CES overview: trends for this year’s technology

CES overview: trends for this year’s technology

I’ve talked about the regrettable 3-D TV trend at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in a separate post. But I spotted some other trends among the 2,700 exhibitors at the show as well.

Gesture control and multi-touch screens: Part and parcel of good industrial hardware design is a good user interface to go with it. Now, the mouse, keyboard, and remote control are about to give way to touch-based user interfaces or gesture… Continue Reading

IPEVO shows off a what a high-end digital photo frame should look like

IPEVO shows off a what a high-end digital photo frame should look like

IPEVO is one of those Taiwanese companies that doesn’t get a lot of attention. It’s been making Skype phones and other gear for a while, and now it’s showing off its first digital photo frame, the Kaleido R7. Yeah, been there, done that. There are a bunch of connected digital photo frames at the International Consumer Electronics Show. But the company is shooting for a high-end product and it looks pretty good.

When you look at… Continue Reading