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

Dean’s top 10 picks for the best of CES

Dean’s top 10 picks for the best of CES

It’s never easy to pick the top 10 new products and technologies at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This year, there were more than 20,000 products from 2,700 vendors across 1.8 million square feet of space. I saw every one of them. That’s right. And these are my picks for the best of the show, in order of preference.

1. The Palm Pre smartphone has revived interest in the aging Palm platform. This phone, designed… Continue Reading