1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Get in touch with technology with text stuff from stuff 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: in there everyone, and welcome to text stuff. I'm Jonathan 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: Strickland and I'm Lauren and I'm tired. Why are you tired, Jonathan? 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: Because I just got back from last wages. I went 5 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: the c e S two thousand fourteen in Las Vegas, Nevada. 6 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: C e S, of course, formerly known as the Consumer 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Electronics Show, now known only as c e S, the 8 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: biggest trade show on the face of the planet, possibly 9 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: in the Milky Way. It's where lots of different electronics 10 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: companies come together to show off the stuff what they 11 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: have and some of the stuff what they do not 12 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: have yet but think it might be pretty cool perhaps 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: in the future. Yeah. So one thing I want to 14 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: say right at the very top of this show is 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: that some of the stuff you see it's c S. 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: I know a lot of our listeners probably have never 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: been to a ce S. You probably because it's a 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: professional organization. Yep, it's it's it's industry to be either 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: media or a buyer for a company or etcetera, or 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: an exhibitor of some sort. Industry associate is what some 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: of them are called, UM, which I think is the 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: most vaguely defined of all the different groups. But anyway, 23 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: it's a place where they'll show off stuff, not just 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: the stuff that's coming out. They'll show off stuff that 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: has already been out but maybe hasn't hit widespread notice yet. 26 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: Or maybe it's stuff that you've heard about for a 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,279 Speaker 1: few months but you haven't had a chance to actually 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: see or get your hands on it. So some of 29 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: the things that I actually have in my list of 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: stuff that I saw and personally experienced while it's c 31 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: e S. If you've been paying really close attention to 32 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: the tech news, you'll be like, well, I am pretty 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: sure I heard about that in the spring of Why 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: are you talking about now? Well, I'm talking about now 35 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: because now is when I finally got my grip a 36 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: little hands on it. So now, when I went to 37 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: ce S, I was specifically going in my capacity as 38 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: host of another show called Forward Thinking. Right, So if 39 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: you guys have not checked out Forward Thinking, you should 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: go do that. We also have an audio podcast, and uh, 41 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: not only am I on that audio podcast, but Lauren 42 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: you're on that audio podcast too. That is extremely correct. 43 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: Also joining us on that podcast is Mr Joe McCormick, 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: who is a writer for the video series. Yes, he's 45 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: one of the In fact, I would call him the 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: head writer. Yes, And so I went there kind of 47 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: looking at technologies that I thought were sort of in 48 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: that vein bringing the future into the present, which meant 49 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: that I didn't spend as much time looking at a 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: lot of the technologies that really dominate some of the 51 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: main floors at c S well, although also I would 52 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 1: argue that some of the main technologies that dominate the 53 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: floors of CEES are things that we have seen so 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: frequently and just add infinitem that it gets to a 55 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: point where it's like, I don't care about your four 56 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: K television or your new smartphone or your new tablet. 57 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: If it doesn't if it doesn't do something different, why 58 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: why am I looking at? And even the break dancing 59 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: stuff is getting a little old, folks, let me tell you, 60 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: um no, but you know you're totally right right, Like 61 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: you'll hear that after every CES about a I think 62 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: the day after c e S is over, you hear 63 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: all the journalists lamenting like where was all the cool 64 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: stuff now? Not that four K televisions aren't cool, they 65 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: are gorgeous, but you know when Here's the other thing 66 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: is that you know, you go to five or six 67 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: enormous booths. These boots are dominated by these four K 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: televisions that are everywhere and every kind of shape and 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: size that you can imagine. Some of them are even flexible. 70 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: We'll talk about one of those. Um they are, uh, 71 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: they're really cool when you see them, but after you 72 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: see a few of them, it feels like you're just 73 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: seeing the same thing repeatedly, and it doesn't really matter 74 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: which uh manufacturer you start with. And this isn't to 75 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: say that all four K televisions are equal, but just 76 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: that after you've seen a few, it feels like you're 77 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: seeing the same thing as place after place. So let 78 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: me let me explain to you guys before we go 79 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: into some of the specifics of the technology that I saw, 80 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: what it is kind of like to go to a 81 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: c E S. It sounds like like a calming spa 82 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: that you go to to sort of collect yourself. And well, 83 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: let me let me shatter the illusions you have, Lauren. 84 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: First of all, so the main hallways at CEES are 85 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which has three point 86 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: one million square feet of exhibition space. So lots of space. 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: Right that, that area is divided into three main halls. 88 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: You have the South Hall, which actually has two floors, 89 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: both of which are huge. You have the Central Hall 90 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: that happens to be where all the really big name 91 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: manufacturers like Sony, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, those are all in 92 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: the Central Hall, I think. You have the North Hall, 93 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: which is mostly automotive tech and then some other stuff. 94 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: But beyond that you also have space at the l 95 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,119 Speaker 1: v h which is now called the Las Vegas Hotel, 96 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: used to be the last Vegas Hilton, so they've got 97 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of booths there. A lot of them are 98 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: international booths, but they have other stuff there as well. 99 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: Then you have the Venetian and the Sands Expo Center. 100 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: At the Venetian itself, within the towers, you have a 101 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: lot of the audio uh manufacturers, because it turns out 102 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: that showing your super high fidelity audio system in the 103 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: middle of a noisy convention hall doesn't necessarily give a 104 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: person a real sense of what it's capable of doing, 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: so there are a lot of them that will have 106 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: a suite at the Venetian. Then you have the Sands 107 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: Expo Center, which is another convention center that has uh 108 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: it had the let's see that one had the Eureka 109 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: Park area. Wearable tech was there or they actually call 110 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: it fashion tech, which that was fun, had fun there, 111 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: and then robotics. There was some robotics stuff there as well. 112 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: So anyway, it's it's so what you're saying is that 113 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: this is spread out throughout basically the entirety of Las Vegas, 114 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: at least the Strip. Well yeah, yeah, there's other parts 115 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: of Las Vegas than the Strip, I'm aware, um, but yeah, 116 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: but the Strip itself is dominated and if you even 117 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: if you are talking about all the different exhibition space. 