USB Cloud Distribution for Media

CES 2013, Computers,

Re-Direct Service Installs from USB Key

CLoud Example

This service might offer a digital content producer a more effective way to keep content fresh for subscribers without the overhead of e-commerce, shopping carts or elaborate back end system , yet maintain and extend the relationship for follow on order. It is a great way to keep your production and inventory costs under control.

USB-Cloud is a plug in key that maps the physical device – sold or given to a subscriber. When  it is plugged into a Windows or Mac computer’s USB port, it will automatically connect to a cloud based digial asset whenever. Each customer can be connected to a common content distribution point, or to a distribution point that has been created only for the person that has that one key ID.

There is no log-in, username, password, or similar requirement. Physical possession of the key is all that is required to access the asset. It is fully automatic on Windows machines. Mac OSX requires a one time driver download.

 

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Kitchen Tech for the 21st Century

CES 2013, Home, ,

Some Radical Thinking on Home Appliances

Whirlpool

Our homes are a fertile ground for engineer’s imagination. The basic functions of heating food or keeping it cool and fresh are now being re-imagined with advances in digital control and solid state technology.

FreshConnect2

For the past 120 years, our vision of the ice box or oven heat box has been exactly that.. a box. Whirlpool research is challenging that mental image with some exciting concepts- returning to gathering around the cooking fire or making the food storage and stocking a part of the room decor. Not a box in sight, and on the horizon for introduction as early as 2020.

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Home Smart Phone Kickstarter Project

CES 2013, Home, ,

HD 360 degree Sound

A CES-2013 Innovation Award Winner from Urban Hello puts the focus on a neglected category: the home telephone. It has been recognized by the IEEE Spectrum as the first product to  recognize HD voice calls.

Urban Hello

Smartphones have replaced many home landline connections – but there have been some compromises along the way in sound quality and the ability to set up a round-table conversation. Incorporating much of the commercial speakerphone technology, this Kickstarter project is compatible with DECT phone systems connected to landline or VoIP unit.

The phone is unusual in that it is being underwritten by a Kickstarter Project 

 

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Roll Aboard Laptop Desk

CES 2013, Mobile

Simple Laptop Stability for Productive Work

Tripad

A slight modification to a product originally developed for photographer or videographer use provides road warriors with a lightweight and compact accessory that converts the standard roll-aboard overhead compartment suitcase into a stable desk for a stable work surface.

The $39 Tripad Traveler allows you to turn those layovers where you have no Airline Club membership into a productive layover. It is lightweight and slips easily into the traveler’s suitcase outer pocket.
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Smart Fridge – Android Powered

CES 2013, Home

Hisense

Hisense Offers Ideas to the US Market

Hisense Logo

LCD control panels have been around four years – so don’t be confused by the fully capable Android tablet on the HiSense Smart Refrigerator, which integrates a general purpose Android tablet with full internet capabilities and some present day technology into a modern refrigerator concept. The concept includes a bar code scanner that enables real-time inventory awareness,  andthe tablet can communicate shopping lists directly to smart phones and keep track of the freshness status of the items in the fridge.

The tablet allows you to leave notes, take photos, and communicate to smartphones. Recipe favorites can be incorporated into the inventory planning, as well as keeping track of specific diets and nutrition.

This unit is being introduced into China, and should be in the US in the next 12-18 months.
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Modular Home Security

CES 2013, Home,

Sensors and Apps Combined into Affordable Alert Service

Lowes Logo

The smartphone is changing security monitoring and home automation  – with consumers demanding the ease of use of app based display and control. Smartphone connectivity and apps permit Lowe’s to offer packages like the Smart Kit and Safe and Secure are basic security systems in a box.  In addition to hardware  such as plant monitors, smoke detectors, instrusion alarms, medical alert or area coverage monitors, Lowes now offers a variety of monitoring services that that can trigger alert or safety alarms.

Iris

Integration of pet doors, sprinkler systems and other sensors all combine to observe the daily routine of seniors and alert via SMS is less than $15 per month.

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Micro Climate Air Quality Monitor

CES 2013, Gadgets

Home Weather Air Quality Monitor

NetAtmo Logo

The growth of metropolitan population around the world has incredible impact on air quality. Three time CES Innovation Winner NetAtmo has designed a micro air quality sensor compatible with Android and iOS devices.  Official air quality monitors are not plentiful enough to measure and report air quality in microclimates that exist across the entire city, so these units augment the official measurement systems, and provide a more complete picture of the changes moment to moment.

Netatmo

The unit links via Bluetooth and compares interior and exterior air quality, pollution, humidity and air pressure. The Wifi connected base station uploads to the user account, which is then accessible from the Smartphone app.

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Levo Adjustable Tablet Stands

Accessories, CES 2013, ,
Levo Tablet Stand
Levo Tablet Stand

So you are tired of holding that tablet. You have no table that adjusts to your need and if you are lying in bed on your back you know your arms are going to get tired holding onto that iPad or Kindle. What do you do?

That is where Levo comes in. The Levo adjustable Tablet Stands are great for not only holding a tablet but also a book, kids game, picture or more.You can get a clamp-on model or a floor model with wheels.

Levo is only sold in catalogs like Hammacher Schlemmer right now but is being introduced into box-stores. Prices range around $150 depending on the features of the holder.

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FourSevens Maelstrom XM18 Flashlight

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FourSevens Maelstrom XM18
FourSevens Maelstrom XM18

This is what happens when you let engineers ask “What if”. The question was if they could build an LED light that could project 15,000 lumens. The answer – yes!

The Maelstrom Xm18 by FourSevens is a LED light with three settings – 600, 3,000 and 15,000 lumens. There is even a strobe feature for emergency or dancing.

The XM18 is battery driven. 26 – 18650 cells with fan cooling and aluminum heat sink. The light can get so hot that if it turned on during transport the case would melt. That is why FourSevens set up a two-point on switch.

The FourSevens XM18 Maelstrom costs $2,399. Other flashlights start at $23.99 (www.foursevens.com)

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Audi RS5 Sports Car

CES 2013, Mobile
Audi RS5
Audi RS5

Looking for a new car? How about an Audi RS5? We take a look at the 420 HP V8 engine.

With the Audi MMI navigation plussystem, the RS5 will give you a QNX system with an embedded Google Earth client on top of their navigation system. This is all the Audi cars – Q7 – A6 – A8 – A5 and A3 (at the end of the year).

Audi is working on bringing 4G into the car. There is already 3G embedded through T-Mobile. 4G will be with AT&T and T-Mobile.

RS5 Cabriolet covertable is available now. Audi RS5 will start at $69,700

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