Category Archives: CES 2014

DataWind Ubislate $37.99 Android Tablets

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Datawind
Datawind

Suneet Singh Tuli joined the TPN CES Live stream with Datawind — the lowest cost Android tablets. They have been building low-cost tablets in 3rd world countries and now bringing these tablets into the US.

The Ubislate is a 7 inch touchscreen with Cortex A7 dual core processor at 1GHz. Ubislate runs Android Jellybean software and comes with WiFi, Micro SD and Mini USB ports and has a battery life of up to 3 hours (with the UbiSlate 7Cz).

Ubislate also has a phablet version which you can connect with SIM card. The internal memory is 4GB, extendable to 32 GB.

To find out more, check out Ubislate.us

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Chris Montera of Health Tech Weekly

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Cerwin-Vega XD 3, 4 and 5 Studio Monitors

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Cerwin Vega XD3
Cerwin Vega XD3

Carlito Cobos of Cerwin-Vega joined the TPN CES live stream to talk about their new lines of speakers, including the XD3, XD4 and XD5 speakers. Legendary loud bass speakers are their signature.

This year, Cerwin-Vega has a new SL series as well with active and passive speakers. You can tell by the red soft-domed tweeter. The new passive line in 8 different styles of speakers. Connect to your home theater or studio.

The new XD3, XD4, and XD5 speakers has balanced inputs in the back, and auxiliary in. With a Cerwin-Vega bass on option, you can get your music, games and more through these speakers. With the XD8 sub, let your favorite movie sound great!

More at CerwinVega.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Chris Montera of Health Tech Weekly

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Blue Microphones Mo-Fi Headphones

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Blue Microphones Mo-Fi
Blue Microphones Mo-Fi

John Mayer joins us on the TPN CES Live show to talk about the newest initiative of Blue Microphones – Adding headphones to the line. John states they are the last company in the genre that didn’t have the right strategy or approach to headphones.

Blue Microphones doesn’t have a product at this point, but they are currently unrolling the idea in the next few months.

“Essentially we are saying expensive high-end headphones that sound great,” says Mayer, “only kinda work (from the old days) when we weren’t listing through mobile devices. When you plug into mobile devices, there is not enough power — you cannot power the $600 pair of headphones.  So today’s options take the low output and crank it up without a lot of sound quality. Its about getting the sound high. We are doing interesting things around that and bringing high-end headphones and solving that problem.”

Blue Microphones feels they have a new, interesting concept where they can start getting into the headphone market. They have over a million users of Blue Microphones out there. They are talking about Mo-Fi, or mobile hi-fidelity.

Check out unleashmofi.com for more information. Also check out bluemic.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Anne Montera of Health Tech Weekly

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AVG Family Safety: Protecting Your Facebook, LindIn, Google+ Networks

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AVG
AVG

AVG disrupted the anti-virus market years ago. But now we’re moving from desktops and laptops to tablets and smartphones. AVG has been changing their models to make the desktop last longer. But AVG is also getting into your social networks with the Family version.

AVG wants your family to be secure online. This app will allow you to suggest settings to your children and if they implemented. You can even control settings if needed.

The dashboard will have a green-amber-red light that will change when you need to be aware of something. If you have already reviewed the setting and decide not to take it, the light will turn green.

AVG also has a “Wifi – Do not Track” option, where you can block some of the data that companies collect when you don’t know it (where you walk in a store, where you stop and spend time, etc).

This software covers Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. AVG will also give you an idea of what you are worth to these social networks.

Best part – Its all FREE — Visit  for more information.

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast

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Blake Leeper – American Blade Runner

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Blake Leeper
Blake Leeper

A very inspirational story from Blake Leeper, who wants to be the first handicapped Olympic runner. He was born without legs and was told he could not walk — let alone run. Blake has overcome many adversities in his life and became an award winning American Blade Runner to boot.

Blake has won the Bronze in 200 and silver in the 400. But Leeper wants more. He came back and won 3 silvers and the gold in Relay.

Blake wants to be the first amputee to compete in the Olympic games. He spends 6-8 hours a day, giving 120%.

Blake Leeper is a friend of 50 Cent, who brought him to CES for SMS Audio.

We take a look at the carbon fiber prosthetic Blake uses to “maintain the energy”, whereas others have ankles and leg muscles, these devices will help Leeper push barriers.

“I’m out here trying to push the barriers and let the world know what’s next,” Says Leeper. “I’m running on these things and breaking world records, but we’re ready for the next generation and we’re ready for the next thing.”