118 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: After hours, there are lots of meetings and parties. I 119 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: didn't go to. I went to one meet up slash 120 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: party thing. It was the Discovery Digital Slash Revision three 121 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: meet up because I'm part of that, so I went 122 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: to that, but I didn't really go to any of 123 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: the other parties this time. I did go to some 124 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: of the press events, but those were really to give 125 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to see some of the smaller companies 126 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: that otherwise you might overlook because you're, you know, waiting 127 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: between two booths that are the size of your house. 128 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: You might miss the one that's the size of a cubicle. Sure, 129 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: And and just to give you an idea of the 130 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: scope of the number of people that go every year. 131 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: UM total attendance last year was a hundred and fifty 132 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: two thousand, seven hundred and fifty nine people. Yeah, I 133 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: would I would suspect that for two thousand fourteen was 134 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: probably about the same. Those are the jections that I've seen. 135 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: I've seen projections around. Yeah, it doesn't. It didn't feel 136 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: like it was more crowded to me, So I felt 137 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: like and most it was probably, you know, around the 138 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: same number. So let's talk about some of the stuff 139 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: I actually saw and some of the stuff I didn't 140 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: see but happened at CES. Because here's the thing. As 141 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: one person, it is impossible to see everything. You're just 142 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: not going to and and next year I'm hoping to 143 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: be able to to go and help him out with that. 144 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: That was sweet. If one of us could cover, like 145 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: even if we're talking about still covering major sections, like 146 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: one of us takes of the Nation and the other 147 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: one takes the Las Vegas Convention Center, that's still means 148 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: seeing a lot more than we would otherwise because you know, 149 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: having one person to do all of it is really difficult. 150 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: So let's start with the four K televisions. So four 151 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: K that's essentially talking about you know, ultra high definition, right, 152 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: so it's not exactly four times the resolution of a 153 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: ten A d P television, but essentially like the biggest 154 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 1: issue with four K TVs right now, I mean, apart 155 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: from the fact that they're still fairly expensive. Although I 156 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: think Visios announced a thousand dollar one. I think it's 157 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: k TV, do not have the size information on it, 158 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: but um, but being that they are the most popular 159 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: TV manufacturer in the United States, this announcement supposedly has 160 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: a bunch of other companies kind of scared. Yeah, because 161 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't that long ago that four k's 162 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: were just prototypes and they were saying, when it comes 163 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: to market, it's gonna be a ten thousand, twelve thousand 164 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: dollar television. Right Uh. Now, we're starting to see them 165 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: get down in the one thousand to two thousand, five 166 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: hundred dollar range for some of the quote unquote bargain brands, 167 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: and then the more premium brands are probably closer to 168 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars, So still expensive, but at a thousand dollars. 169 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: You're talking, you know, about something that is within the 170 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: reach of a much larger potential audience. But here's the 171 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: caveat I would give all of you. Getting content for 172 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: your four K television right now is a bit of 173 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: a challenge. It is. Although Netflix had a really interesting 174 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: announcement about that the show Did you hear about this? 175 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: I did? I did? Netflix talked about streaming in four K? Yeah? Yeah, 176 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: they They said that House of Cards Season two will 177 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: definitely be streaming in four K, and that every original 178 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: Netflix series from here on out is going to be 179 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: shot in four K UM. Furthermore, that Breaking Bad is 180 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: going to be remastered and released for streaming in four 181 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: K and UM. Basically after that, all of these smart 182 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: TV companies on the show floor announced that they will 183 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: be supporting a four K Netflix app in the future. 184 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: And also we should point out that that a lot 185 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: of these televisions can also upgrade and incoming image. Essentially, 186 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: it's like interlacing. You're you're adding more pixels into it, 187 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: so you're artificially making it a higher definition picture. I 188 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 1: will tell you that by looking at what you could 189 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: certainly see the difference, like I've often said that between 190 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: two K and four K, it's really hard for me 191 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: to detect the difference. It's still true, but um, you 192 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 1: can tell that's sharper. A four K television is definitely 193 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: sharper than say, an HDTV. It did, however, bring up 194 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: some concerns which I very Cattalie talked about with a 195 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: friend of mine who was looking at the TVs with me, 196 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: where she and I were focusing on the makeup of 197 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: the people on screen because you could see where it 198 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: was clumping. Oh, Jonathan, why would you? Why would you 199 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: do that when you yourself are filmed and aren't you 200 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: filmed in four K? For forward thinking, I am, and 201 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: that's exactly why I was looking at it and pay 202 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: because I was thinking, one day, the stuff I shoot 203 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: could be on one of these screens, and this is 204 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: what I'm going to look like. I'm just saying that 205 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: maybe you shouldn't be catty about it, Cattie, not not 206 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: about the person, but rather about the technology showing all 207 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: the flaws. I'm saying, makeup karma, man, makeup car no, no no, no, no. 208 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: I totally get that. I totally get that. Like I 209 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: I don't, I don't want to be able to see 210 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: all the pores of a person. I don't blame the 211 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: person for the pores. I blame the technology. Um So 212 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit freaked out by that too. I'm 213 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: not sure that I need that much detail of realism 214 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: when I'm watching. I don't know, can you are? Let 215 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: me let me let me give you a title of 216 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: a show, and I want you to imagine that title 217 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: that show in ultra high definition. Okay, Real Housewives of Atlanta, 218 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: Real Housewives of Atlanta, ultra high definition. Can you imagine? 219 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: I think I think we're going to need a replacement host. 220 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: So anyway, that's that was one of those things where 221 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: I can imagine it for certain things being incredible, like sports, 222 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: forget it, sports sports. They had some sports footage showing 223 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: on some of these TVs and it looked like you 224 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: were on the field. I mean it was beautiful. And 225 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: I'm not a big sports guy, but even I was 226 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: getting excited seeing this kind of thing. And uh and 227 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: and you know, I don't know, like like really really 228 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: visually arresting films, like I could picture getting pretty excited 229 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: about watching like a Julie Tamar movie on fork or 230 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:55,359 Speaker 1: or giermol Pan's Labyrinth and four K would be amazing. 231 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: Or if you're a ridiculous stener like me, like a 232 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: David Cronenberg film, that sounds the whole good, terrifying, wonderful. 