Author Archive: Efren Toscano

January 7th, 2010 marked the beginning of the 3D television extravaganza in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), was very anti-climactic. After the first four hours of walking through it, and nearly four days left on the schedule to fill with curiosity, Jacob Nahin and I were given the green light…continue reading.

Robotinno, a consumer-level remote-control robot made by Taiwan company Innovati, made its own appearance at CES and showed off a few moves for us. Robotinno is a modular-based robot (meaning it can be put together in a variety of ways, based on available modules and programming), filled with sensors and wires. Unlike the joysticks featured…continue reading.

Twiistup is just 2 weeks away and there have been a whole slew of announcements within these past few days.  The final showoff’s have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff’s plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff’s below).  The speaker list…continue reading.

The first ever Schmoozd event is happening this Thursday January 14.  This event according to John Diep the producer of Schmoozd is all about the schmoozing. Don’t expect to find a speaker on stage or a panel going on when you arrive, however, do expect to find some speaker’s and panelists you’ve seen at other…continue reading.

TechZulu will be streaming live from the Foresight 2010 conference this coming Saturday and Sunday January 16-17.  Day one will be streamed from 8:45am-5:00pm.  Day two will be from 8:45am-3:00pm.  The Conference will be focused on Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and general Artificial Intelligence.  They’ve had some amazing speakers in the past such as X-Prize…continue reading.

Here is a little something to help all those whose New Year resolution was to begin making the commitment of going to the gym.  There are tons of people i know, including myself, that just can’t deal with ear-buds.  Constantly having to worry about not moving your head in certain directions.  Trying to snatch them…continue reading.

TechZulu gets a hands on with the Google Nexus One Phone during CES.  I have to admit, it is quite a sexy looking device.  All those Droid users out there might not make the switch if you like the keyboard because the Nexus One is all touch.  Also, many BlackBerry users still may not find it…continue reading.

Despite holding a press conference that was more “look what we’ve done lately” than “look what we’re going to do,” Microsoft has made some cool announcements at CES regarding video games. We caught up with a Microsoft rep who took us through the Xbox Game Room which will be released this spring with more than…continue reading.

At the Intel booth, we took a look at a table-top phone being produced by Open Peak. The phone has a single-tough capacitive touchscreen and its own app store. Currently, the phone isn’t available in the U.S. but should be “sometime soon.”

Despite holding a press conference that was more “look what we’ve done lately” than “look what we’re going to do,” Microsoft has made some cool announcements at CES regarding video games. We caught up with a Microsoft rep who took us through the Xbox Game Room which will be released this spring with more than…continue reading.