Invisio Q7
The Invisio Q7 Bluetooth uses bone-conduction technology to convert the skull’s vibrations into sound, making the sound crystal clear, even if the wearer is standing right next to huge stage speakers on some rock concert. The Q7 supposedly will retail at RadioShack for US$200. If you want to find out more about the technology and the possibilities it might bring with it, please read the posting of CScout Japan about Intra-Body Communication.
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