233 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: When you have to clean the viscera off the screen 234 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: of your television, you know, it's truly aversive. Well. One 235 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: of the TVs that I wanted to mention in particular 236 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: was a Samsung eight five inch television that was bendable. 237 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: They were they had a lead screen and it could bend, yeah, 238 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: like bended the push of a button demand you could 239 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: bend it. And the idea curve TVs, by the way, 240 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: one of the big trends. Oh yeah, yeah, especially last year. 241 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: I think that everyone was like, it's curved and people 242 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: were like whatever, you know, how do I mount that 243 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: on my wall? Um? But the idea of the curved 244 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: screen gives you a wider viewing angle, right, because that's 245 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: one of the problems with the flat screens that you 246 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: start getting off to the side a little bit. And 247 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: if you're like me, like like my living room and 248 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: kitchen are next to each other, and that it's a 249 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: very wide kind of room. So if I'm in the 250 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: kitchen preparing something. I can see where the TV is, 251 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 1: but I can't really see what's on it because of 252 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: the angle I'm at curve TV, I would be able 253 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: to see a little bit more, and so this one 254 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: could actually go from flat to actual curve by pushing 255 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: the button. And at first everyone thought this is just 256 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: a pro type, it's just on display sea and then 257 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: they announced that it was going to be on sale 258 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: later this year. Yeah, second half, So that's something that 259 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: that might have been one of those things where they 260 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: were judging the response on the show floor deciding whether 261 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: or not to go forward, or it could have just 262 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: been that we were playing coy the whole time. I 263 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: don't know. So yeah, TV is huge obviously, so I 264 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: wanted to get that all the way because that's that's 265 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: the thing that you're going to see the most of 266 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: if you were to walk into, say the central hall. 267 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: But let's move on. How about some of the more 268 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: funky ones, because we had people actually right in and say, 269 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: can you cover some of the strange tech that was 270 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: out there? How about polarized contact lenses? Oh yeah, I 271 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: saw that one in a vega. Yeah, it looks like 272 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: if you were to look at the actual lens. They 273 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: look like regular contact lenses. They're floating and solution, except 274 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: they have like a little silver disc. And it turns 275 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: out that it's a polarized contact lens that you wear 276 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: in in you pair it with a pair of augmented 277 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: reality glasses. All right, this isn't polarization with the purpose of, 278 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: for example, UM cutting down on UV light the way 279 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: that a pair of polarized sunglasses would be UM. This 280 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: is this is specifically for watching tech, allowing you to 281 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: focus on two different focal ranges simultaneously. So and and 282 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: the way that it works I think, uh was that 283 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 1: if you have a filters in these micro lenses, they 284 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: can focus the display of a of a digital readout 285 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: onto the center of your retina while focusing the ambient 286 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: light that you're getting from the rest of the world 287 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: on the surrounding area of your retina. That's exactly right. 288 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: So let's say that I'm wearing these glasses and I'm looking, 289 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, off in the distance. Let's say that you're 290 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: you're thirty feet away from me, and you're waving to me, 291 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: and at the same time, I've got my Twitter feed 292 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: up because you know, I'm me, of course. So normally, 293 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: the way it would work, let's say if it's with 294 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: Google Glass, I would put my focus on the screen 295 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: that is physically closer to my eye, but I would 296 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: adjust so that it was looking at that focal length. 297 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: You would be out of focus right right I. You 298 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: would just be a blurb bouncing up an on waving, 299 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't even know. I just be mildly distracted 300 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: while I'm looking at all the replies of that funny 301 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: thing I just tweeted. But with this approach, you would 302 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: be in the same focal length. My brain would essentially 303 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: say that if I were focusing on you, I could 304 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: also at the same time focus on the stuff that 305 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: was coming through on the Twitter feed. And uh, that's amazing. 306 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: So to be able to be able to focus on 307 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: something that's literally right in front of your eye and 308 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: something that's further like twenty feet away at the same 309 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: time is kind of phenomenal. Yeah, and this is definitely 310 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: in the research kind of stages right now. But the applications, 311 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the technology that could make augmented 312 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: reality work. Yeah, yeah, if if if you want to 313 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: have something that's not just a tiny little screen that 314 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: you have to look away from the world. Yeah, yeah, 315 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: and that you can wear while you're driving or something 316 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: like that. That's pretty neat. So I got to hold 317 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: the contact lenses. They didn't let me put them on 318 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: because they only had the one pair. Another big thing 319 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: that was shown off, actually it's not big, it's mall. 320 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: But another thing that was shown off quite a bit 321 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: where the throw projectors. These are the ideas of, you know, 322 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: a projector that you can put in a room that 323 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: will project against a wall or a screen. And they 324 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: had a four that Some of them were really beautiful. 325 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: Sony had a four K throw projector that you can 326 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: put up right next to a wall. It was kind 327 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: of like a little pyramid and it leaned back would 328 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: project the display directly against the wall. You had put 329 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: it in front of four K resolution. I think it's 330 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: like thirty dollars, So you know, it's just a just 331 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: a quick joint to the mortgage company to put a 332 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: second mortgage on my house and I can get one 333 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: of these things. Um. But it was really kind of 334 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: a neat idea. And of course these are the sort 335 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: of technologies the prices will fall as manufacturing processes and 336 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: improve and demand increases. Sure, I imagine that this will 337 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: be a luxury item for a good period of time, 338 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: because even pretty conventional projectors right now are still not 339 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: pretty expective. Yeah, and you know that there's an obvious 340 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: attraction to them because you're not limited to the size 341 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: of a television screen, even a big TV screen. You 342 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: can go. You can go even bigger than the biggest 343 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: TV screens that are conventionally available. And you don't have 344 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: to figure out, how do I support this enormous piece 345 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: of technology, because it's just rejection. Yeah. And and when 346 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: you're I mean, at a certain point, you're you're cutting down. 347 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: I would imagine on a little bit of the energy 348 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: