humble3d Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 9 Coolest Gadgets From This Year’s ces There’s something for everyone at the annual tech event CES, the year’s biggest annual technology show, is underway this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. From smartphones to scooters, thousands of new gadgets are on display. Below, check out some of the show’s coolest stuff: HTC Vive HTC Vive Strap on your googles and get ready for a ride — virtual reality is going to take off in a huge way in 2016. The HTC Vive headset is a big reason why. This fully-immersive headset delivers an experience unlike any other, because you don’t just sit and watch while wearing it. Instead, through head-tracking technology and a pair of hand-held wireless controllers, you’re encouraged to interact with your environment, climbing ladders, painting the air, and even shooting zombies. Loop Loop Tech often has a penchant for nostalgia. But Loop is bringing modern tech to life in an old-school way, with its analog take on the digital photo frame. A gorgeous 9-inch, high-definition display, Loop connects to online photo services via Wi-Fi, streaming your favorite pictures wherever you are. Controlled by a pair of physical dials, the device looks like an old-school television set, making it great for kitschy kitchens and cool offices. Parrot Disco Parrot Parrot Disco At last, a drone that looks every bit as sleek and terrifying as we’ve been warned unmanned aerial vehicles can be — only for consumers, too! A super-lightweight, fixed-wing craft that can travel up to 50 miles per hour and stay aloft for about 45 minutes, the Parrot Disco is a party in the sky. It also boasts automatic take-off and landing and assisted flying modes. ili Wearable Translator ili Wearable Translator John Patrick Pullen ili Wearable Translator Sometimes a device seems so obvious, you can’t believe it hasn’t been made before. The world’s first wearable translator, ili can help two people have full conversations in separate languages, without the help of a smartphone or even an Internet connection. This is great for travelers who may not have mobile data in a foreign country, or who feel that Google Translate it too complicated and clunky to use. Sphero BB-8 Force Band Sphero Force Band Sphero Sphero Force Band Star Wars fans fell in love with the roly-poly BB-8 droid before The Force Awakens even debuted, thanks in part to the magical Sphero app-enabled droid that rocked holiday toy sales. Not content to let this toy gather dust, the company has revealed an upcoming accessory for it: the Force Band. Linking the wearer to the droid, this connected bracelet lets users control BB-8 without the use of the Sphero smartphone app. Roli Seaboard Rise Seaboard RISE 25 Piano hands Low Resolution Roli Seaboard Rise Resembling an old computer graphics tablet but sounding like every instrument under the sun (and some yet to see the light of day), Seaboard Rise by Roli is a radical new MIDI musical instrument. The keyboard-like device feels soft and foamy to the touch, allowing it to be used in many ways. Strike its keys like a piano. Or glide your fingers over its frets like a guitar. Distortion controls can synthesize sounds to give them never-before-heard shape and tone. LEVL LEVL John Patrick Pullen LEVL Everyone’s been there before. You diet and exercise, but still don’t see any results when you step on the scale. Sigh. No, really, exhale into this breath analyzer to see when you’re actually burning fat. When your body is shedding pounds, it’s also off-gassing acetone, which is detectable in your breath. LEVL, which looks for traces of acetone, can help you better understand your activities to make sure you’re not sabotaging your own weight loss efforts. Gogoro Gogoro Gogoro Smart Scooter Revealing itself to the world at CES last year, Gogoro turned a lot of heads. So why is it notable again in 2016? Because the ambitious scooter company has done what most tech startups fail to do — deliver on its promises. In 2015, Gogoro sold 4,000 of its electric scooters in Taipei, Taiwan. The effort meant installing more than 125 battery-swapping stations to facilitate more than 2,000 battery swaps per day. For its next feat, Gogoro is looking to expand its strategy away from Asian mega-cities to bring its app-enabled mopeds to other metro areas around the world. Fisher Price Code-A-Pillar Code-a-Pillar John Patrick Pullen Code-a-Pillar All the other great gadgets on this list had to come from somewhere. Fisher Price is making sure to keep the tech pipeline pumping with this toy intended for future programmers. Designed to teach critical thinking skills to tomorrow’s coders, this reconfigurable caterpillar toy lets pre-schoolers re-arrange the body parts of the robotic insect. Each body segment gives the chain a different command (forward, left, right, wait, and more). By stringing the caterpillar together, kids learn how to create a program, telling the robot what path to walk along. http://time.com/4169302/ces-2016-coolest/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 @humble3d Thanks m8 but what is up with your posts this year..No spaces and sometimes difficult to read come on fellow Effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmpre3 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 the most popular/hot this year is VR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixvex Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I liked the Gogoro Smart Scooter. Would buy one sometime in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 On 1/8/2016 at 3:27 PM, F3dupsk1Nup said: @humble3d Thanks m8 but what is up with your posts this year..No spaces and sometimes difficult to read come on fellow Effort No Worries... Fighting health issues of old age, inter alia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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