Archive for January 2011
Walking the floor at #CES…tablets, connected TVs and cars, etc.
Man, CES 2011 is like the geek capital of the world. It’s like Fry’s Electronics, only it’s more like 1,000 Fry’s stores, and its only things that Fry’s will start selling later this year (meaning, cool new stuff only). I’ve spent the last two hours walking about half the show room floor, and I needed…
Read MoreA wifi, iphone controlled…quadricopter? Only at CES
Truth be told I’ve heard of this thing before but never seen it in person. It’s called the A.R.Drone Quadricopter. It’s also a game which you can see more of on their website, but here’s the video I took at CES 2011 of this badass machine.
Read MoreSome first views of CES 2011
I made it and although most of the conference really hasn’t started yet, I was still amazed at some of the things I saw. Plus the sheer size of this conference is amazing. Here are some photos I captured as I walked around.
Read MoreWhy I’m on the way to CES
As I’m sitting on this plane heading to Vegas (Baby) to attend my first CES conference, I thought I’d answer the question that I’ve been getting from some people leading to this trip. “Why are YOU going to CES?”, they say. But that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “Why is this just the…
Read MoreArt challenges technology. Technology inspires art.
Recently I was reading about Pixar and they have a great philosophy on the importance of art and technology and how they should influence each other. It goes like this: Art challenges technology; technology inspires the art. Art, or creative, should challenge technology. Ideas should be dreamed up and technology should be challenged to find…
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