of running a a l ED or a LEAD. And furthermore, 349 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: the components for an l D and O LEAD are 350 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: are not cheap all the time. That's true too, especially 351 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: if you want to go to AMMA lead. If you 352 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: go to m LAD, then you get talking serious cash. Uh. 353 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: The Oculus Rift had a new prototype, yeah, the crystal 354 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: cove version. This one actually had on it some little 355 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: sensors on the outside that allow a camera to help 356 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: track your motions to make it even more precise, right, 357 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: A separate camera that you that you mount somewhere in 358 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: your room, and it's got a little the little motion 359 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 1: tracker like stickers almost around the set kind of like 360 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're you've got uh like a golem 361 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: there on your eyes. And using that technology, it will 362 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: let the wear um like like lean over a ledger, 363 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: peer around a corner in its in the game world, 364 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: right right, it gave even more points of articulation within 365 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: the virtual world. Now. They were quick to say that 366 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: the the consumer Oculus Rift may or may not ever 367 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: use the same sort of technology, right, This is all 368 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: in prototype still so and also there's no telling that 369 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: this particular prototype is going to go to developers anytime soon. 370 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: Oh sure. Yeah. Um other features that this one had 371 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: I read about and and led display, higher resolution um 372 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: yeah yeah, high lower latency, lower latency, less motion blur um. 373 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: Palmer Lucky said specifically about that that manufacturers have been 374 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: starting to take him seriously since he you know, raised 375 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: over seventy five million dollars in funding and funding over 376 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: the past year. So and that there and that that 377 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: has helped him, um create some dedicated parts for this 378 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: device as opposed to just hey, let's Hey, let's let's 379 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 1: show did this talent into into this, so that that 380 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: was pretty cool. And another headset. There are a couple 381 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: of different headsets that were on display at CES, but 382 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 1: the only other one that I personally got a chance 383 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: to take a look at was a Sony headset. Oh yeah, 384 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: they're wearable HDTV right yeah hmz T three q uh 385 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: just rolls off the tongue. So this this is not 386 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: for gaming, you know. Oculus Rift is mainly for gaming 387 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: virtual reality kind of approach, although they've talked about other 388 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: potential applications, but that's the main focus, right, This one's 389 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,239 Speaker 1: not that way. The idea is that you're there as 390 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: a passive observer for entertainment, So in other words, you're 391 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: watching movies and television on this thing. But but my 392 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: movies are television that have been filmed with like a 393 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy degree field of view that you can 394 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: kind of look around in. It's yeah, it's kind of designed. 395 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 1: The idea is that sort of creates a representation of 396 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: sitting in a movie theater looking at seventy five ft 397 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: wide screen. So I imagine that you're saying, in the 398 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: best seat in the house, there's no and sitting in 399 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: front of you, but you're and you're viewing a mute 400 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: a movie. That's what it's supposed to be. That that's 401 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: the experience that's supposed to be. Like. So as soon 402 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: as I saw this, I thought, I wish I had 403 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: this whenever I got on a plane, because I could 404 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: drown the rest of that world out watch a movie. 405 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: It's all right there. I can watch whatever I like. 406 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about, you know, someone leaning over and 407 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: watching my movie I bought, or putting their feet up 408 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: on the back of your chair, or they might do 409 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: that anyway, but at least I won't be aware of it, 410 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: because I'll be lost in a fantasy world of some sort. 411 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 1: I don't know what movie I would pick to be 412 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: the first one. I'd want something really spectacular, though maybe Uh, 413 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 1: there was a little independent film made back in nine 414 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: seven that had some people running around with laser swords 415 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: that I might want to watch. But you know, i'd 416 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: figure something out. Um, what about the pre O v 417 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: R Body suit? Did you get a chance to see this? 418 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 1: That's not one that I got a chance to look at. 419 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: Tell me all about it, all right, So imagine that 420 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: you have a Basically, it's a harness. It's a harness 421 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: that even has arm straps that go down with sensors 422 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: on your head, on your your torso, on your arms, uh, 423 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: and it is designed to sense all the motion. And 424 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: it was being used in a game that they had 425 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: shown off specifically at c e S that was a 426 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: zombie survival game because zombies um and the way it 427 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: worked was that it could track all your motions in 428 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: real time, so it's a motion tracking suit that you're wearing. 429 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: I thought this was really interesting. I wasn't really sold 430 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: on it, mainly because I think now that we've reached 431 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 1: a level of sophistication with camera technology like the Connect, 432 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: I'm not entirely convinced that something like this is necessary 433 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: for you to be able to have that kind of 434 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: level of immersion. But you know, even if it's not necessary, 435 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: there were some tricks that I think would be harder 436 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: to pull off with a camera based system. So in 437 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: one of the little videos, they show this guy who's 438 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: just very casually killing zombies off left and right. He 439 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: picking up a Batwin nails in it, and he's got 440 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: a handgun at one point after he's just blown up 441 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: a bunch of zombies on a bridge. One zombie starts 442 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: shuffling onto the screen to the character's left. All right, 443 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: so here's the guy standing in space. He's looking at 444 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: the screen. He sees that there's a zombie shuffling off 445 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: to his left. He raises his right arm, puts it 446 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: behind his head, and then does the gun move so 447 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: that his gun and this character on the screen pulls up, 448 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: plots his gun behind his head and does it behind 449 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: the head shot and kills the zombie. And at that point, 450 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: I think, you know, maybe a camera would have trouble 451 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: with having the right algorithm to track exactly where the 452 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: arm is and to know that the arm is gone 453 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: behind the head. Right. Getting that level of specificity off 454 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: of especially UM infrared related cameras, it's going to be 455 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: a little bit difficult. UM And I don't think that 456 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: that's the only I was doing a little bit of 457 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: reading UM and I'm probably gonna do a blog post 458 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: over on the aforementioned for thinking about this. A MEO 459 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: arm band, which is a similar it's a more compact 460 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: device than this one. Sounds like um it's it's just 461 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: a little stretchy bracelet that you can put on your 462 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: forearm and uh, and so you could have it track 463 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: very small motions like like like pretending to pull a trigger, 464 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: uh that you didn't. You wouldn't have to make quite 465 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: such a big gesture for a camera to pick up 466 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: right right. Yeah, And there was a lot of motion 467 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: tracking and eye tracking technology on display at ce S. 468 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: I had a lot of fun looking at that stuff 469 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: and playing with that stuff. Um. I was really impressed 470 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: with the fact that some of these companies have created 471 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: algorithms that allow them to use even super cheap webcams 472 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: as a connect like motion sensor. Now, so I was 473 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: looking at one that it was built directly into a laptop. 