Month: January 2015
CES 2015: Parrot’s self-watering devices monitor your plant’s needs
Not all of us are blessed with green fingers, so it might be interesting to know that Parrot, the company better known for drones and headphones, has unveiled a self-watering plant device and a watering stick at CES this week. Named 'Pot' and 'H2O', the new products send information to your smartphone via an app…
CES 2015: Siemens’ easyTek™ is the smart hearing aid you can control via app
Tech innovations aren’t just about making life more fun, but improving people’s quality of life. And Siemens’ smart hearing aids, which they’ve just introduced at CES, are going to make the world more accessible for many people who are deaf or have hearing loss. The new easyTek™ aids are more like sophisticated wearables than traditional…
CES 2015: iON unveils SnapCam wearable for 24/7 live streaming
We're all used to seeing wearables built for tracking activity, but a new trend that's set to take over 2015 is wearables built for live streaming and always-on cameras. This new SnapCam from iON, which was unveiled at CES 2015 this week, is a great offering, complete with an 8 MP sensor, HD video capabilities…
CES 2015: Toshiba’s virtual dressing room lets you try on as many clothes as you want
Mirrors are an important tool for making sure you look the way you want before you leave the house. That said, they are rather low-tech, so what would happen if you managed to spruce up a mirror with some innovative technology? That's what Toshiba appears to be doing with the virtual dressing room. It's designed…
CES 2015: New report confirms millennials prefer streaming content to watching TV
Make sure you’re sitting down when you’re reading this, as otherwise you might faint from surprise. A new study presented at CES has confirmed that millennials like streaming video more than traditional TV. I don’t believe it! Oh wait, I do, and it’s not surprising at all. But it’s still interesting to see it in…
CES 2015: Neil Young’s Pono is going to bring high-quality audio to your car
Last year Neil Young's Pono player make a ridiculous amount of money on Kickstarter, proving that there are a lot of people in the world who care about great quality music. Now in an interview with GigaOm at CES, Neil Young himself announced that Pono has plans to certify third party devices. To be certified…
shinyshiny speaks to InTheFrow’s Victoria: the fashion and beauty blogger with a PhD
It's hard to miss Victoria, better known as InTheFrow (pronounced 'fro' – it's short for 'front row') if you're looking for fashion, beauty or lifestyle inspiration. In fact, I was blithely shopping for dresses the other day when she popped up modelling a Little Mistress number, and they're far from the only brand desperate to borrow a bit of…
CES 2015: BonBonBear is the world’s first graphene thermometer
It’s clearly the time for smart temperature-taking tech for children at this year’s CES. Not to be outdone by VivaLnk’s teddy-themed eSkin Thermometer, which has an embedded NFC chip, Linktop Technology is debuting the BonBonBear. The China-based wearables company has developed what it says is the world’s first cloud thermometer to be made from graphene,…
CES 2015: McDonalds is going to offer free wireless charging
You've been able to go to McDonalds and grab your Big Macs with a side order of Wi-Fi for quite some time now, and in the near future you'll be able to go to McDonalds and wirelessly charge your phones thanks to a deal with AirCharge. Announced by Aircharge at CES, the deal will see…
CES 2015: StandStand is the standing desk you can take anywhere
After raising $118,544 (of a $15,000 goal) on Kickstarter last year, it’s fair to say that a lot of people are into the idea of being able to use a standing desk wherever they go. As you know if you’ve been alive and sentient in the last couple of years, sitting down all day has…
