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Carissa stops by the Frequency booth to chat with their rep, Paul, about their new health care monitoring system called the Androiter. As you can probably guess by the name, this runs on Android-powered devices. The devices can monitor an array of vital signs and transmit the info, via Bluetooth, to a device. In the video you will see how
It's Handy Andy and Elyse Kaye from Black and Decker, showing off the iShred which is a stylish paper shredder that will fit into the decor of anyone who loves white. The iShred is the world's "first" vertical paper shredder and it looks like an upside-down snow cone. It's about 30" tall. Instead of feeding paper into the top of
Scott Elliot talks with Charlie of CTX Technologies. Charlie demonstrates a prototype concept computer that has a functional projected virtual laser keyboard and a pico projected screen. The technology will be shrunk down for use in smart phones and tablets. Interview by Scott Elliot of Geek News Central. Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors. Save 25% on 4GH Hosting 1yr
3M shows off their new pocket-sized camcorder / projector called the Shoot and Share. In this video you can see the hands-on demo of video shot on-site and projected to a big screen image from this tiny device. The Shoot and Share is about the size of a cell phone, but slightly thicker. You will also find out a bit
Carissa O’Brien interviews Scott from Intel GE Care Innovations. Scott demonstrates the GE Healthcare text-to-speech reader in conjunction with the Capture Station. Quietcare is a monitoring system for those living in assisted living facilities. The Intel Healthguide is a remote monitoring unit that enables medical staff to do remote monitoring and interaction with patients in their own homes via the
In this video we take a look at ways to solve some quality of life issues for older or disabled people. In particular, this is the Lean and Zoom which takes advantage of a person's natural tendency, when at a PC, to lean closer to the screen if they are having trouble seeing what's on it. It's a software product
Don't you just hate earbuds? They are often uncomfortable and randomly fall out of the average ear. Up until now, you could pay $2,000 to have custom-molded earphones. Well, all that is about to change. Nick from Sonomax Technologies uses Geekazine host Jeffrey Powers as a guinea pig to demonstrate "sculpted eers" custom molded earphones. The kit, expected to become
Carissa stops by the BacTrack booth to check out the latest in breathalyzer technology. BacTrack produces their devices for both law enforcement personnel and the man-on-the-street. Almost everyone knows the "legal limit" in their area, but the average person has no clue what a number like .08 really means. Well, now you don't have to carry a badge to know
Carissa stops by to talk with Belltone about their latest innovation for the hearing impaired. If you know someone with a hearing problem then this is a must-see. No more fighting over audio levels while watching TV or movies - the person with normal hearing can listen at whatever volume setting they want - while the hearing impaired can do
GadgetTrak is a piece of software that you install on your mobile phone or laptop. The software will periodically check in and let you know the physical location of the device. If a camera is present, for example on a laptop, it can even take a photo of the thief and email it back to the owner. The software cannot
Carissa O'Brien interviews Doug from Taser and demonstrates the use of the Taser C2. We tried talking Carissa into getting tazzed but she was not up for it this year. The Taser C2 packages start at $379 and up. Interview by Carissa O'Brien of Geek News Central. Please Support our CES 2011 Sponsors. Save 25% on 4GH Hosting 1yr Subscriptions
Todd sounds out Stephen White from Gracenote, which provides technology services to the music and video industries. You might not have heard of Gracenote, but if you've used iTunes, you've used a Gracenote service called MusicID which autocompletes the track listings when you rip a CD. Starting out from the original CDDB (Compact Disc DataBase), Gracenote now has relationships many key
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