What Is That?
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At first glance, it looks like a stray part from an abandoned vehicle. No, there’s nothing missing here. Think of the Onewheel Pint as a cross between a Segway and ... Read more
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AI Lobby Music
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Hotel lobby music is supposed to be bland. But what if it was composed by Björk and driven by a Microsoft AI system? And what if the music varied according ... Read more
Lightweight and Ergonomic
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It’s tough enough to have to lug around a laptop. Adding an ergonomic stand is adding insult to injury. But what if that stand weighed only 3 ounces and was ... Read more
AI-Produced Movies?
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Warner Bros. has struck a deal with Cinelytic to bring AI decision-making into the company’s film-management system. Initially, it will be limited to just low-level choices. What could possibly go ... Read more
One for All
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Wacom displays are a great peripheral for those who like to draw digitally. Unfortunately, the price has made them too costly for many non-professionals. That’s set to change with the ... Read more
Four-Sided Screen
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Think your home theater is truly immersive? Think again. The next advance in movie watching may be a four-sided screen with the ceiling functioning as a fourth panel. In the ... Read more
Flying Taxi
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Weren’t we promised a future with flying cars and robot maids? We don’t have either yet, but we may have flying taxis later in this decade. At the CES tradeshow ... Read more
Bluetooth Bumps Up
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You may want to hold off buying any Bluetooth audio devices. The specifications are about to get a major upgrade. Yesterday at the CES tradeshow, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group ... Read more
Sleepyhead
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Ever fall asleep while wearing your headphones? Maybe you were on to something. Kokoon Technology has announced its new Relax headphones that are meant to be worn while you sleep. ... Read more
Whistle Go Explore
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If you live in an urban or semi-urban environment, you may live in fear that your dog will unexpectedly leave the yard of your house. And if you live near ... Read more
Bloom: 10 Worlds
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This is a demo of the second world from the Bloom: 10 Worlds music app. It’s a universal app that’s available for both the iPhone and iPad. In the demo, ... Read more
Alternate Space
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Trying out the new Kaleidoscope theme in the Wizibel 1.4.1 app. I used a music track that I had created three years ago with the Alchemy Mobile app. Both the ... Read more
moodscaper
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I was doodling around with the moodscaper app on my iPad, and I came up with this tune. There are no edits except to trim some silence at the beginning. ... Read more
Sounds of CEATEC
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What is it like to walk across a busy tradeshow floor? Apart from the visual stimuli, there’s a rich aural experience, as the various sounds swirl in and out of ... Read more
Your Robot Phone
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At last week’s CEATEC tradeshow in Japan, Sharp previewed its new RoBoHoN (the name is short for “Robot Phone”). RoBoHoN is certainly an ambitious and groundbreaking product. It’s an LTE ... Read more