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Fitness sensor earphones gather health data, deliver music
The right earbud contains the fitness sensor.
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LAS VEGAS–The last time we caught up with Valencell, the company was hoping its PerformTek fitness-monitoring sensor technology would be available to consumers last fall. It’s taken a little longer than expected, but the tech has been licensed to Iriver and will be available in March in the form of the $199 Iriver On earbuds.
As we’ve seen at CES this year, everybody and their grandmother has developed some sort of wearable fitness technology. What sets the Iriver On apart is that it’s integrated with a device you already wear while exercising: earbuds. There’s no bracelet to wear or dongle to clip on; you just monitor your heart rate, distance, cadence, speed, and calories burned while you rock out.
The On isn’t an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink health device. It won’t monitor your sleep, for example, but it is geared for serious fitness use. Iriver will also launch an app that will monitor and track all the data from the sensor.
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The 404 at CES 2013: Where we pay tribute to Danny DeVito (podcast)
Danny DeVito drops by the CNET stage at CES 2013 to chat with The 404′s Jeff Bakalar and Justin Yu about filmmaking, social media, and his troll foot.
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We’ve had some awesome guests on The 404 Show before, but nothing could have prepared us for Danny DeVito. Well, except for all the preshow preparation we did. None of that mattered though, because Mr. DeVito stole the show with a wiggle of a toe on his #trollfoot.
At the CES 2013 CNET stage, Mr. DeVito joined us to talk about filmmaking, Twitter, social media, and the story behind his Twitter profile picture. The iconic star has appeared in countless legendary films and currently plays Frank Reynolds on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
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Electric Zboard is controlled with your weight
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LAS VEGAS — There’s no need to kick to get the Zboard moving. It’s got an electric motor that allows it to silently glide forward at speeds of up to 17 mph.
The board has weight sensors at either end that relay your intentions and weight distribution to the electric motor on the rear axle. Lean forward to get the Zboard moving and lean back to stop. Sway from side to side to steer like you would with any skateboard. The sensors are progressive, so the more you lean forward, the faster you go. Conversely, the harder you lean back, the faster you stop. There’s also a hill hold feature to keep the board from getting away from you on an incline.
The Zboard features an electric motor and a battery pack.
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Zboard’s makers were able to fund the project through Kickstarter and have already shipped the entire initial batch of orders. The Zboard is now sold exclusively through the manufacturer’s zboardshop.com website.
Two Zboard models are available for purchase today. The Zboard Classic has a top speed of 15 mph and a five-mile range from its lead acid battery. The Zboard Pro has a slightly higher top speed of about 17 mph and a range of 10 miles from its lighter lithium iron phosphate battery.
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Extreme Reality makes your camera a 3D gaming system
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LAS VEGAS–I avoid buying new hardware whenever possible, so if I can add functionality to my existing gear with a simple software solution, I’m interested.
Extreme Reality (XTR3D) does just that. It turns your run-of-the-mill 2D camera into a full-body motion control system for fully interactive gaming.
The idea is you can forget Microsoft’s Kinect.
At CES 2013, Israel-based Extreme Reality showed off the software on Windows and Android systems with several motion-oriented games like Current Circus’s Beat Booster.
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The package requires a quick full-body calibration in which users raise their arms before starting a game like PandaMania, that has you controlling a dancing panda avatar.
The motion-capture isn’t the most sensitive but it does a decent job for the hardware it’s using. It did register my movements in Beat Booster pretty well; for instance, when I leaned forward to accelerate, my avatar co… [Read more]
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Asus Transformer AIO, a tablet/desktop mashup
LAS VEGAS–We’ve seen battery-powered all-in-one desktops from Sony and Lenovo since the launch of Windows 8, but Asus has a different approach to merging desktop computing power with wireless mobility.
With two CPUs, and two operating systems, the Asus Transformer AIO is one of the more unique computers we’ve seen here at the show. In its desktop mode, the Transformer is a Core i5- or Core i7-powered Windows 8 all-in-one with an 18.4-inch IPS touch screen. Disengage the display, and you find yourself holding an Android Jelly Bean-based tablet with a Tegra 3 chip inside.
An 18.4-inch screen sounds large for a tablet, and small for an all-in-one, so yes, it involves some compromise in both aspects. It’s not quite as large as you might want in a desktop, and it’s perhaps not quite as portable as you’d want from a traditional tablet.
Still, it’s not too hard to imagine plunking the Transformer AIO down on a desk and then grabbing the tablet when you move between rooms. Asus makes no mention of data continuity between the two modes, so you’re likely on your own as far as bringing your documents and … [Read more]
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YotaPhone at CES: An LCD, e-ink Android mashup
YotaPhone has an LCD color screen on the front and e-ink on the back.
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It sounds like a bad “Star Wars” pun and looks like someone slapped a Kindle e-reader on the back of a smartphone, but the two-sided YotaPhone promises to be so much more.
On the front, you’ve got a 4.3-inch, 1,280×720-pixel HD, full-color LCD, and the back, a secondary screen uses a monochromatic e-ink technology (at 200dpi). Both are reinforced Gorilla Glass.
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Most importantly, the screens are interconnected, which means that you’ll be able to quickly pass information from one to the other.
Why the two screens? It’s all about battery savings. E-ink conserves more resources than color HD displays, so if you’re just reading a long article or a book, use the low-power e-ink side, and w… [Read more]
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The 404 Holiday 2012: The Big Lebowski (podcast)
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You got an iPad…now what?
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So, congratulations! Perhaps you’re the owner of a new iPad this holiday season. If so, you’ve come to the right place. Apple’s tablet is incredibly easy to use, but there are still plenty of ways to set up and optimize your iPad to take advantage of everything it has to offer. Some of these suggestions may be obvious; others might not. Regardless, here’s what I do when I take a new iPad out of its crisp white box. I think you should do the same. At the least, these tips should help you get on your feet.
Set up your new iPad
By the way, none of this involves ever connecting to a PC or Mac to sync. In fact, I’m going to encourage you to live as sync-free as possible to save a little sanity and have a little more fun.
iCloud settings control everything from Calendar syncing to cloud documents and photos. I keep most on.
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1. Restore your old backup, and get to know iCloud. If this is your first iPad, you have nothing to restore. But, if you have an iPad already and are upgrading, you can get your basic settings and saved data on your new iPad by restoring from a backup on iTunes, or wirelessly via iCloud if you’ve already set that up.
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‘Sources’ out BlackBerry Z10 as RIM’s first new smartphone
RIM’s ‘BlackBerry L10′ could emerge as the BlackBerry Z10.
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A comeback phone needs a catchy name, and for Research In Motion, the handle in question could be the BlackBerry Z10.
Previously it was known by its “L-series” alias, but unnamed sources have now outed the product name of RIM’s next BlackBerry smartphone, according to Unwired View.
In addition to learning RIM’s new name for the all-touch device, these sources allegedly also supplied documentation in the form of the promotional material pictured here.
BlackBerry Z10, RIM’s first BlackBerry 10 phone?
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