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10 Of The Coolest Pieces Of Tech To Ever Debut At The International CES2014
1. 3D webcams.
The eyes on the humanoid camera take dual footage, which is composited into one 3D image. (3D glasses sold separately.)
2. Rollable screens.
In 2006, Phillips debuted a prototype rollable screen that used E Ink and could hold an image for months without recharging.
3. Life Screens.
In 2009, Panasonic showcased a 150” plasma TV that they dubbed the “Life Screen.” At the time, it was the biggest plasma screen to debut.
4. 3D TVs (no glasses required).
In 2011, Toshiba delivered a prototype TV (that was on the market soon after) which offered 3D viewing without the need for special glasses.
5. Minority Report-style interfaces.
In 2010, Intel hosted a massive touchscreen that allowed users to interact with computers in a futuristic way.
6. 3D TV channels.
At the 2011 International CES, 3net debuted. 3net is the only 3D TV channel available. It’s a joint venture between Discovery, Sony, and IMAX, and it’s available on DirecTV.
7. Tablet-controlled drones.
In 2010, the AR.drone premiered at the International CES. Now for sale, it’s controlled through a tablet or phone. Video footage from the drone can be delivered to any Wi-Fi-enabled device as well.
8. Multi-View TVs.
Samsung premiered a new, curved OLED TV that was optimized for multiple media viewings on the same screen.
9. Transparent LCD screens.
It’s so Minority Report it hurts.
10. Personalized sleep optimization systems.
At this year’s CES, Withings debuted Aura, a system that analyzes all elements of your sleep environment to alter the lights and sounds, maximizing REM and melanin production.
Biometric fitness headphones.
This year, Intel unveiled biometric head phones that provide fitness tracking capabilities. In addition listening to your favorite music, they can also measure your heart rate, calorie count, number of steps, as well as other health stats. Now that’s some smart ear buds!
Head over to Intel iQ to check out all of the other mind blowing innovations and announcements from CES 2014.
Hands-on with Audi's all-digital dash for the 2015 TT and likely home for its Smart Display tablet
Audi's TT, considered by the German maker as its design icon, gets
revamped for 2015 and its dash and all-digital cluster made a break from
cover at CES. What's immediately apparent when you hop into the curvy
leather-wrapped interior setup at the booth is that the traditional
center stack is completely absent. All the information that was once
viewable by the entire cabin now seems reserved for the driver alone.
It's decidedly odd that the front passenger no longer has access to the
display so we'd suggest that the mysterious Audi 10.2-inch Smart Display we saw earlier this week will feature prominently in the next TT, possibly as standard equipment.
The entire system is simple to use with the 12.3-inch TFT displaying
bright colors and easy-to-read fonts. The display features two main
modes, including a driving-centric mode where the tach and speedometer
are in the foreground; when in navigation mode, they move out to the
edges of the screen to offer as much real estate to the maps as
possible. The digital dash navigation is done via either steering
wheel-mounted controls or the redesigned rotary push-button control
mounted on the center tunnel console. A really swish feature of the jog
dial sees the top surface of the control act as a touch surface for
entering text by scribbling with a finger when required. Now we just
need to see the car to wrap around this interior and we'll be all set,
but until then, have a look of the video of the next TT's infotainment
equipment in action.
CES 2014: Intel’s 3-D Camera Heads to Laptops and Tablets
A combined 2-D and 3-D camera from Intel will be built into laptops
and tablets from a range of manufacturers, the company announced at the
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday. The camera
allows a device to be controlled with arm, hand, and finger gestures,
and is also intended to allow software to capture and understand the
world around it, including people’s facial expressions.
“We see
and touch in 3-D, so why do we have to use computers in 2-D?” asked
Mooly Eden, general manager of Intel’s Perceptual Computing Group,
before unveiling the new depth-sensing technology, called the Intel
RealSense 3-D camera.
He said that Intel intends the technology to
become ubiquitous, similar to how conventional webcams have become a
standard feature of even the cheapest PCs. “This is something that we
will be able to embed in many, many systems to drive the cost down,”
said Eden, brandishing a slim naked RealSense circuit board,
approximately five inches long and as thin as two quarters.
Intel
showed seven different laptops and tablets from Dell, Lenovo, and Asus
with the integrated depth camera. Such devices are slated to hit the
market in the second half of 2014.
Eden introduced several
demonstrations of different applications for the new camera, including
gaming, photography, and 3-D scanning. In one demonstration a person
waved his hand in front of a Windows computer to move the cursor around,
closing his hand to grab a virtual page, moving his hand to scroll the
page, and tapping in space to perform the equivalent of a mouse click.
In
another, the depth sensing enhanced the tablet’s camera app. While
composing a photo, a few taps on the screen were enough to isolate the
background and foreground, then apply color filters.
A similar
function was demonstrated in a special version of Microsoft’s Skype
software: the depth-camera isolated a video caller from his surroundings
and set him against various backgrounds.
Intel further announced a partnership with 3-D Systems,
which makes 3-D printers, to develop software so the depth-sensing
cameras can scan objects and then edit or print a digital double.
Several gesture-controlled games were also shown.
Eden said that
enabling computers to sense in 3-D should eventually allow software to
better understand human behavior: “The computer will be able to track
with the 3-D camera exactly my facial expression and be able to respond
appropriately.” Eden said that ability could be combined with
voice-operated virtual assistant software so people could speak to their
devices more naturally.
Like the depth-sensing technology for Microsoft’s Kinect gaming
system, Intel’s has two cameras inside – a conventional camera, and one
that senses infrared – as well as an infrared light. (The device can
infer depth by detecting infrared light that has bounced back from a
scene.)
But Intel’s technology will be much smaller than
Microsoft’s, enabling what will be the first generation of laptops and
tablets with depth-sensing technology built in. Microsoft has for
several years offered a version of its Kinect camera aimed at desktop
computers (see “Microsoft’s Plan to Bring About an Era of Gesture Control”), and other companies have launched depth-camera accessories (see “Depth Sensing Cameras Head to Mobile Devices”), but they have had minimal success and were not compact enough to be integrated into PCs or tablets.
PrimeSense,
which developed hardware used in Microsoft’s Kinect, previously said it
was working on a compact version of its technology (see “PC Makers Bet on Gaze, Gesture, Touch and Voice”).
However, it hasn’t publically shown one small enough to be embedded
into devices. PrimeSense was recently acquired by Apple, which is
notoriously secretive about technology under development.
Monday, January 6, 2014
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