It’s the first episode for the year, and it’s all about CES 2016 (formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show), that was held over 4 days in Las Vegas during the week. We take a close look at some of the more interesting and innovative products that were showcased and also some that were just downright ridiculous.
There’s everything from a rollable OLED display, to a giant person-sized quadcopter, to a hoverboard/standable that doubles up as your personal robot butler! In other news, we coin the term ‘standables’! Tune in now to hear what our favourite products were at CES 2016.
Episode 45. Recorded Tuesday 12 January 2016.
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Show-notes
News of the week:
- Oculus Rift pre-orders available for $599 USD | shop.oculus.com
- Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business | Seattle Times
- Apple acquires facial recognition startup – Emotient | Tech Times
- Amaysim buys fellow MVNO Vaya for $70m | itnews
- Facebook’s secret chat SDK lets developers build Messenger bots | Techcrunch
CES 2016
Our favourite announcements and tech showcased this week in Las Vegas..
Display tech:
- LG’s rollable display is crazy | The Verge
- Stunning Dell OLED 4K UHD PC monitor with USB Type-C | 4K
- LG’s ludicrous 8K 98-inch TV | Gizmodo
- MKBHD’s dope tech of CES 2016 | YouTube
Internet of Things:
- Samsung to make all its next-gen 2016 smart TVs IoT ready | What Hi-Fi
- Bowflex’s smart dumb-bells | cnet
Wearables and fitness:
- Fitbit Blaze activity watch disappoints | USA Today
- Withings Go fitness tracker with e-ink display | TNW
- Levl tells you how much fat you’re burning by measuring your breath | The Verge
Audio tech:
- Bragi Dash headphones are finally here | The Verge
- Shure electrostatic earphone system | shure.com
- Misfit Specter earbuds also track activity and sleep | Tech Times
Things that fly:
- Fleye drone – your personal flying robot, with no blades | Kickstarter
- Nixie is the only wearable selfie drone you need | Makezine
- Ehang 184 – autonomous helicopter | The Verge
Automotive tech:
- Chevy Bolt EV is the first true affordable Tesla competitor | cnet
- BMW’s beautiful i8 Spyder with ridiculous technology | The Verge
- VW’s BUDD-e concept electric van | cnet
- Delphi shows off V2E ‘vehicle 2 everything’ autonomous tech | Gizmag
- Mahindra’s electric scooter is a cloud-connected dream | The Verge
- Xcooter – look ridiculous on this foldable electric scooter | Wired
Electric rideables or standables (NOT hoverboards):
- Swagway’s new Swagtron has bluetooth speakers and won’t explode | The Verge
- Segway and Intel announce a hoverboard robot bulter | The Verge
Other stuff:
- Kodak relaunches the Super 8 camera | engadget
- Livestream Movi – 4K micro cam for live events | The Verge
- Jaq charges a smartphone using hydrogen fuel cells | The Verge
- Infocus Kangaroo is a pocket PC running Windows 10 for $99 | Digital Trends
