With the power of your mind! Neurosky's brainwave scanning band really works, but are cat ears showing your feelings really the best use?
2. Parrot AR Drone
Parrot's gyroscopic AR Drone quadcopters flying in formation; the real Top Guns fly some 100 miles west of Vegas at China Lake
3. HAPIfork
Slow down and chew your food properly, or the HAPIfork will start buzzing; it doesn't check if your elbows are on the table though.
4. Dhama Pursuit business shirt
Stay cool, or warm, or just right. Dhama's Pursuit business shirt has built-in heating and cooling from 73 to 122 degrees – but no Jackie Chan moves.
5. TrackingPoint guns
Bringing a whole new meaning to point and click, TrackingPoint's Linux-powered guns have head-up displays for choosing your target.
6. Lifeproof Kitchen iPad case
It's not a chopping board, but if you use your iPad for recipes this hermetically sealed Lifeproof case will keep it clean in the kitchen.
7. Acase Black Diamond IIIs
There's no shortage of Bluetooth speakers at CES but the Black Diamond IIIs from Acase are the only ones you're likely to mistake for disco lights.
8. Apple Juice cleaner
This screen cleaner really does smell of fresh apples; especially if you press too hard and spray it all over your shirt…
9. Tylt Energi
Tylt's Energi backpack with a hefty battery can charge your iPad but it might also turn you bright green
10. Pinlo stands
These adorable stands from Pinlo customise your iPhone power supply and cuddle your phone while it charges
11. Aaaaah
What everyone who goes to CES really wants: the time to lie back and rest weary feet in a massage chair!
Top 5 new gadgets to be revealed in 2013:
1. Project Glass from Google
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, is credited to come up with a new ‘project glass’. It is said that the device will be helpful in overlaying information over the glass of a spectacle, regarding directions of maps, messages from various friends and even reports of the weather. Information will be channeled from the internet, over to the glass, in front of the eye. These spectacles will also have a miniature camera fitted to them that will come in handy for the users for clicking pictures of their choice or making a video clip, without any fuss.
2. Nest
Two former Apple employees has come up with an innovative gadget that heats up the rooms of houses easily. Acting as a thermostat, Nest possesses two distinct wireless connectivity systems along with five sensors for detecting and controlling humidity, light and temperature. In addition, it even possesses a pair of activity sensors that detects presence of people near it. The gadget can even be remote-controlled by the users through their mobile phones. This provides the option to control the temperature situation of rooms by any person, even if he or she is not present there physically. The device will be having only a single button for manual operation.
3. Xbox 720
The advanced gaming console is presumed to astound people throughout the world. It is said to have a more powerful effect that the earlier gaming consoles. The gadget is said to be available during the summers of the present year. According to rumors, the advanced console will be having Blu-ray support, 3D gaming, live television recording functionality and even an upgraded Kinetic device for working along augmented reality glass.
Information is also fuelling the expectation of the customers. It is being said that
the console will have the power of an 8GB RAM, including a processor of quad-core. This would certainly help in making the gaming console more powerful than all its earlier versions.
4. Basis band
Most of the monitors used for keeping a tab on the health of human beings cease to function properly when the person is engaged in heavy work. That is why a pedometer is essentially required for the purpose. However, that even deters the technical device to record accurate readings when the person is either rowing or cycling. Upcoming ‘basis band’ is said to overcome these barriers. The device even helps people to get rid of the chest straps that prove to be uncomfortable at many times. It can simply be worn over the wrist, like a watch.
The device is even equipped with various other detectors, like an advanced galvanic sensor for recording response from the skin. This helps in monitoring sweat levels. An accelerometer even helps in detecting changes in the rate of heartbeat through the pulse. These advanced features will certainly help in providing an accurate and detailed report of health instantly.
5. Oculus Rift
This is a game based on the technology of virtual reality. It enables Full 3D environment and will certainly be a gamers’ delight. With a field-view of 110 degrees, the gadget will even track the movement of the gamers’ head. The console needs to be connected to a PC for enabling it to unfold its technical marvel. The gamer is also able to look around to have a full glimpse of the virtual gaming platform.
The device will be helpful in providing pleasure of gaming experience on a 50-inch screen, making the genre almost six times larger that any other virtual 3D gaming console has been able to offer.
With all these futuristic newgadgets of 2013, this will certainly be an exciting period for both the developers and the customers throughout the world. Everyone is eager to unfold the mysteries that technology is yet to reveal.