474 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: It was not a special webcam. All it was doing 475 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 1: was running the motion tracking software. But you could do 476 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: connect like gestures and control stuff on the computer. So 477 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: to me, it's really remarkable that we can even develop 478 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: software that can overcome the limitations of the hard wear. 479 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: And then you think, well, if you were able to, 480 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: you know, do that software for hardware that specifically designed. Yeah, 481 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: when when that was one of the companies I talked 482 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: to specifically was talking about that. Let's talk a little 483 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: bit about robots. I got to see a lot of 484 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,719 Speaker 1: different kinds of robots. Yeah, Parrot had a bunch of 485 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: new mini drowns out. Yeah, they had the little Sumo 486 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: jumping robot. Uh yesh. Sumo robot is like a imagine 487 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: imagine a sphere has wheels on either side, and part 488 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: of the sphere, like the back of the sphere is 489 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: a little elongated that's got a little stubby tail. The 490 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: tail is just long enough so that when it tilts backward, 491 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 1: like when it when it rotates back against its axis 492 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: to the ground, so it can actually put push the 493 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: stubby tail against the ground and jump and it jumps 494 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: like two ft high. They did Parrot did a a 495 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: a display where they had this stage set up and 496 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: every fifteen minutes or so they would do maybe even 497 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: ten minutes or so, they would do a demonstration where 498 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: the robots would roll out onto the stage, a couple 499 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: would jump up on the stage. Of the stage itself 500 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: was elevated more than a foot off the floor, so 501 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: some of the robots would jump from the floor to 502 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: get up on the stage. A couple of would jump 503 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: up onto neighboring drums, and then what they would do 504 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: is they'd use the little tail to drum a rhythm, 505 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: and meanwhile the flying Parrot robots, the little mini drums 506 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: would come out and do a little choreographed maneuver all together, 507 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: and it was all done to a song and it 508 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: was really well done, very charming. So a Parrot, of course, 509 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: is the the company that created the parrot a r drone, 510 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: the one that has a camera you can control with 511 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: an iPhone. I remember the very first time I saw that, 512 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: and it blew me away. And they're just continuing to 513 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: build in this space. They do other stuff too, It's 514 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: not just robotics, but that's probably the most visible thing. 515 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: It's the chance they do. But another robot that I 516 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: got to see was there there's a company called Modular Robotics, 517 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: and they build robots that are meant for kids to 518 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: play with, where imagine building blocks, but the building blocks 519 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: have within them all the components of a robot, and 520 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: when you snap them together, they make those connections based 521 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: upon the way you build them. So if you build 522 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: them with some sort of actuating arm, they can move 523 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: the actuating arm. You can put a sensor on them 524 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: so that they react to a specific change and stimuli. Yeah, 525 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: and so if you like have a motion sensor and 526 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: you move in front of it, it will move because 527 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: of the actuators and the sensors you put on it 528 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: and it all. It's completely modular, so you can build 529 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: whatever kind of robot you want. I got to play 530 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: with one that ended up being like a remote controlled 531 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: vehicle that all the controls were on a tablet and 532 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: they were done in slighter form, and it was a 533 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: little difficult to get the hang of it first because 534 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: to control the left wheel uh and one. And if 535 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: I wanted it to roll four word compared to where 536 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: I was standing, because there was really no forward or 537 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: backward on this petular device. But if I wanted to 538 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: roll forward based upon where I was standing the left wheel, 539 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: I'd have to slide the slider up. Right wheel, I 540 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: have to slide the slider down so it would also 541 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: turn in the right direction. And then if I reversed 542 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 1: one of those, it would start spinning in a circle. 543 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: And then if I reverse both of them, I could 544 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,239 Speaker 1: make it roll backward right like if I may. If 545 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: I made right go up and left go down, it 546 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,199 Speaker 1: would roll back toward me. Took some time for my 547 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: brain to learn, but both of those were great examples 548 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: of technology designed to uh to teach kids about engineering 549 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: and technology and creativity. Uh. And that was a lot 550 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: of fun. I honestly, I played with them quite a 551 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: bit and I had a lot of fun. Um. So, anyway, 552 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: we've got a ton more stuff to talk about at CES, 553 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: including some things that I didn't get to see, but 554 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: we'll we'll touch on. But before we talk about all that, 555 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: let's take a quick break to thank our sponsor. Alright, 556 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: so we're back, uh and I'm really back, which is nice. 557 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: So one of the things I got to see because 558 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: Forward Thinking was the you know, that was the show 559 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: that was representing Forward Thinking sponsors Toyota, Right, and Toyota 560 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: actually sponsored all of Discovery Digital this year, which was 561 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: great and it meant that I got to have some 562 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: really up close and personal encounters over at the Toyota booth. Yeah, 563 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: and Toyota had a bunch of the main thing if 564 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: you have watched the Foward Thinking videos that you will 565 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: have noticed is that Jonathan got to see a bunch 566 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 1: of prototypes of fuel cell technology, which was great, you know, 567 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: to see a fuel cell vehicle design as well as 568 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: their their plan for fuel cells. Fuel cells, I mean 569 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: This is an idea that's been around for more than 570 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: a century, but it's been really hard to get that 571 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: as a viable alternative to other types of car options, right. 