CES

Day 1 of CES was very nice. With products like Pebble Steel, Steam Machines, and Sharp’s 85-inch, 8k 3DTV concept, new innovation is being shown every day. But four products have really opened my eyes these past two congested days. Razer’s Project Christine, Razer Nabu, Toyota’s iRoad and LG’s Web OS TV.

Project Christine is Razer’s initiative to build a modular gaming PC. They claim to be working on this for the past two years and it looks absolutely stunning. The modules could be graphics, CPU, memory, storage, and more. These modules could be sold by third party companies or Razer themselves.

The Razer Nabu is not a smartwatch nor a fitness band it is a…….well……..its a life band I guess. It has some basic smartwatch features such as seeing calls, messages, and notifications as well as fitness band features like sleep tracking. But where the excitement really begins is in the capability for Nabu to recognize gestures. For example, when you shake hands with someone who also has a Nabu, it immediately exchanges contact information. Just imagine the potential if this thing was open source (never going to happen though).

Toyota’s iRoad is a combination car and motorcycle aimed for a Citi Bike like concept, where you can rent on and take it on the road. The only thing is that the main market for this is Europe and Asia, not really the U.S. So, this might not have a largely expanded showing in the U.S. And personally, I agree with that completely.  

LG’s Web OS TV was long rumored and leaks did emerge a week before CES of how Web OS ran on this TV. In my opinion, it looks absolutely stunning. You might think, ew, Web OS! LG has hired some amazing designers to redesign this presumably dead operating system. LG is trying to get as many partners as it can for it. For an unreleased product, they have gotten all the big names down.  

That is it for today. Stay tuned for a new special member to our team!