CES ain’t quite what it used to be. Pretty much all the big guys have pulled out in favor of doing their own events. The phones are OK and the 4K TVs pretty, but a dime a dozen. But there are still some hidden treasures that are amazing. Here’s all the stuff from CES that made us squeal with glee.
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When you’re digging for CES gold, you can usually ignore about 99.99 percent of the iPhone accessories announced at the show. But in that last 0.01 percent is where you can find some real treasures. This year FLIR has managed to shrink the same thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military so that it fits inside an iPhone 5 case—letting us civilians share in the fun too.
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FLIR FX happens to be the very first attempt by the folks over at FLIR to deliver a portable Wi-Fi camera to the masses, where along the way, it had also picked up the gong as the Winner of the 2014 CES Innovations Design & Engineering Awards. Sporting a flexible design, the FLIR FX camera comes across as an easy-to-use, portable HD video monitoring solution which will be able to adapt to your needs. Of course, there must be something which should help set apart the FLIR FX from its competitors, so what are they?
FLIR FX Portable Wi-Fi Camera original content from Ubergizmo. 
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FLIR, or Forward-Looking Infrared, has long been a staple technology for militaries around the world, allowing operations under the cover of night without the blinding shortcomings of conventional night vision goggles. And slowly but surely, this heat-sensing imaging technology is working its way into the consumer market. Specifically, onto your iPhone.
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Law enforcement didn’t pull any punches during its manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers, going so far as to lock down an entire metropolis while they searched. Even when officers thought they had the second suspect cornered in Watertown boat, they confirmed their suspicions with a camera that can spot people from up to 10 miles away. Just to be sure. More »
While we had previously seen the stunning thermal images that helped police confirm that Boston Marathon bombing suspect was indeed hiding in a boat, under a tarp, in Watertown, Massachusetts, now the raw video of the camera in action has been released. More »
There was no small amount of technology that went into the capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev, but perhaps none was more impressive than the helicopter-mounted, forward-looking infrared camera that confirmed once and for all that there was someone hiding in a boat in Watertown, Massachusetts. And that he was almost certainly Dzokhar Tsarnaev. More »
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