Category Archives: CES 2014

W3C 25th Anniversary Celebration and What the Next 25 Looks Like

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W3C
W3C

Dr. Jeff Jaffe of W3C joins us at the TPN CES live broadcast. On March 12, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee maps out what would become the World Wide Web.

W3C is now looking at the future. What’s the next 25 years? How will it transform music, healthcare, digital publishing, and more. They have been looking at transformation of society, industry and consumer behavior. They are seeing many changes. For instance, web publishing is high quality. Add mass distribution and the game has officially changed.

“What we saw in the last 25 years which started as accessing static, boring documents,” says Jaffe, “but linking – we’ve now moved into a web of applications, video, rich accessible web, and we put a lot into web accessibility. Because the web is important to society, we have to make sure the web can be accessed by anyone independent of any disabilities that they may have.”

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

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MXL Mobile Media Microphones

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MXL Mobile Media
MXL Mobile Media

MXL microphones have joined us once again for the TPN CES live broadcast. Perry Goldstein of MXL joined us to talk about mobile media.

Mobile Media microphones are devices that will connect to any mobile connection. The 3.5 mm jack is the only consistency to these devices, therefore MXL uses these in the new line. From interview microphones, boom microphones, to boundary microphones (for stage or conference calls) — all connected to your mobile device.

“People will put up with grainy video, put up with shaky video — not centered. As soon as they can’t hear, they shut it off,” stated Perry.

Most mobile media microphones are self-powered. MXL is also looking into wireless microphones and latency with such. You can sync later, but live video goes straight up and you don’t want audio issues.

For more information, check out mxlmics.com

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

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Mobile Help Monitored Pendant System

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Mobile Help

Robert Flippo of Mobile Help joined the TPN CES Live broadcast. Mobile Health is a remote help system to help elderly. Using cellular technology, these devices are a simple button press to get help.

This year, Mobile Help launched the automatic fall detection pendant. This device detects if you have fallen and contact EMTs. The information can also be monitored and recorded so you can review later – especially the GPS data location – for review of how active the person is.

Since the pendant is monitored, they will send a new one when the battery is low.

A complete system is $40 a month for the system (which can be shared by more than one). For more information, check out mobilehelp.com

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

 

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SANUS VTM1 iPad Mount

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Sanus

Sanus Lauren Theobald joined Don and I for the TPN CES Live Broadcast. Sanus is an AV manufacturer with cutom AV furniture and on-wall solutions. Easy to install, paint-able, customization and blends in with the room.

Lauren brought the Sanus VTM1 iPad mount. This is a stand or can be attached to a wall or under the cupboard to magnetically hold an iPad using the Magfit case. It is made with aluminum, so it is strong and durable.

The VTM1 is $119 and available now.

To check out all of Sanus mounts, goto Sanus.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Don Baine of The Gadget Professor

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Custom-Molded In-Ear Headphones at Home from Decibullz

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Decibullz Custom-Molded In-Ear Audio

Kyle Kirkpatrick from Decibullz.com joined Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and Chris Montera, the Geekymedic on their Tech Podcast Network LIVE coverage from the International CES conference in Las Vegas. On the final day, Jamie and Chris were excited to check out the custom-molded in-ear earbuds from Decibullz. You mold them and create them at home using your microwave oven.

The brand new Decibullz Contour earbuds are turning heads, literally, at CES 2014. This is the newest version of their popular earphone. This new earphone is the best earphone they have ever created, with better sound, better seal, and better fit. Plus, they are even easier to mold! This new design makes it easier than ever for users to create a perfect fitting and great sounding earphone. The team at Decibullz has combined their customized molding material with a specially selected silicone tip. The soft tip aligns the earphone in the ear canal and creates a comfortable sound-isolating seal. The tip works in conjunction with the molding material that conforms to the concha (bowl part of the ear) to keep the earphone secure and comfortable.

The Contour Earbuds from Decibullz.com are available in March. You can pre-order them for a cost of $49.00. Pick up your own custom molded earbuds now!

