Ces 2013

How Will This Sad, Sad Singing Frog Find the Will To Perform For Four Straight Days?

By day three CES usually becomes a sea of sad and tired faces wandering the floor, but the show has only just opened and this singing frog already looks like it’s ready to put an end to its miserable gig. Part of the Interactive Plush Pals family from Viatek, it’s a sound activated moving speaker…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 8

A Hefty Battery Makes Tylt’s Energi Charging Backpack Worth Lugging Around

Wouldn’t it be nice to travel with a reliable and portable power outlet for all of your mobile electronics? That’s the dream that Tylt has possibly made a reality with its new Energi Backpack that houses a hefty 10,050 mAh battery that’s accessible via three USB ports, allowing even the iPad and other tablets to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 8

Samsung’s Got a Giant OLED TV That Curves (Updated: Hands On)

Samsung, not content to stop at its imprisoned UltraHD televisions, has announced its latest technologically marvelous curiosity: an 55-inch OLED television with a display that curves. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-giant-amazing-ultra-hd-tvs-are-imprisoned-in-h-5973925 Samsung touts the “panorama effect” and “life-like viewing” that a curve like this provides, but the biggest benefit seems to be that the curve makes all viewing angles…

Television Brian Barrett Jan 8

Razer Edge Tablet: An Entire Gaming PC in a Tablet

When we saw it last year, then named Project Fiona, Razer’s gaming tablet already felt refined and finished in a way that other tablets have taken another year to catch up to. Now though? It’s something totally new. The Razer Edge is a total desktop/gaming computer, shoved into a 10-inch tablet. https://gizmodo.com/i-just-held-the-future-of-pc-gaming-in-my-hands-and-its-5874989 Unlike some other…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 8

Panasonic Also Has a 4K OLED TV You Can’t Buy (But It’s Less Than an Inch Thick!)

Sony is going to sell a giant immaculate 4K OLED TV, someday, to kings and robber barons and various queens. Now Panasonic says it’s doing the exact same thing. https://gizmodo.com/sony-56-inch-4k-oled-tv-hands-on-so-bright-so-beautif-5973993 It’s less than an inch thick, which is really pretty amazing, albeit useless unless you’re looking at your TV completely from the side. It looks…

Television Sam Biddle Jan 8

Nectar Fuel Cell Charger Confirms the Sad Truth: Batteries Are Still Cheaper

One day fuel cells may very well be a cheap source of power for all of our electronics. But that day isn’t here yet, and from the looks of things, isn’t arriving anytime soon. A company called Lilliputian Systems has hooked up with Brookstone to create another fuel cell charger called the Nectar that promises…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 8

Fisher-Price’s Iconic Farm Set Gains an iPad Dock and Loses Imagination Requirements

If you grew up in the 1980s playing with Fisher-Price’s now iconic Little People Barnyard Playset (remember the mooing sound effect when you opened the barn door?) prepare to be just a little saddened at the company’s modernized version of it. Tiny fields of imaginary wheat have been replaced with an iPad dock and the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 8

Can Panasonic’s A100 HD Action Cam Muscle in on GoPro’s Turf?

Panasonic claims its new wearable HD camcorder will be perfect for adrenaline junkies and recreation-seekers alike—but can it compete in a market that’s already dominated by GoPro, the clear winner in our recent action cam test? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-action-camera-5965732 The HX-A100’s water-proof and dust-proof case houses hardware capable of filming 1920 x 1080 video at 60 fps,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

This $100 Dongle Lets You Send Video to a Dumb TV’s HDMI Input via Wi-Fi

This sleek little dongle, called Plair, is a neat little solution for slinging video from any number of devices to your TV. Simply plug it into an empty HDMI port and beam media to it via Wi-Fi. Sure, there are plenty other ways to do that already—principally Airplay and the upcoming Miracast—but this is a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

You’ll Want to Keep This Kids’ Pico Projector to Yourself

This cute and colorful little pico projector is designed for kids. But don’t bother giving it to them—because it’s good enough you’ll want to keep it for yourself. This Innocube DLP pico projector is designed, apparently, to help children chill out as they watch TV shows on their ceiling. But forget that. It’ll just get…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

Sony’s One-Piece Waterproof Walkman: 1 Hour’s Playback From 3 Minutes Charging

If workouts take you from pounding the pavement to plunging into the pool with little time to spare between, Sony’s new one-piece Walkman might be of some interest to you. The one-piece design looks light and unobtrusive, while the 4GB of storage should offer enough capacity for most people’s workout music. Of most interest here,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

These Optical USB and Thunderbolt Cables Are Up to 330 Feet Long

If you thought screens were where glass started and finished in gadgets, think again. Corning, the company behind Gorilla Glass, has also started making optical USB and Thunderbolt cables—and they’re super, super long. https://gizmodo.com/gorilla-glass-3-hands-on-somehow-even-more-indestructi-5973945 The cables are optical instead of your typical wired connection. There’s no speed advantage, but because there’s less signal attenuation in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

