Household Tech Category - Page 7

Perhaps we should have known it was only a matter of time before the technology that revolutionized video game consoles would be applied to other tech sectors. Phillips has announced something called a uWand that will be used on Phillips televisions in the very near future. This device will operate [...]

Hidden among all the massive advancements in entertainment technology that were trotted out during CES were some new devices and technology to help the average person get through their day. One such new device is Samsung’s BabyView Infant Video Monitors.

There comes a time when your sandbox isn’t big enough anymore and you start pestering your parents about taking you to the park to play with some of the other kids. And that day has come for three of the leading companies researching wireless charging of consumer electronics, who have [...]

You’ve all no doubt seen the various wireless chargers out there; the Powermats and those like them that allow you to simply set your phone or similar device down on a pad and allow it to charge without having to hook a cord to it. The folks out at Fulton [...]

I genuinely did not think I’d see a robot story out of CES 2011. I knew this CES was all about the tablets and smartphones and equally smart televisions, but the folks out at Cyberdyne (no seriously, that’s their name) brought out the Challenge HAL (here, HAL stands for Hybrid [...]

Android is certainly a flexible platform, appearing on mobile phones, tablets, and now on embedded devices. The Enspert IDENTITY S200, previewed at CES, lets users manage and control media from various devices in one’s home network.

While one research firm is reporting that television sales jumped almost 17 percent from the same time period in 2009, the firm is also quick to point out that for the most part, the 3DTV is seeing lagging numbers as consumers wait to see whether it is worth its high [...]

The Ziiiro watch does not have hands, markings or any other thing that can distract the user. It simply has two swirls that help indicate the time. The inner swirl represents the hour. The outer swirl represents the minutes.

As you will have seen already, we are offering extremely extensive coverage of CES 2011 on TFTS – see here for a full listing of news so far which is being added to by the minute (the writing team is positively on fire) – and now we have the utmost [...]

Yesterday we here at TFTS brought you news about a new kind of hardwood cleaner that uses something resembling GPS, today we’re bringing you news about the world’s newest and smallest floor cleaning robot. iRobot has announced that they are set to launch the Scooba 230 which will take care [...]