To follow Blake Leeper’s journey, check out americanbladerunner.com and his trip to RIO. He supports the Challenged Athletes Foundation, who gave him his first pair of legs.

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Chris Montera of Health Tech Weekly

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Airdrop Gaming HipShotDot Helps Accuracy

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Airdrop Hipshot
Airdrop Hipshot Dot

If you play Call of Duty, Halo, Tom Clancy or another first shooter game, the Hipshotdot is an item that will help your gaming. Its not a controller, in fact it was in replacement of the tape you might put on your TV. Hipshotdot is a LED light attached on a suction cup which will replace the tape trick.

I pulled up Call of Duty First Strike on my iPad to get an idea of what this product does. The Hipshotdot works better on larger televisions. Now you will have a guide to where you are going to shoot.

Newer TVs will stick right on, older monitors are a little more porous. An adapter on the TV will keep the adjoining cable straight. On larger televisions, the wire will disappear when gaming.

HipShotDot is machine agnostic, so it will work on XBox, Playstation, NES or PC gaming. If you need to improve your first person shooting ability, you can get HipShotDot right now for $29.95. Product will be in many box stores and online at  airdropgaming.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast

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FLIR Imager attached to a iPhone

CES 2014, Gadgets, Home, Mobile, Video

flirFlir appeared at Showstoppers, a pre-CES show that helps to kick off the Las Vegas electronics show, and we caught up with them to see what was new. It turns out, the company now has a case for your iPhone that can work a bit of optical magic, transforming the handset into a thermal imaging device.

The product goes a bit beyond just thermal though, as it combines it with the visible spectrum to produce a nice high-quality image. There are a lot of features added to this, and the user can choose the type of image seen. This technology does come at a cost, though. Retail pricing is slated for $349, and the release is planned for this spring. You can head to Flir to find out more.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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A $4.5 Million Lamborghini Get Monster Audio Treatment at CES

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lamborghini-cars-logo-emblemSpecialist audio systems installer Jaramy Kaufman from Findlay Customs got the chance to cut in to a $4.5 million Lamborghini to install a top of the line Monster audio system. He wanted to double check, as you might expect, that he was allowed to cut into the door panels of this car. Just the door panel alone was worth more than his own car. The answer was yes and he went on to install the perfect pure Monster sound system in the car making it the perfect car audio sound system.

There are 13 total speakers in the car including separate left and right stereo speakers for the passenger and driver seats. Jaramy wanted to make it seem as if you had headphones on while riding in this car listening to your favorite music. Each person in this two-seater car gets their own customized listener experience from Monster Audio. There are only 7 of these Lamborghini sports cars in existence and this one has the perfect custom audio system installed in it.

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Follow-up with more segments from CES 2014 here at TPN.tv and over at the Health Tech Weekly Podcast with host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic.

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YubiKey from Yubico Gives You Quick Secure Access to Your Sensitive Information

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yubico-logoThe YubiKey from Yubico gives you the ability to login seamlessly and securely with your one-stop secure access key. Yubico is working with the FIDO alliance and U2 tokens to give you web security for your access to a variety of sensitive web materials. The user has a secure user-name and password along with physical USB token, the YubiKey.

The YubiKey can be used with your computers or smartphone. For use in a computer, you can just plugin the USB key into the computer’s USB ports to gain access to your sensitive passwords and usernames. For smartphones, the YubiKey utilizes NFC (Near Field Communications) technology to talk to your smartphone and allow you to surf the web safely. The device offers seamless authentication to your sensitive information online.

The YubiKey is available now on their website Yubico.com and connects with services like LastPass to give you true two factor secure identification and login. It’s available there for $25. The upgraded FIDO enabled version will be coming soon.

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Follow-up with more segments from CES 2014 here at TPN.tv and over at the Health Tech Weekly Podcast with host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic.

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Monster Audio Makes Life Sound Better

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Monster CableChris Montera got the chance to go into the private area at the Monster Booth to check out their premium audio products behind the scenes. Monster debuted their new Monster DNA Headphones with wireless connectivity. The new DNA headphones have touch sensitivity on the ear cups to give you control over the volume and tone of the sound you’re receiving. They are also great because of the superior sound isolation they give to the user.

The DNA Pro Wireless headphones from Monster Audio are available for $449. They are available in multiple designs with various colors and metallic finishes. Check out the MonsterProducts.com site for more of their Pro Audio offerings debuted at CES.

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Follow-up with more segments from CES 2014 here at TPN.tv and over at the Health Tech Weekly Podcast with host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic.

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