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Audi Shows Off Smartwatch Controlled Car

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At this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2015), car maker Audio shows off their smartwatch controlled car.

With the popularity of Google Glass, the upcoming Apple Watch and even glowing neon apparel, the age of wearables is well and truly upon us. These hi-tech gadgets look great and cost a lot but are we getting value for money?

One of the biggest questions surrounding wearable gadgets is whether or not they are really necessary and if they are much more than gimmicks. The Apple Watch has been a recent focus of this as Apple’s next product only appears to offer us such innovations as ‘a dial that lets you zoom in and out’ and ‘an app that lets you arm wrestle’.

Also hoping to eschew any worries about wearables being a fad is car maker Audi. Famed for the quality of their cars over anything else, their latest innovation may have just given us all a reason to pick up a smartwatch this year.

That suggestion came at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, with the technological trade show allowing companies to show off what they’re working on. One of the things that Audi showed off this year is their Prologue concept car. Impressively, Audi used their very own smartwatch to bring the vehicle on stage.

That smartwatch that hasn’t been announced just yet but it’s being made in partnership with LG and runs on the Linux based operating system webOS rather than Android. In addition to this smartwatch they also showed off the the Audi Smart Display (which is a tablet that lives in your car) and explained that passengers will be able to control car functions and entertainment with it. They company says that the Audi Smart Display will debut in the Audi Q7 in 2016.

Audi’s Ulrich Hackenberg also talked up the Audi A7 which drove itself all the way from San Francisco to CES 2015 in Lass Vegas. That’s a trip of over 550 miles. There’s no on whether the aforementioned smartwatch will let you type in your location and have the car drive itself to you though, but that would be incredibly cool indeed.

Source: engadget

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At Last: Hershey Has a 3D Chocolate Printer

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Shown off at the recent CES 2015, the CocoJet 3D Printer is a reality. It is a collaboration between Hershey and 3D Systems. It is a printer that prints chocolate shapes. Soon we might even be able to print our own Cadbury Eggs. Take that, Easter bunny!

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It can print letters and shapes just like a regular 3D printer, but it uses sweet sweet chocolate as its medium. You can choose between dark, milk or white chocolate and use pre-programmed designs or confections of your own creation. It is not available to the masses just yet, but it probably won’t be long before it is.

First we conquer chocolate printing, then we work on food replicators. It won’t be long until we have starships getting chased by Klingons.

[via PSFK via Geekologie]

CES 2015: Intel Compute Stick is the World’s Smallest PC

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Now you may start computing anyplace anytime. We feel proud to introduce the Intel Compute Stick which is a next generation small implement via which users can truly experience the computer scenario...

Intel RealSense Provides New Ways of Interacting with Laptops and Doors

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The chip maker has done one of the most interesting keynotes of CES 2015, unveiling all sorts of concepts that had the same technology at their core: the RealSense 3D imaging camera.

If until now we perceived most of the digital world in 2D, it’s time to make the switch to 3D, and Intel is ready to pave the way for this transition using its RealSense 3D imaging camera. Last year, the chip manufacturer showed us how this technology could be implemented in AIO PCs and tablets, but the CES demonstration proved that RealSense could find its way into more familiar scenarios.

When it comes to cooking, we all run of inspiration at some point. Thankfully, there are plenty of websites (allrecipes.com, foodwishes.com, so on and so forth) that can give us some fresh ideas when our mind seems to go blank in the kitchen. But after deciding which dish you’re going to prepare next, you need to either print the step-by-step instructions (that’s so 20th century, isn’t it?) or take the notebook/tablet with you while cooking. The problem is that the kitchen is not exactly the safest environment for mobile devices, as flour or salsa is the last thing that you might want on your keyboard or ports. You might wonder where I’m trying to get with this, and if I’m not simply delusional, getting from CPUs to recipes like that. Well, a notebook or tablet equipped with Intel’s RealSense camera would be able to interpret the gestures you’re making in mid air in order to scroll a webpage or go to the next step.

The way we interact with doors might also suffer some changes. Intel demonstrated how authentication could make its way into more mundane aspects of our lives. If people put a RealSense camera near their door to take 3D images of whoever is knocking, keys could become a thing of the past. Of course, once a person is authenticated, a connection would have to be established between the 3D camera and the electromagnetic lock, so that the door opens. I don’t see this becoming mainstream in the very near future, but it’s definitely something I would use.

Intel is getting involved in new areas, showing that they’re willing to go beyond CPUs, and that can only be a good thing, provided that they maintain the same quality standards.

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CES 2015: LG Display challenges Galaxy Note Edge with New Smartphone that Bends on Both Sides

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At the International CES 2015, LG's sister firm LG Display has introduced a new innovation that bends on both sides along with many other LG devices that are all about curves. This includes the new...

Dell introduces New Intel-powered XPS 13, XPS 15 2 in 1s, Alienware and Inspiron Series Laptops at CES 2015

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Dell showed its true colors by showcasing a range of products at the CES 2015. They consisted of 2 in 1s, laptops, tablets and all-in-one gadgets. The Dell XPS 13 and 15 2 in 1s was one of them. And...

Audi displays LG’s Open webOS Smartwatch in sync with its Concept Car at CES 2015

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When you gaze at the most hottest and miraculous of smartwatches at the CES 2015 you realize for the first time that it comes courtesy of none other than LG. And Life’s Good indeed if you have it...

Toshiba presents Encore 2 Write Tablets at CES 2015

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Toshiba has unveiled its Encore 2 Write Tablets at the CES 2015. Among the list of benefits these devices lend their users may be included an extra-sensitive pen and highly scintilating screen.The...

Toshiba brings you Intel-Fueled Satellite Click Mini at CES 2015

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Toshiba is a name that is synonymous with change and transformation. It deals in the evolution of technology and is the bearer of glad tidings about providing software solutions that will make lives...

Sony introduces Blu-ray Disc Players BDP-S6500, BDP-S5500, BDP-S3500 and BDP-S1500 at CES 2015

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Sony Electronics introduced its latest Blu-ray Disc players today at the CES 2015 in Las Vegas. These disc players are capable of providing top quality video from packaged Blu-ray Discs or even from...