CES 2012 Live Blog

Follow along for the latest news on the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV!

This is just a quick pan over of the Motorola Booth at CES 2012.

Posted January 13, 2012 at 5:25 pm by amussey

Quick Glance: Belkin’s Thunderbolt Dock

Belkin showed off a prototype of an upcoming Thunderbolt port extending dock Sunday at CES Unveiled. The prototype dock split a single thunderbolt connection into Eithernet, audio out, Firewire, HDMI, and 3 USB ports.

The tentative retail price of the hub is $299, a price that might be slightly off-putting to many consumers.


Posted January 13, 2012 at 3:48 pm by amussey

Quick Glance: Panasonic’s Booth


Panasonic had a massive booth at this year’s CES. Picture are two of their massive multi-TV displays.

Posted January 13, 2012 at 2:01 pm by amussey

Quick Glance: Sculpteo’s Cloud 3D Printing



Sculpteo is the first company to ever convert conventional 3D printing into a cloud service. Providing the users with the ability to purchase models from their desktops or their mobile devices, Sculpteo prints materials on a variety of different mediums.  Check out their website for more information at http://www.sculpteo.com/ .

Posted January 13, 2012 at 12:03 pm by amussey

Quick Glance: Archos 35 Home Connect



In the category of “smart alarm clocks”, Archos takes the lead with the Archos 35 Home Connect. The 3.5” device runs Android 2.2 (Froyo) on a 1 GHz Omap 3630 processor. It comes with 4GB of internal memory with as slot to upgrade via MicroSD card. However, the main touted feature of the device is not its onboard storage abilities; the device comes with 50000 web radio stations, spanning all possible genres.


Posted January 13, 2012 at 10:00 am by amussey

Burton Inc.’s Aerial True 3D display, effectively a laser hologram projector, was one-of-a-kind on the show floor.

Posted January 13, 2012 at 8:21 am by amussey 4 notes

Toon Boom, the group which makes animation software for companies like Disney, is promoting “Doodle.” “Doodle” is a cool animation program for kids and will allow anyone to make sophisticated animations that can be shared on YouTube, Facebook and others. The folks at Toon Boom were at CES this week and gave us a demo of their product.

Try it out at http://www.toonboom.com/doodle/ !

Posted January 13, 2012 at 7:20 am by stevem64

MakerBot Industries’ Replicator was one of the most impressive 3D home printing options displayed at CES.  Using the chord melting method presented by a number of other printers, the Replicator was the only printer that allowed for two different colors to be used while printing.

Posted January 13, 2012 at 2:05 am by amussey 8 notes

Intel’s Ultrabook



The above picture encapsulates the entire Intel booth.

During their press conference on Monday, Intel discussed how the push of their Ultrabooks was going to be the biggest push they had done since the release of the Centrino. I’m quickly becoming a believer. These machines are fast, slick, and, shockingly, fairly stylish. I’ve never been one to judge a laptop simply by its cover, but the Envy 14 Ultrabook (pictured below), coated entirely in Gorilla Glass, is absolutely gorgeous.



The only place they can go wrong at this point is the price point. Comparisons to Apple are incredibly cliche, but when selling a device that runs the risk of being cost equivalent it is a necessity. In order to make it this market, these machines will have to be at least $200-300 less than the MacBook Air.

I’m really excited about what the next year holds for these computers.



Posted January 12, 2012 at 8:32 pm by amussey

Quick Glance: Aiptek’s PocketCinema V100



Aiptek’s PocketCinema V100 has managed to do what no other pico projector of its size has done: look good. The pico projector was thrown only about a foot, but was extremely bright with vivid colors thanks to the DLP technology used.

The projector is designed to connect to a laptop and is expected to retail around $129.


Posted January 12, 2012 at 12:04 pm by amussey