572 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,479 Speaker 1: I mean, you've got electric cars and you've got gasoline cars. 573 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: But the problem is is that as as a fuel, 574 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: hydrogen or unbonded hydrogen is a little bit tricky to 575 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: get ahold of, and so you've got some energy problems there, 576 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: and and the the technology itself, the materials science involved 577 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: in it, has been catching up. Yeah. For one thing, 578 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: the materials that you need to build a reliable hydrogen 579 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: based fuel cell are expensive. You know, usually you have 580 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: a very rare metal catalyst like platinum, and that's that 581 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 1: makes the whole thing more expensive. But Toyota has been 582 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: working really hard to reduce that. So that was kind 583 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: of fun. I won't go into more detail because you 584 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: can always go to forward Digging and watch the video 585 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: if you want to. Yeah, yeah, did you also get 586 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: to see Toyota's Eye Road Did you did you hear 587 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: anything about that? Yeah? The super crazy the little like 588 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: miniature smart car. Oh yeah, I got to watch that drive. 589 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: Oh man, it's this is a this is a three 590 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: wheeled almost like like scooter or motorcycle kind of car. 591 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: UM that goes up to about twenty eight miles per hour, 592 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: can go thirty miles on a single charge, and it's 593 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: kind of like a fancy motorcycle. They're talking about using 594 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: it in UM mostly in other countries right now as 595 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: a just really great, you know, inner city transportation method 596 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: that has a really small physical and carbon footprint. Yeah, 597 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: you could. You could park three of these in one 598 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 1: regular car space. Really, I mean, it's there's that tiny. 599 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: They had a circular area where there was a pedestal 600 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: in the middle with one of these on the pedestal, 601 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: and then every so often they would have someone drive 602 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: out in one and around the pedestal. I remember when 603 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: I was watching them drive this around, thinking to myself 604 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: that the guy who was driving it seemed to be 605 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: not having the best time in the world, like it was. 606 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: He had no expression on his face, like just just 607 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: driving this thing, And I'm like, this looks like it 608 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: is the most fun thing to drive has ever been invented. 609 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: And I can't believe this guy doesn't have the biggest 610 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: grin in the world. And that's that's what I heard 611 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,719 Speaker 1: from people who got to test this thing out that 612 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: it was a little bit precarious feeling, but also so 613 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: much fun and so zippy. It was pretty exciting to watch. 614 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: BMW also had a self driving car test and and 615 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: they were doing this. They were letting folks take test 616 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: drives in this automn made a car on a wet 617 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: track with sharp curves and like basically at full tilt. Yeah, 618 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: something like signing a waiver before you go into an exhibit. Yeah, 619 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I would have signed up for 620 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: that one, but I'm fascinated that they did it. Yeah. Bosch, 621 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: the company Bosch, which by the way, we should do 622 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: an episode about Bosch at some point. There, hundred and 623 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old company. Um and they build a 624 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: lot of the stuff that is making this autonomous cars 625 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: and Internet of things of possibility. They actually sponsored the 626 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: Gold Lot, which is was adjacent to the North Hall. 627 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: That was where a lot of the actual car demos 628 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: were taking place where you could see them being driven around, 629 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: including autonomous driving. So that was really cool too. Uh. 630 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: One of the other things I saw, I saw a 631 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: lot of these Actually it's a little thing called a 632 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: steam box. Um. Yeah, steam boxes. They're finally a thing. 633 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, now that we definitely need to do 634 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: a full episode on those down they're actually out. Yeah, 635 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: so yeah, there were some you know, I I go 636 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: back and forth on steam Boxes. I think it's a 637 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: neat idea. I think there's also some big limitations, but 638 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: I'll save all that for a steam Box episode. I'll 639 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: just say that if it's a Linux based operating system 640 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: that's running open g L and most of the games 641 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: in on Steam are direct X games that depend upon Windows, 642 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: I wonder how big the library is gonna be for 643 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: actual Steam os that but that will be a discussion 644 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: will have in another episode. Yeah, there was also the razor. Christine, 645 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: did you see this thing? Oh yeah, this is the 646 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: modular PC and and okay, modular PCs have happened before, 647 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: but this is using PC I express to wirelessly connect 648 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: and sink modules and and like like like the GPU, 649 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: the solid state drive, the CPU, the RAM, the power supply. Yeah, 650 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: so just imagine imagine a tower that has slots in 651 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: it and you have cartridges. Essentially, it's what they look like. 652 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: The cartridges represent the different aspects of the computer, like 653 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: it's GPU or its memory or whatever. And then you 654 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: slide those in, and so since it's modular, if you 655 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: want to upgrade, you take one out and you replace 656 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: it with the new one. Really interesting approach, cool design. 657 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: If some people say it kind of like a tree, 658 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: other people said it's just like a weird tower thing. 659 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: The one two things I would I would give as 660 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: caveats to this is that one Razors is mainly being 661 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: shown as a gaming computer. I would imagine it's going 662 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: to come at a premium price. I would imagine they 663 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: haven't announced that price as of the recording of this podcast, 664 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: which probably means that it's really high. Yeah, plus plus. Again, 665 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: it will depend upon the configuration you design, right. But 666 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: the other thing is that you're limited because even though 667 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: it's modular, it's limited to the modules designed for that computer. Right. 668 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: It's not like you can just go to uh, you know, 669 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: your Fries Electronics or whatever and put whatever you want, 670 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: and then you can't crack open the case, slide one 671 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: card out and put another one in that you bought 672 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 1: from some discount store. You're gonna have to get the 673 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: module either from Raiser or from you know, some third 674 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: party vendor. But I think that for a certain segment 675 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 1: of PC gamers. That could be very attractive. Yes, it 676 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,359 Speaker 1: could be. It could be, and you know, it may 677 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: mean that it's not important to you, especially if you're 678 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: someone who has lots of discretionary income, in which case 679 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: send me money. Alright, So then let's talk about three 680 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: D printers. Ah, yeah, I heard that was out in 681 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: for Oh Boy, maker Bot one of my favorites. Actually, 682 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: I have to remember when I get home, I have 683 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: a figurine printed by MakerBot that I have to bring 684 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: to the office because that's Josh Clark's present from c 685 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: e S. He gets he gets a little grouchy if 686 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: I don't bring him back something. It has become a 687 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: tradition that I bring him back something from c S 688 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: every year. He's very gracious about it, he reminds me frequently, 689 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: which has had to happen more this week because I 690 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: just haven't put in my bag yet. Anyway, three D 691 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: printers maker Bot was out there big time. One of 692 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,959 Speaker 1: the coolest things they had. They introduced a brand new 693 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: three D printer for the consumer that they called their 694 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,919 Speaker 1: Industrial Strength three D Printer, which allows you to print 695 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 1: objects that are up to twelve inches by twelve inches 696 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: by eighteen inches just huge for a three for for 697 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: a concerned um cost about sixty for that. But again 698 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: this is for someone let me maybe like small businesses. 