I always take a battery when I’m on the road. When I’m at home, I usually don’t plan for that, since I have cables nearby. Then I go to the store, and forget my battery is at 10%. Juiced has a solution for families that need to charge their devices on the go. What is […]
Dell has a few surprises in store at this years CES and that includes their latitude line, focusing the 5000 and 7000 series. Jeffrey sat down with Dell to find out the new Latitude products available at CES 2018. Latitude Gets a Touchscreen One thing Dell announced for the 7000 series is the embedded touchscreen […]
Luxli set up a backpack at NAB to show off Viola – a portable LED light that can change color and temperature. RGB + 3,400-10,000 white light. The Viola is Bluetooth connected, so you can put the light up into the rafters, then adjust at needed. Link lights together to go from a soft light […]
Screens inside phones like Samsung Galaxy S, are called “Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED)”. These flat screens give you a high quality in such a small device. The screen is so thin, it can be bent – if needed. At CES we saw the Super AMOLED screens outside the devices. You can touch, […]
NBC Universal set up two stages this year. The first one was the stage we used last year and the second one was a big ping-pong ball shaped area that you would stand in the middle of. That is the stage we ended up using for show #1 – And it was pretty cool. Since […]
3 minutes. Have this telescope up and running within that time. With a 4,000 object database, the Celestron digital telescope will point you in the right direction. The telescope will come in 133 mm, 70 mm and 90 mm models. The instant gratification of knowing what you are looking at in 3 minutes is an […]
Remember those Black Static Erase boards that you lifted the plastic and your words and doodles disappeared? Well let’s chalk one up to technology as the Boogie Board is now here! It does the same thing, however, instead of lifting the sheet, you just push a button and the image erases. This is a green […]
Andy talks with Barnes & Noble on the next generation of Nook. This is a color version of the popular reader. The Barnes & Noble Nook launched in 2009 to compete in the digital reading market. Nook devices are designed for reading digital books, magazines, newspapers, and other digital media. The Nook line has evolved […]
Michael Williams joined Andy on the TPN Live CES coverage to show Xpand. These are 3D glasses that work with different standards in 3D today. There are multiple 3D formats and no universal standard. XpanD designed the glasses to work on many different formats of TV. On the bottom is a button that changes the […]
Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies showed off HydroFILL at CES. This is a small-scale home hydrogen station which allows consumers to refill solid state canisters using water and electricity. You create hydrogen by plugging the water filled HydroSTIK in a wall socket. The mini packs can charge many different electronics. From LED flashlights to full tablets. […]
Mike Reiners joins the TPN live CES coverage. He brings something that I never expected in today’s Consumer Electronics Show – A Calculator. Still, I found out that this idea is also striding on technology and now it’s in full color ! The Casio Graphing calculator CG10 line has been upgraded and introduced at CES 2011 […]
Liquid Image has shown off their underwater eyewear cameras for a few years now, each year we stop by and see what the advances are. This year, of course, is no different. There are 3 types, scuba, BMX and Summit Series (Skiers). High definition cameras with endurance and protection. The camera is fixed-focus between your […]
Want to recreate the scene from High Fidelity, but don’t have an oversized boom box or 16 D- Batteries it takes to run it? Well that is where Eton steps in. They can not only convert your iPod or iPhone into a full size boombox, but also will help with charging, as this is also a […]
Screens inside phones like Samsung Galaxy S, are called “Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED)”. These flat screens give you a high quality in such a small device. The screen is so thin, it can be bent – if needed. At CES we saw the Super AMOLED screens outside the devices. You can touch, […]
Text from anywhere around the globe. That is what Spot is about. They have created devices for those who work outside cell phone signals. Especially in dangerous areas where they could get in trouble. The new Spot Connect iPhone is a portable hotspot that will allow your phone to send a message. If your device […]
In the last two years of going to the Consumer Electronics Show, we have seen our share of charging mats – most notably, Powermat. The idea is simple: place your device on the pad and let it charge. Energizer – in cooperation with the Wireless Power Consordium (WPC) – have developed the Energizer Qi. It […]
Apparently there is a new iPhone application out there that lets me monitor my sleep cycle by simply sleeping with the iPhone at the corner of the bed. The application is called Sleep Cycle by Lexware Labs. It is currently a $0.99 app in the iTunes store as an introductory offer. The application is simple: […]
Last year when Todd talked to John about Spot, we learned that GPS tracking can be vital for those who go off the beaten path. The device has been used in over 500 rescues. This year, they are back with the new SPOT GPS Messanger. Scott talks with Derek about this new version of the […]
Jeffrey was wondering about the battery life of Android and Nexus phones as compared to iPhones. I can’t compare anything to an iPhone, but I can report on my Android after about six weeks of use. The battery life specs, according to the User Manual (PDF here), are Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery: Capacity: 1150 mAh Talk […]
10 years ago, if you had a computer, it was most likely a desktop. Notebooks – then called Laptops – were pretty expensive, but were also beginning to show that they could start to replace a desktop model. Fast forward to today: Event the Notebooks have been threatened as of late by Netbooks and smartphones. […]
What a difference a day makes…. Apps Well, not really. I am still happy with my purchase. Last night I spent some time working out some of the settings. I also have been getting apps for the phone. The Bug Spray app was not that great. Was really razzing people with the iHandgun app. Drum […]
I just bought my first case of 16 oz bottles of Mountain Dew. All I can think about is “10 minutes fueling Geekazine, forever in a landfill”. I need to figure out something to do with these bottles so they don’t end up there. My mom used to take the 2 liter bottles, cut them […]
Wow. It was about a year ago I asked for people to send in thoughts as to what to expect in 2008. I also made some Technology predictions. But the real question was – How far off was I? This is actually part 1 of a 2-part story. This first part reviews the predictions I […]
I have seen and heard of many devices that will tell you what your Blood Alcohol Level is. From the machine you have sitting next to the gumballs at the front of the bar asking for 50 cents to tell you, to small keychain devices that work off a watch battery. Breathe and hope you […]
Galaxy Note 7’s? The story of Exploding laptops is not a new one. The Lithium battery in your notebook expands to the point where it breaks the encasement. Dell, Sony and IBM ended up recalling a series of batteries to prevent computer loss. Today scientists announced they had made a solid, non-flammable polymer to replace […]