Best of Innovations
If you can’t get to this winter’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas but you wanted to know what the industry itself thought were the best or most innovative new products of the season, here’s a rundown. Remember some of these may never reach the
market and some may never reach your local retail or online store, but rest assured they drew a crowd recently at the CES Show preview from some of the most influential reporters, analysts and columnists in the world.
Category: Computer Hardware & Components
Moneual
Touch Table PC
http://moneual.com/
Touch Table PC is ideal for use in restaurants and cafes and enables customers to not only browse menus and order food, but also pay directly from the table. Any public space such as hospitals, airports, hotels can find good use for Touch Table PC.
Category: Digital Imaging
Sony Electronics
Sony Cyber-shot RX1
http://www.sony.com
The Sony Cyber-shot® DSC-RX1 is the world’s first full-frame compact digital camera, featuring an advanced 35mm full-frame 24.3 MP Exmor® CMOS sensor and exceptionally fast, bright Carl Zeiss T* 35mm f/2.0 fixed lens.
Category: Gaming Hardware & Accessories
Mad Catz
S.T.R.I.K.E.7 Professional Gaming Keyboard
http://www.madcatz.com
The most state-of-the-art gaming keyboard known to man. Designed for competitive gaming, the unique V.E.N.O.M. Touch Display keeps track of every aspect of the PC, launching apps, macro commands and more. Modular construction allows gamers to rearrange individual sections to suit their style.
Category: Headphones
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation
IE800 In-ear canal headphones
http://www.sennheiserusa.com
The IE 800 ear-canal phones are at the top of their class possessing the most innovations per cubic millimetre.
Category: High Performance Home Audio
Bang & Olufsen / B&O PLAY
BeoPlay A9
http://www.beoplay.com
BeoPlay A9 is a digital loudspeaker that offers impressive and spacious stereo sound performance in one circular unit- designed as a cool piece of furniture. It offers wireless streaming via AirPlay and DLNA, and “invisible”/intuitive operation.
Category: In-Vehicle Accessories
Sony
XAV-701HD Smartphone Connected AV Receiver
http://www.sony.com
With this MirrorLink-enabled A/V receiver, apps from your smartphone are presented on a 7 inch touchscreen display, allowing navigation connectivity, hands-free talk, and your personal music and video library, along with Bluetooth® technology, connectivity to Pandora®, SiriusXM™compatibility, HD Radio™ and dual USB ports.
Category: In-Vehicle Audio Video
Pheonix Gold
ACX600.5
http://www.phoenixgold.com
Phoenix Gold App Controlled Mobile 5 Channel Amplifier. The ACX600.5 is controlled via Bluetooth thru PG’s App on smart devices. Gain, Balance, Fade, Subwoofer level, Phase, EQ, Listening position, X-over, DSP, Bass boost and also displays feedback.
Category: Personal Electronics
Liquid Image Co, LLC
Apex HD+, Wi-Fi Snow Goggle
http://www.liquidimageco.com
The APEX HD+ is the first Snow Goggle with Full HD recording, built in Wi-Fi and a rotating camera lens. Wireless capabilities include: Live Streaming to an iOS or Android device, File Playback, Remote Control and Adjustment of Camera Settings.
Category: Home Appliances
Belkin
Belkin WeMo Baby
http://www.belkin.com
WeMo Baby works with the free WeMo Baby smartphone app so you can listen to your baby with clear digital sound from anywhere. Users have the option of upgrading to the premium app to receive cry notifications as well as access your baby’s cry history.
Category: Home Audio – Video Components
Harman International Industries, Inc.
Harman/ Kardon BDS 577
http://www.harman.com
This 3D Blu-ray Disc™ system has the same features as those built with separate components, including high fidelity amplifiers, without the clutter and cables. It adds built-in AirPlay, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, YouTube, and support for a wireless subwoofer.
Category: Integrated Home Systems & Multi-Room Audio-Video
GreenWave Reality
Connected Lighting Solution
http://www.greenwavereality.com/
GreenWave Reality’s Connected Lighting Solution offers advanced control over residential lighting with fully-dimmable, wireless LED and CFL bulbs through an IP-enabled home lighting network, controllable from PCs, smartphones or a handheld remote.
Category: Software & Mobile Apps
Sculpteo
3DPCase by Sculpteo
http://www.3dpcase.com
3DPCase is the ‘Ultimate iPhone Case Builder’: the first ever app for customizing, manufacturing and ordering 3D-printed iPhone cases. Sculpteo shows how Cloud 3D Printing offers a new e-commerce business with bespoke objects costing from $14.95.
Category: Technology for a Better World
XPAL Power Inc
SpareOne
http://www.SpareOne.com
The SpareOne is the world’s only mobile phone powered by a single AA Battery, delivering up to 15 years of battery life when stored unused or 10 hours of talk time when in use. SpareOne is designed to be a lifeline in emergency situations.
Category: Video Displays
LG Electronics
LG’s Ultra-High-Definition CINEMA 3D Smart TV (84LM9600)
http://www.lg.com
The 84LM9600 is the world’s largest Ultra Definition (UD) 3D TV delivering immersive entertainment in stunning ultra definition with a combination of CINEMA 3D technology and Smart TV features.
Category: Wireless Handset Accessories
Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix Smart Glasses
http://www.vuzix.com
Vuzix smart glasses are the first hands-free personal communications system for linking consumers to the cloud. Text, video, audio and all we have come to expect from smartphones and the Internet in a wireless personal information device.
Category: Wireless Handsets
Gopod Group Limited
GSpot
http://www.gopod.cc
GSpot uses a special App, which can extend two more SIM card for iOS and Android devices, supports voice calls, SMS and Internet share.
Category: Accessibility & Universal Design
Moneual
SCS(Smart Care System) for Hearing-impaired Person
http://moneual.com/
The Moneual Smart Care system for the hearing impaired detects a wide range of noises and sounds that occur and transmits this information to its user, giving the hearing impaired users awareness of all sounds while also keeping them safe from risks.
Category: Video Displays
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Samsung’s 85-inch UHD TV
http://www.samsung.com/us/#latest-home
Samsung’s 85-inch UHD TV, the world’s largest commercialized UHD TV, boasts life-like picture quality in ultra HD resolution with over 8 million pixels, four times the resolution of Full HD displays. Samsung’s UHD TV uses an innovative enhanced dimming technology and a very high contrast ratio to deliver deep, real blacks and pure whites for greater detail and unmatched picture clarity. This new, cutting-edge TV also offers a powerful and dynamic range of sounds.
Category: Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies
SWITCH Lighting
SWITCH 3-Way
http://switchlightingco.com/
The SWITCH 3-Way is the first and only LED incandescent replacement A-Lamp for use in three way lighting fixtures.
