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LED lamps are undoubtedly one of the most energy efficient ways of producing light, but even then the conversion from household AC to low voltage DC creates extra heat that needs to be dissipated. Switch Lighting Co have developed a technique that not only keeps the lamps cool but provides are more natural diffuse light. Todd and Don are illuminated
Jill Larson from Vivitar shows off their family-friendly 7" Android tablet to Don and Todd, explaining what makes Vivitar's offering compelling in an otherwise crowded market. The 7" Android tablet has been a massive success with almost every tech company getting in on the action. Vivitar's Camelio is aimed squarely at families and its unique selling point is "personality packs"
The iSmartAlarm system is available now for $349 for the Premium Package and $199 for the Prefered Package. For more information or to buy, see iSmartAlarm.com
Todd stopped by the Brookstone booth to show off Perfect Drink App-Controlled Smart Bartending, a product he actually uses himself. With that disclaimer out of the way, here's what it is. Essentially, this is a food scale with a 1/8-inch jack that plugs into an iPad. It then utilises an app that allows the user to begin mixing ingredients from the many recipes
BenQ aren't really known for their designer lighting but this is what Bob Wudeck brought along to Don and Todd at CES. BenQ has a range of about forty different lights and lamps sold under the QisDesign brand, and on show is a beautiful flexible table LED lamp. Inspired by the human spine, the Hatha LED table lamp won a series
Todd and Don interviewed David Oroshnik from Velodyne about their lidar systems. The lidar system David demonstrated has 32 infrared beams that can see 360 degrees from the spinning sensor and 10 degrees up and 30 degrees down for a 40 degree field of view. These sensors are used in self-driving cars and mapping applications. Velodyne Lidar sensors are not
Todd interviewed Kristen from The Singing Machine Company about their new Bluetooth Speaker and Karaoke Machine at Digital Experience during CES 2014. The Singing Machine turns your Laptop, iOS device and TV into a Karaoke system that has Access to over 8000 HD Karaoke videos that can be streamed to your TV on demand. It also acts as a standard
Todd interviewed Robert from YourKarma about their Karma Wifi hotspot device at CES. The Karma device is a pay as you go wifi device that lets you buy and use your data as you need it. It costs $14 per 1 gb of data with no other fees. Use it when you want and it never expires. You can even
Todd Cochrane interviewed Oren from Tracking point about their new AR-15 based smart rifle. TrackingPoint™, creator of the world’s first Precision Guided Firearm (PGF) system, announced the debut of the TrackingPoint 500 Series ARs for the modern sporting rifle market. The three PGF rifles are offered in 7.62, .300 BLK and 5.56 calibers, incorporate the company’s Tag Track Xact technology,
You are simply not going to believe what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is doing in data mining 96 data points on your credit card! This is a gang buster show hold on to your hat. The audio is a bit hot on this show, will get it dialed back a lever got bumped. See the teaser video below that
Full show notes are back, I talk about how we are able to do that and not get slammed by the Google gods. I also talk about the trend in this country of people that scorn success. Plus a pile of tech news and info. Download the Audio Show File Geek News Central Google+ Community. Geek News Central Google+ Page.
Panasonic'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
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