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“Rock It,” a device from OrigAudio, brings your music to just about anything dense enough to carry a vibration. Though not a traditional speaker in itself, when paired with another hollow object (like an empty box of Cheerios), the device sends vibrations through the object, producing sound. The Rock It doesn’t produce Bose-quality sound by…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.

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.

  In a little hole-in-the-wall spot in Central Hall, we found a thirty-point infrared multi-touch system developed by the Korean Institute of Technology (KIST). The system uses two black bars which bounce infrared light and thereby detect movement. The project was funded by the South Korean government and is looking for companies to license the…continue reading.

  Finally, at Digital Experience Clear Wire showed us their WiMax device (based off of Clear Wire’s 4G mobile broadband network) and explained a little bit about how their device works and what may be in store for Los Angeles hopefuls.     The folks from Poynt, a Blackberry app with location-based services services that…continue reading.

Image by StrebKR via Flickr Next up in from Digital Experience are movie books from Viewsonic We weren’t big fans of the movie books resistive touch screen but the screens, featuring 1080p video, are nice. The Blackberry presenter is a Powerpoint module which hooks up to the Blackberry to make your slides that much more…continue reading.