I saw that my friend Thomas Edwards, tech artist and Dorkbot Overlord, was going to be at CES, so I asked him to share some thoughts on maker-friendly offerings at the event. Here’s what he sent. – Gareth Sphereo is a radio-controlled robotic sphere, about the size of a tennis ball. While driving around a […]
Zigurd Mednieks checks in from CES In trying to find interesting products for makers, I came across some machine screws that are smaller than fleas, 0.2mm across the shaft. The Matsumoto Industries product was exhibited using a microscope. If you are making something very small, that’s your screw. They were too small for me to […]
Since CES is such a big show, some companies do outrageous things to get noticed. Whether it’s building a $30k iPod dock or hiring stuntmen to ride around town on top of cars, the idea is to stick out. The thing is, there’s a fine line between causing a little buzz and accidental product development. […]
Who’s behind the curtain at CES? Apple Computer does not have a presence at CES, but their influence is everywhere. Because Apple is in the eye of every exhibitor at CES, there’s a kind of mesmerizing illusion that Apple actually is here. Or you might say that Steve Jobs is here in spirit, the man behind the curtain […]
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Marc de Vinck sent us a few more shots of the Romo phonebot. Like a lot of people at the show, Marc is aghast at the bloat of electro-plastic tchotchke (even by CES standards!) in the main hall (“endless Swarovski crystal iPhone cases”). But he says that Eureka Hall Tech Zone is where the best […]
Maker Shed’s Marc de Vinck sent us this pic from the Isotoner booth where they’re hawking their SmarTouch 2.0 glove “Now with 3rd finger function.” Woot. Why not make your own, use any gloves you like, and enable all the finger functions you like. Here, let Becky show you how…