699 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: I love the range of consumer consumer costs for you, 700 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: and I totally understand that is that is way less 701 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 1: than an industrial three D printer of that size or yeah, 702 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,439 Speaker 1: like like if you look back two or three years, 703 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: you're talking thirty thousand, forty thousand dollars to that. But yes, 704 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: still still a chunk of change. I mean, I'm not 705 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: gonna say like it's cheap, but it was definitely impressive 706 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 1: to see they had printed an entire like uh kind 707 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,439 Speaker 1: of like a space marine style helmet that you could 708 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 1: actually put on your head because that's how big it was. 709 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: It was all in one piece too. They didn't have 710 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: to print it in pieces and put it together. It 711 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: was all one piece. It's got a heated chamber, so 712 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: it maintains structural stability while it's printing. It's really crazy. 713 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: And it also has connectivity with apps. So let's say 714 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 1: that you start a print job and then you know, 715 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: it tells you like it will give an estimated time 716 00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 1: of when that print job is going to be finished. 717 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: It prints the resolution if you want to print the 718 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,959 Speaker 1: highest resolution, it's a hundred microns. So that's how thick 719 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: each level is, which is pretty tiny. Right. So let's 720 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 1: say you've wandered off and it suddenly runs out of 721 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: the filament that's using. They'll send you a message saying 722 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,320 Speaker 1: you need to reload the filament. You go and you 723 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,280 Speaker 1: reload the filament and it'll start the print job again, 724 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 1: or it tells you that the print job is over. 725 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: It'll send you in a push notification, especially if you 726 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: need to send another print job to the printer. So yeah, 727 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: kind of neat stuff. But they were not the only 728 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: three D printer company there. There were lots of them. 729 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 1: There was a whole section in the South Hall just 730 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: for three D printing, and there was even a robot 731 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: rolling around the show floor. They had a three D 732 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: printer on top of it. There's a robot with a 733 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 1: three D printer printing out in three D as it 734 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: rolled around. It was a little it was a little much. 735 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: I also didn't put down here the the robot that 736 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: was a grill cleaner. The grill cleaner robot. Yeah, so 737 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 1: just imagine instead of it having wheels, it has these 738 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 1: steel brushes that turn and it just rolls all over 739 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: the place on your grill and for your for your grill. Yeah, 740 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: it gets all up in your grill and cleans it robotically. 741 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 1: Lauren is shaking your head at me. Just you can 742 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 1: take that down in your little bingo sheets. Okay. So 743 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: also while I was there, there was an announcement from 744 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: my favorite, uh smart watch company, Pebble. Yeah, did you 745 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: see the announcement that they had They came out with 746 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: Pebble Steel. Oh that was that was officially announced there, Okay. 747 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: And I knew that it had been on the show 748 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 1: floor and that everyone was really impressed with it. And 749 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 1: when I finally got around to looking up pictures of it, 750 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, this thing I want. Like previous 751 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: previous Pebbles, I was like, that thing is aesthetic, but 752 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 1: this I was like, no, I want to be wearing 753 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: the Pebble Steel is the one that's it's meant to 754 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 1: be more like a luxury watch. It's it's it's it's 755 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 1: a steel or leather band or a combination of the two. 756 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: It's got a really slick little gorilla glass display that 757 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: that the cases is steel. Um. It runs about two 758 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: It's a little more expensive, but I think that they 759 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 1: also had announcements about an app store and software update. Yep, 760 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,680 Speaker 1: so there's going to be more of a of a 761 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 1: uh an ecosystem there. That's the word I wanted to say, 762 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: ecosystem along with Pebble, which that'll be exciting because that'll 763 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: go for all Pebble watches, not just the Pebble Steel. 764 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 1: So if you're if you're wondering, does Jonathan plan on 765 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 1: getting a Pebble steel? Jonathan plans on getting a Pebble 766 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,879 Speaker 1: steel because sometimes you got a dress fancy that will 767 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: go with the other three watches that I have on 768 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: order that haven't arrived yet, one of which I did see. 769 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,239 Speaker 1: Another one at c S one that I had backed on. 770 00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: I can't remember if it was a Kicks. I think 771 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: it was kick Star, and the other Kicks are Indigog 772 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,360 Speaker 1: but things Kickstarter called the CS t O one. C 773 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: S t O one is not a smart watch. It's 774 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: a watch that's kind of like a steel cuff and 775 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,439 Speaker 1: it has e ink, right I remember you talking about 776 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: super flat thin display, very pretty design. Uh. They actually 777 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 1: had one at the ink booth, so I got to 778 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: see one in person, and then they told me that 779 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: it should be shipping pretty soon, so I hope that 780 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: within a couple of weeks I'll finally have my wrist 781 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: on one one on my wrist. I saw Mother when 782 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: I was there, Right, Yeah, so what is what is this? Okay? 783 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: This is a Korean company, I believe, and it's supposed 784 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:45,200 Speaker 1: to be a replacement for your parents. Well, it's really 785 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: supposed to help you monitor things in your home, but 786 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: it's supposed to give you incredible flexibility to do that. 787 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: So a lot of the data stuff we talk about 788 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: are very specific to very particular items, and we'll talk 789 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,839 Speaker 1: about one of those in imediately following. Right, So let's 790 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,760 Speaker 1: say that you're talking about like your thermostat, and we're 791 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about nest soon. Anyway, you collect all 792 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: that data and you can analyze it, and that's really interesting, 793 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: but you're limited. You know, you have to do that piecemeal, right. 