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The UK's Gadget Show Live kicks off tomorrow at the NEC in Birmingham and yours truly will be in attendance on behalf of GNC. Tuesday is the press day with the main show under way on Wednesday through to Sunday. The Gadget Show Live is as close as the UK gets to CES though it's no small event. For comparison
Danish firm ReSound launched their iPhone-connected hearing aid, LiNX, at the Gadget Show. The world's first "Made for iPhone" hearing aid uses both the technology and usability features of the Apple iPhone to bring hearing aids to a generation of users who expect more from their technology than the current generation of aids. The hearing aid itself is discrete and
One of the common problems facing start-ups and small businesses are the costs associated with taking credit card payments. The transaction costs can be high for small turnovers and point-of-sale machines are expensive with a monthly rental fee. To counter this problem, Payleven offers a low-cost mobile payment solution for European businesses using a Chip'n'PIN card reader that uses Bluetooth to
Quadcopters and multi-rotor copters were very much in evidence at the Gadget Show, from the Parrot AR.Drone to tiny nano quadcopters. DJI had one of the most impressive ranges at the show, along with a flight demonstration area on the stand. The newly launched Phantom 2 Vision+ is a quadcopter with a digital video camera payload and the capabilities are
Optoma specialise in digital projectors with a range going from personal pico-projectors all the way up to professional stacking projectors for large-scale installations. Here at The Gadget Show, Optoma were showing off their ML750, an ultra-compact LED projector about 12 cm square and 4 cm deep. The picture below doesn't get over how small the unit is. James from Optoma
Google Glass might be du jour at the moment, but it's expensive, unfashionable and of questionable benefit. Undoubtedly, it'll get cheaper, less obtrusive and have more uses, but until then SunnyCam's HD video recording eyewear might be of more practical use. Simply, these are glasses with a tiny video camera in the bridge that cost only GB£100. The SunnyCam is very
Geeks of a certain age will remember fondly "going to the arcade" where much time and money was spent on video games. This was a time before home consoles, before Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. An era of Space Invaders, Missile Command, Defender, Pacman and Battlezone that has passed into history. If this all brings a tiny tear to your eye,