CES is a grind and a deluge: a long hard slog where you take meeting after meeting about all kinds of TVs and tablets and smartphones that are largely indistinguishable, stay up late into the night going to even more …
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Of all the consumer electronics we saw at the 2014 CES, these are our picks for the most interesting, the most important, and the most awesome.
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[CES 2014] We have already moved on forward in a clear manner when it comes to wireless connectivity. Go to any decent restaurant or cafe, and apart from serving up good food, another prerequisite would be the presence of Wi-Fi connectivity. Well, wireless charging has yet to catch on in a big way at this point in time, but there are efforts being made to make sure that the tide changes in its favor. Take for instance, the video above that you can view. WiTricity has come up with a wireless charger for the Apple iPhone 5s as well as the older generation Apple iPhone 5, where this particular system will make use of magnetic resonance. This translates to the ability to juice up a particular device at a distance, and you do not need to have to line up the iPhone on a wireless charging pad, too. Should you decide to throw into the mix a wireless power repeater, you are then able to place the latter in your top drawer under your nightstand, and following that, any device that has been placed on that nightstand will recharge.
CES 2014 is the platform where this wireless pad from WiTricity is demonstrated, although it remains a reference design as at press time. There are plans to sell this particular pad in the months ahead for $99, while the case will retail for $49 a pop.
WiTricity Charges iPhone Sans Wires original content from Ubergizmo. 
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[CES 2014] At every edition of CES, you can be sure that there will also be an area that showcases vehicles as well as the different kinds of technology that has been incorporated within, or in this particular case of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), from without. We are referring to how German automaker Audi has been demonstrating Qi wireless charging capability at this year’s edition of CES.
This would place Audi alongside the ranks of Daimler, Toyota, Jeep and others who have already incorporated Qi wireless charging capability in current and future car models. Needless to say, cars are but a natural fit for wireless charging, so to have Qi wireless charging capability just about everywhere the consumer needs it makes perfect sense. The Audi phone box that debuted in 2012 has been refreshed to include Qi wireless charging capability, where the electricity in the floor of the phone box will flow to a receiver coil in the smartphone via induction. Future versions will see the very same Audi phone box provide perfect cell reception, in addition to making sure that a user’s smartphone will remain fully charged all the time. Apart from that, Audi makes use of the WLAN hotspot in the car so that it can combine the world of smartphones and tablets with the automotive world in an intelligent manner. [Press Release]
Audi Demonstrates Qi Wireless Charging At CES 2014 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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[CES 2014] Mushkin has just announced the release of their refreshed FrostByte heatsink for the Blackline as well as Redline memory modules, and you know for sure that these are chock-full of quality. Specially cut from aircraft-grade aluminum, the FrostByte would be the newest model of durability and functionality. It will make use of the spanking new vortex thermal design that will dissipate and control accumulated heat all the while maximizing PC performance.
Having said that, the FrostByte will be an ideal solution for computer enthusiasts and gamers, and you can be sure that the heatsink’s diamond cut design will be able to turn heads. You cannot pick it up just yet though, as the FrostByte heatsink will start to release to the masses from February 2014 onward, on both Redline and Blackline performance memory module offerings. Brian Flood, the Director of Product Development at Mushkin, shared, “What is great about the new FrostByte heatsink is that it allows us to push the limits of our Redline and Blackline memory to new levels while effectively managing heat. Mushkin is constantly innovating to achieve stronger results. The new FrostByte heatsink is just the beginning of what’s to come from Mushkin in our high-performance memory category.” [Press Release]
Mushkin Unveils FrostByte Heatsink For Blackline And Redline Memory Modules original content from Ubergizmo. 
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[CES 2014] TP-LINK has recently announced their brand new AC1750 Enterprise Dual Band WiFi Access Point with Power over Ethernet (PoE), which is the EAP320. Well, those are certainly plenty of letters and numbers to think about, so this is one of the moments where one would definitely prefer a proper naming convention. This particular Access Point (AP) from TP-LINK will support the latest 802.11ac standard, which provides up to 1750Mbps of available bandwidth alongside simultaneous 2.4GHz 450Mbps and 5GHz 1300Mbps.
Sporting the 802.11ac standard, the EAP320 is capable of supporting an impressive number of bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive applications while its PoE capability would pave the way for flexible deployment without the need to run additional electrical wiring. It also boasts of an intelligent centralized management system that facilitates the configuration and management of multiple APs. A solitary AP will be dynamically selected by the wireless controller which then automatically distributes the network configuration to other APs in the WLAN, doing away with the need for any kind of manual synchronization. Apart from that, Captive Portal would also let administrators control wireless access via an authentication process, while network users will first have to agree to an acceptable use policy that has been set by the network administrator, or alternatively, to enter a user ID and password that must first be validated against a database of authorized users.
TP-LINK AC1750 Enterprise Dual Band WiFi Access Point original content from Ubergizmo. 
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In a corner of Sony’s CES Booth, the company was demonstrating inspirational home electronics like a huge 147-inch projected 4K image, a projected table computer, or innocuous display art on the wall. While everything was interesting, the star of the show was this ultra short throw projector that can project a very nice 147 inch image on a nearby wall, from a distance of about 1 or 2 feet. (more…)
Sony Ultra Short Throw Projector: Hands-On original content from Ubergizmo. 
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