Sigma’s 50mm DP3 Merrill Completes a Glorious Triumvirate of Fixed Lens Cameras

The Sigma DP3 Merrill is a boxy shooter with 50mm f/2.8 lens. It follows the 19mm DP1 Merrill and the 30mm DP2, which aside from their fixed focal lengths are identical. This is a trinity of image quality awesome, and if it were any other manufacturer, we’d join the haters in saying this is a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 8

Canon Powershot N Hands On: What a Cute Little Thing

We spent a short time with the new Canon Powershot N and found that even though the square body makes it a little awkward to use, it’s pretty fun at the same time. As a full-time camera, the cute gimmicky form factor is limiting. But as a little secondary camera? A blast. https://gizmodo.com/canon-powershot-n-the-future-of-tiny-cameras-is-eco-fr-5973688 The camera…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 7

Pentax MX-1: This Camera’s “Retro” Style Might Be Past Its Prime

Pentax is a classic imaging company. So you’ve got to let them have their own crack at an old-school style camera, right? In theory, sure—but the new Pentax MX-1 feel just a little late to the party. Now we’ve got nothing against the brass-body design, and this $500 point-and-shoot has some undeniably slick features. We…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7

Asus Transformer All-in-One Desktop Hands On: Android And Windows 8 on Your Giant Removable Tablet

We’ve known about the Asus Transformer AIO since back at Computex, but the mutant hybrid wasn’t in working order until now. The verdict? …Kind of cool, actually. Here’s the Transformer’s story: It’s an 18.5-inch IPS-display all-in-one computer that runs both Windows 8 (with a Core i3 to i7 processor), as well as Android, with a…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7

Asus Qube Google TV Box Hands On: Maybe Not As Simple As We Wanted

When we first heard about the Qube, we were hoping it would be the Google TV box that finally succeeded in making the serve simple and easy to use. Well, we still haven’t seen it in actual action—Asus’s demo model isn’t functional—but the remote is enough to give us a second of pause. The Qube’s…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7

Cobra Atom Radar Detector: Speeding Ticket Protection Made Even Better (And Tinier)

Cobra’s iRadar has been one of the cooler things you can do with an iPhone for a while. It detects radar gun use from up to several miles away, and syncs the data with the data from other users. Now it’s tinier and twice as effective. The Atom is $200, compared to the $129 of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 7

The Only Thing Bigger than Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K Television Is its Price Tag

Home theater aficionados with both an excess of wall space and disposable income, rejoice! Westinghouse has just unveiled a super-premium, outsized 4K television. 110 Inches. $300,000. Great googly moogly. That’s right, a flat panel television with a display that rivals most HT projectors in size, capable of up-scaling standard HD signal into a gorgeous full…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 7

Nikon Makes Cheaper Mirrorless Cameras to Lure Beginners Who Might Actually Like Them

The New Nikon 1 J3 and Nikon 1 S1 are steps one and three of the newly established price ladder for Nikon’s series of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras. At $500 with a slim 11-27.5mm kit zoom lens, the 10.1 megapixel Nikon 1 S1 is a particularly well-priced option that might entice the photographers who should actually…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7

How Will This Sad, Sad Singing Frog Find the Will To Perform For Four Straight Days?

A Hefty Battery Makes Tylt’s Energi Charging Backpack Worth Lugging Around

Samsung’s Got a Giant OLED TV That Curves (Updated: Hands On)

Razer Edge Tablet: An Entire Gaming PC in a Tablet

Panasonic Also Has a 4K OLED TV You Can’t Buy (But It’s Less Than an Inch Thick!)

Nectar Fuel Cell Charger Confirms the Sad Truth: Batteries Are Still Cheaper

Fisher-Price’s Iconic Farm Set Gains an iPad Dock and Loses Imagination Requirements

Can Panasonic’s A100 HD Action Cam Muscle in on GoPro’s Turf?

This $100 Dongle Lets You Send Video to a Dumb TV’s HDMI Input via Wi-Fi

You’ll Want to Keep This Kids’ Pico Projector to Yourself

Sony’s One-Piece Waterproof Walkman: 1 Hour’s Playback From 3 Minutes Charging

These Optical USB and Thunderbolt Cables Are Up to 330 Feet Long

Sigma’s 50mm DP3 Merrill Completes a Glorious Triumvirate of Fixed Lens Cameras

Canon Powershot N Hands On: What a Cute Little Thing

Pentax MX-1: This Camera’s “Retro” Style Might Be Past Its Prime

Asus Transformer All-in-One Desktop Hands On: Android And Windows 8 on Your Giant Removable Tablet

Asus Qube Google TV Box Hands On: Maybe Not As Simple As We Wanted

Cobra Atom Radar Detector: Speeding Ticket Protection Made Even Better (And Tinier)

The Only Thing Bigger than Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K Television Is its Price Tag

Nikon Makes Cheaper Mirrorless Cameras to Lure Beginners Who Might Actually Like Them

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