The Consumer Electronics Show is so large that it doesn’t all fit into the Las Vegas Convention Center so they have it spread into a few other convention centers. This is the Las Vegas Hilton Convention Center, at first I thought it was separated into many different countries but it looks like it is all different sections of China. There is everything you can imagine here. This was filmed on
Great video showing the steps that TI uses to make a silicon chip. Via: Wired Videos
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (January 15 – January 21, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
The first video is the basic muRata Boy and muRata Girl demonstration that was being done on the hour during the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. This is actually the first CES that muRata has attended, they would have been there every year if you looked inside the electronics that were brought there by other companies though since muRata manufactures components that are very common and can be found in most
Our friend Max from Zedomax checked out the first color e-reader over at the Hanvon CES 2011 booth. The 9.7 inch e-reader has a resolution of 1024 X 600. Just like the Amazon Kindle, this Hanvon e-reader doesn’t use any power when it’s displaying the page, it only consumes power to generate a new page. So if you have read 500 pages over a 2 day period only the generation
This video shows the work the team from the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Labs has been able to accomplish. These Quadrotors are able to lift heavy objects into various precise positions to build something. The team created a special gripper to lift the parts, the parts have magnets in them to assist them to snap together. Around the 1 minute mark in the video you can see many quadrotors working
muRata manufactures technology that goes into many of the electronic items we use every day. They have some new technology that is sure to be a hit in our busy lives. One thing that I hate is the 4 or 6 plug in transformers around the house that I need to keep all the battery operated electronic items charged. There are quite a few charging pads entering the market to
