It’s CES, which means Apple has just dropped its annual reminder that plenty of folk won’t care a fig for all those non-iOS consumer electronics that are currently getting manhandled in the Mojave desert.
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LAS VEGAS— Your next smartphone could charge in less than two minutes.
Since first showing off the lab-based prototype of its ultra-fast battery charger, the company behind the device has moved much closer to making it a reality.
StoreDot, the nanotech startup behind the charger, has a new prototype that is smaller and doesn't add bulk to the actual smartphone. During Mashable's demo, the Galaxy S5 battery went from almost empty to 100% in less than two minutes.
the current goal is to have the batteries in the hands of consumers by 2017
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You love your standing desk! You wish you could take that vertical workspace with you, getting those ergonomic benefits and statuesque feeling wherever and whenever you choose to be productive.
Bonus: The slots on the the top piece make it look like a contorted face
Audi's plans to aid the race to make self-driving cars the normare well known by now, but on Tuesday the company unleashed a new surprise with a decidedly secret agent-style twist — a smartwatch to control your car.
When Audi's team took to the stage, led by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, an Audi board member for technical development, no one expected the company to announce a wearable, but the reception to it was mostly positive.
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LAS VEGAS— The company that created one of the first smartphone breathalyzers is using its breath-analyzing tech for a new product.
It's called Mint and it analyzes your breath and lets you know how stinky (or fresh) your breath is.
It uses a sensor that measures bad breath-causing compounds in your mouth
Read more at:
http://mashable.com/2015/01/06/breathometer-mint-ces/
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich plucked a button off his sport jacket and held it up during his CES 2015 keynote Tuesday night. It was not actually a button, but instead the successor to the postage stamp-sized Intel Edison Chip unveiled at last year’s CES.
Called Curie, the tiny computer has processing power, Bluetooth LE and sensors and is designed for future wearables. It should arrive in the second quarter of this year. Curie was just one of a number of new technologies Intel unveiled during its CES 2015 keynote. They all fell under Intel's three umbrella areas: Computing Unleashed, Intelligence Everywhere, and the Wearable Revolution.
Read more at:
http://mashable.com/2015/01/06/intel-tiny-curie-system-on-a-chip/
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LAS VEGAS — The marriage of wearable technology and sports can often seem forced, but a cycling jacket on display at Sunday's CES Unveiled event offers one of the most practical — and surprisingly stylish — approaches to wearables we've seen yet.
Visijax is a lightweight nylon jacket embedded with strategically placed LEDs that flash when the wearer signals a right or left turn by raising an arm.
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LAS VEGAS — Smart gadget company Withings, known for its smart scale and a recent foray into fashionable smart watches, is back with another wearable: an analog timepiece called the Activité Pop.
The device works with an iOS app and offers most of the services you would want from a fitness tracker (it tracks steps taken, calories burned and sleep cycles), but upon first glance, you wouldn't know its power. It looks like a regular watch, but is smarter than most and far more attractive than those with high IQs.
http://mashable.com/2015/01/04/withings-activite-pop-watch/
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Curved screens may be a fad, but they clearly haven't peaked yet. Hot on the heels of Samsung's curved all-in-one PC comes a pair of curved monitors from LG, and each has something special about it.
The curved 34-inch UltraWide monitor (model 34UC97) is a big one: The screen has an ultra-wide 21:9 aspect ratio, giving users a much wider field of view to work with. The display boasts Quad HD resolution, which in this case means 3,440 x 1,440. That's not quite 4K, but it's better than HD.
Read more at:
http://mashable.com/2014/12/30/lg-curved-monitors/
The new Wi-Fi Music Flow speakers, which the company will unveil at CES 2015 in January, can accept commands from the messaging service Line. Besides the usual play and skip commands, you'll be able to use some natural language: For instance, "play music for party" will tell the system to start a party playlist.
Read more at:
http://mashable.com/2014/12/23/lg-wi-fi-speakers-text/
LAS VEGAS — It took Microsoft three tries, but it finally scored a hit with theSurface Pro 3, which the company touts as the "tablet that can replace your laptop."
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LAS VEGAS — Smart gadget company Withings, known for its smart scale and a recent foray into fashionable smart watches, is back with another wearable: an analog timepiece called the Activité Pop.
IMAGE: LG[/caption]
The new Wi-Fi Music Flow speakers, which the company will unveil at CES 2015 in January, can accept commands from the messaging service Line. Besides the usual play and skip commands, you'll be able to use some natural language: For instance, "play music for party" will tell the system to start a party playlist.