Tag: CES-2009-TOP

With the whole world going green, we're seeing less Hummers and more hybrids than ever before--but did you know that there's zero-emissions way to get around using nothing but the power of your legs? Be the envy of your hipster friends with the stylish "Moof" bicycle from industrial design aggregators Areaware, which we recently caught on video. The top tube of this European-style ride has ...

It seems that every mainstream tech innovation is followed closely behind by an answer from the porn industry. Like Roku's Netflix box, FyreTV's set-top player delivers a library of over 20,000 DVD-quality porn flicks from you to choose from - and it's wireless, so you don't need to run an ethernet cable into the bedroom. Check out the video for some work-safe screenshots and info about how the ...

During our trip to the desert, we took some time off from the convention floor to head over to the NextGen Home Experience. This super-green, 5,200 square-foot "smart" home boasts some smooth accoutrements, including a powerful home-automation system and a Microsoft Vista-based, centralized entertainment center and media server. But there's nothing really new about a media server for your ...

Have you ever wondered what a porn movie would look like in 3D? Well, we can't show you one of those racy films, but we can show you adult film star Belladonna's reaction when she watched one at the Adult Entertainment Expo. The technology involved is the Glacier IceBerg Entertainment System and it will work with any 3D-ready TV. According to Belladonna, there's no way to grasp the amazing ...

GPS is no longer a technology that solely helps you get from point A to point B along the nation's highways and byways. Illustrating that point is a trend we noted at the recent Consumer Electronics Show: namely, the placement of GPS units into devices -- cameras, laptops -- that previously seemed to work just fine without them. Check out the following pages for some examples of the latest ...

CES wasn't the only convention packed with gadgets this January: The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, which takes place alongside CES every year, was filled with the latest lovemaking technology from wireless iPod pleasure enhancers to adult videos in HD and 3-D. We teamed up with adult entertainment icon (and AVN Awards official presenter) BellaDonna to check out the new sex toys for 2009. First ...

OhMiBod, the folks behind the world's first iPod-enabled vibrator, rolled out another first at this year's Adult Entertainment Expo: A wireless iPod-enabled vibrator. The system uses a discreet transmitter to sync a vibrator (available in a full palette of Nano-matching colors) to a user's favorite playlist. No wires means one can slide one's iPod into a docking system while sliding into bed. And ...

As TV manufactures galore loaded into the Las Vegas Convention Center for CES 2009, something began stirring deep in the bowels of the Earth. Whether it was black-magic or the alignment of the planets, we're not sure, but scores of undead walking television sets descended upon the Las Vegas pavement to extract revenge on their manufacturers. Or at least that's how the 'story' goes. In ...

You know Palm's on to something when reputable sites start to splinter around its newly announced OS and handset. PhoneArena's fledgling sister site, WebOS Arena, has it from a "credible source" that Best Buy will be the exclusive retailer for the Palm Pre. That means that Best Buy will be the only place other than Sprint where you'll find the Pre for purchase on US soil for the first 60 days ...

Other than the Palm Pre, the biggest darling of CES has clearly been the Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC. There has been plenty of coverage of the clutch-purse-like device, but we wanted to boil it down to just what you really need to know. We spent some time with the tiny "don't call it a netbook" from Sony and came away quite impressed with it on the whole. We couldn't truly test any ...

As we made our way through this year's CES, we noticed that, in one way or another, the economic crisis seemed to be rearing its head in every booth. Between inflation and unemployment, it does seem silly to cover more extravagant items. In-ear headphones, or earbuds, were in large demand, though, which we attribute to folks wanting to buy inexpensive advancements that enable them to get more ...

One of the most talked about products from this year's Consumer Electronics Show was LG's Dick Tracy-esque watch phone prototype. The device can link to your headset via Bluetooth, or you can fulfill all your crime noir fantasies and talk directly to your wrist. Necessary? Probably not, but the touch screen device's sleek interface has to be seen to be believed: Check out our hands on video with ...

Freeplay, creators of a large line of self-sufficient hand-cranked radios and flashlights, is entering the rechargables market with its Zipcharge rechargeable power stick, available in March. Co-opting tech developed for hybrid cars, the device pairs intelligent circuitry with a nano-phosphate lithium cell to achieve a swift charge time of only ten minutes, with enough juice to bring to life your ...

We saw a lot of cool technology at CES: Towering display booths studded with hundreds of screens that make the latest televisions and entertainment products into objects of techno-lust. Amidst all the flash, however, it was nice to see something practical, which we found with FlatWire's new home theater solution: Flat HDMI and power cabling that you can paint over. Expanding upon its existing ...

Last week at CES, 4Home Inc. showed off its new 4Home Energy system that lets you track and control the amount of heat and electricity used by any device in your home. The outlet modules and thermostat all report back to a base unit which can be accessed via a Web browser. From there, consumers can see not only broad energy use reports, but can drill down and see how much electricity a ...