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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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Panasonic 7″ Windows Toughpad

Accessories, CES 2014, Computers

Panasonic LogoPanasonic’s Toughbooks are legendary for their ruggedness and are used by armed forces world-over. Panasonic have now turned their attention to tablets with a line of Toughpads and on show here is a new 7″ Windows 8.1 tablet. Panasonic’s Toughpad Product Manager Dan Diliberti takes Todd and Don through it.

Running the latest Intel Core i5, the FZ-M1 is currently the only 7″ Windows 8.1 tablet on the market. As you’ll see from the video, there’s a dockable keyboard and there is also a pile of expansion options including desktop dock, bar code scanners and smart card readers.

Devices like the FZ-M1 don’t come cheap, with a base price of US$2099, but if it’s the kind of device you need, it’s worth every penny.

Interview by Don Baine, the Gadget Professor and Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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MDLive: Virtual Health System

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MDLive

Randy Parker of MDLive joined the TPN CES Live broadcast. MDLive is a virtual health system – they have doctors, nurses and other medical personnel who can make a virtual housecall. They can even prescribe certain medications over video chat.

MDLive is HIPPA compliant. The physicians can be anywhere, however MDLive will send you to a location-certified physician to diagnose and prescribe. You can connect to doctors or therapists online.

Using mobile apps, they can get your vitals without having to touch you. This physician can become a liason to when you actually do need to go to a doctor. They cover over 3 million people and 2,000 physicians.

Everything is also recorded and encrypted. Therefore, if there is an issue they can pull up the videos. MDLive also is full malpractice covered.

For $49.95, you can connect to a specialist to talk. To find out more, check out MDLive.com

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

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KidzVuz: Videos for Kids by Kids

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Kidz Vuz

Rebecca Levey from KidzVuz joined Don and I for the TPN CES Live Broadcast. Kidzvuz is a COPA compliant site for kids under 13 who create and upload videos. This site – working with parents – gives kids an outlet for creating and sharing videos.

KidzVuz is a free service. They also work with an iOS app to create their own videos. Rebecca’s favorite video is Flickin chicken. They also work with a lot of studios and brands, and some videos can go viral. KidzVuz has sent some to the red carpet to create even cooler content.

The kids own the content. They can delete their profiles at any time and no data is collected on the children. Since faces need to be seen in the videos, nobody will game the system.

Find out more at KidzVuz.com

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Don Baine of The Gadget Professor

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iDevices: Four New iGrill, Kitchen Thermometer

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iDevices

We are joined by Peter Gabriele of iDevices to the CES TPN Live broadcast. They have four new cooking thermometers at CES, including the new iGrill and indoor kitchen thermometer. Bluetooth connected to your iOS device, you can monitor the temperature of the center of food. The iGrill is perfect for grilling larger meats. The kitchen thermometer is smaller and can set right on top of the stove or the magnetic bottom can sit on a side of a fridge.

iDevices also makes a host of other products including the iShower, and iSwimband, which makes sure children don’t go underwater too long. The band works on their wrists or on a headband. If your child is swimming and the band indicates they are underwater too long, your smartphone will go off.

The Kitchen Thermometer starts at $39.99 (pre-order) and $79.99 now. The iGrill also has 3 models from $39.99-$99.99

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Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Don Baine of The Gadget Professor

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D-Link NVR and Low-Light Webcam

Accessories, CES 2014, Gadgets, Home, Video

D-Link LogoAt CES’ Digital Experience, Ken from D-Link tells Todd about their new (NVR) and low-light webcam.

The NVR can record up to 9 IP cameras at once, storing the images on the SATA drive. The feeds can be viewed either via an attached HDMI monitor or else viewed remotely via D-Link’s mydlink solution which securely connects from the Internet back to devices in the home, using a web browser or a smartphone app.

The low-light web camera works down to 0.01 lux light levels and can still pick out colours. In complete darkness, a white LED provides illumination for up to 50 feet. As you’d expect, it’s 802.11ac wireless.

Both the NVR and the webcam will have an MSRP of US$379 when they go on sale in April ’14.

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

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