794 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 1: You have to go and buy the product that does 795 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 1: the thing, and then you may not even be able 796 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,719 Speaker 1: to integrate that into the other systems you have, So 797 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: that means you end up having forty different apps for 798 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: all the stuff you're doing. The idea with Mother is 799 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: that it becomes a unified base station that allows you 800 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,479 Speaker 1: to monitor pretty much anything. And they have these little 801 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: sensors that they call cookies now right now, and you 802 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: can get them in a cookie jar. It's so cute. 803 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 1: So these little cookies right now are motion sensors. But 804 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,839 Speaker 1: there's going to be more um functionality build into it 805 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: over time. So let's say you attach one of these 806 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 1: cookies to something specific, like your keys, and then you 807 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,360 Speaker 1: can consult mother whenever you can't find your keys, and 808 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,719 Speaker 1: they'll tell you exactly where your keys are. Or you 809 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: put that on one of the other examples they had, 810 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 1: as they had one of these attach to a toothbrush 811 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,320 Speaker 1: so that you can learn whether or not your kids 812 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: were brushing their teeth every night like they were supposed to. 813 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 1: There was other toothbrush related technology, cal Calabree toothbrush. You know, 814 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: I make a list of the stuff I have to 815 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: absolutely see before I go to c E S. And 816 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,759 Speaker 1: Calabrie was on that list. So it says, uh, this 817 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,920 Speaker 1: is a little tiny startup company. And I got to 818 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 1: talk to the inventor of Calabrie is great. He's so enthusiastic, 819 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: it's very genuine, is fun to chat with him. But 820 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:34,320 Speaker 1: calu Bree is a toothbrush that has very much a 821 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,839 Speaker 1: smart toothbrush. It's got sensors in it that can tell 822 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: its attitude, orientation, it's movement. And the idea is that 823 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: you brush your teeth, you put the calu Brie toothbrush 824 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,640 Speaker 1: on its inductive charging stand, which is you know, it's 825 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,879 Speaker 1: way a lot of electric toothbrush is charged and then 826 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: it will send information via bluetooth to your smartphone and 827 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: you get a grade for how well you brush your teeth. 828 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: And it's based not only on the duration becase you're 829 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 1: supposed to brush your teeth for about two minutes you know, 830 00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,360 Speaker 1: each each time you brush your teeth, but also on 831 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: the style, like how you brush your teeth. Are you 832 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: brushing your teeth correctly, because it can tell from the 833 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 1: orientation and the movement where a lot which quadrant of 834 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 1: your mouth you are brushing, and so it gives you 835 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,759 Speaker 1: all this information and the idea is that you can 836 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: improve your brushing technique uh each session and you get 837 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: a better grade. But it also means ultimately that if 838 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: you do this and if if it works properly, and 839 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,600 Speaker 1: if you do it properly, you'll cut down on the 840 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,440 Speaker 1: time you spend in a dentist chair, which to me 841 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: is awesome. So you know, I love this kind of 842 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,759 Speaker 1: technology because the first time you hear about it, you're like, 843 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 1: that sounds ridiculous, and in an app connected toothbrushed that. 844 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,319 Speaker 1: But then when you start thinking about you're like, wait, 845 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 1: if does this mean that I spend less time with 846 00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: having a metal hook jabbed, you know, mercilessly into my 847 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:59,280 Speaker 1: gums repeatedly? I am on board, So I was really excited. 848 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 1: There was another thing. Now, this is an example of 849 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,640 Speaker 1: something that had been introduced in and I had heard 850 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: about it that I hadn't seen it. Texas Instruments had 851 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: created a basketball that had something like sensors in it. 852 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: And what happens is when you throw this basketball, it 853 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: collects all that information and sends it to an app, 854 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,240 Speaker 1: which then tells you what angle you made your throw, 855 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,279 Speaker 1: how hard you threw it, and you know, based upon 856 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:29,080 Speaker 1: where your throw went. Just when you watch and the 857 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: information you get back, you start to learn how to 858 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,200 Speaker 1: make better throws so that you get nothing. But net 859 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,600 Speaker 1: I did not try this because I knew that if 860 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,960 Speaker 1: I were to throw the basketball, it would just tell 861 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,840 Speaker 1: me I can see why you're always picked last, but 862 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,200 Speaker 1: I watched other people do it and it was it 863 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,200 Speaker 1: was cool because you would get, you know, feedback, and 864 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: then the people working it were like, all right, so 865 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,719 Speaker 1: what that would mean is that you need to throw 866 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: a higher arc that kind of stuff, and it was 867 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,400 Speaker 1: really cool to see how that that would help you 868 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,040 Speaker 1: build muscle memory fast. The last thing I have on 869 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 1: my list is inarguably the most important of all the 870 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 1: things I saw while I was at c e S. 871 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,839 Speaker 1: What could that possibly be? Jonathan World Wrestling Entertainment had 872 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,480 Speaker 1: a press conference and if you can smell what the 873 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 1: rock is cooking, They then announced, Sorry, anyone who knows 874 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 1: me knows I am a I'm a rassling fan. He's 875 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: he's a very big wrestling fan. Yeah, and I grew 876 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,000 Speaker 1: up in it in the Atlanta area, So I'm not 877 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:30,120 Speaker 1: talking pro wrestling. I'm a rassling fan, okay. Georgia Championship 878 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 1: Wrestling later on World Class Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. 879 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,920 Speaker 1: We're talking like old school w W. E of course 880 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,560 Speaker 1: is the biggest name in the game of pro wrestling, 881 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,920 Speaker 1: and so they came to c S and I was 882 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,840 Speaker 1: curious to see what they were going to announce. I 883 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,600 Speaker 1: thought maybe it was going to be an app or something, 884 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: but they really hit like hard. They said, what we're 885 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,880 Speaker 1: gonna do is offer up a digital network, which you 886 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:56,840 Speaker 1: know has been in the work works for years. It 887 00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,120 Speaker 1: was originally supposed to launch in two thousand twelve and 888 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:02,720 Speaker 1: has been delayed mull times. Lawrence amused it, how excited 889 00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 1: I'm getting about this. It's a digital network that will stream. 890 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:11,000 Speaker 1: It gives original programming that's related back to the stuff 891 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,040 Speaker 1: that w w E is doing. It also will have 892 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,279 Speaker 1: all of the pay per views. That's twelve pay per 893 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:19,320 Speaker 1: views per year. Uh. And it's a nine dollars um 894 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,480 Speaker 1: subscription per month. So you think, oh, ten dollars per month. 895 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,319 Speaker 1: I don't know about that, but every single pay per 896 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,440 Speaker 1: view is like thirty bucks, you know, so you're already 897 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:29,719 Speaker 1: saving money. I don't know why you wouldn't go ahead 898 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: and do this. Um. Also, they took a note from 899 00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:37,799 Speaker 1: Netflix's book and they put it on everything. So Xbox three, six, 900 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,719 Speaker 1: TPS three, PS four, eventually the Xbox one. I think 901 00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: that'll be live in the summer online through w w 902 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:47,680 Speaker 1: E dot com. So you know, it's that strategy of 903 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,000 Speaker 1: make sure you put it wherever people watch stuff so 904 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,680 Speaker 1: that they can watch it however they like. I I 905 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:58,400 Speaker 1: cannot profess to particularly caring anything about wrestling, but I 906 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,880 Speaker 1: do have to admit that this is an awesome, savvy 907 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,319 Speaker 1: business technology kind of concept to push out, and then 908 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,040 Speaker 1: if they're successful with it, then that could be a 909 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,719 Speaker 1: terrific business model for lots of other media company. I think. 910 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: I think they're also like, the people who are really 911 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,439 Speaker 1: into pro wrestling probably are also people who are really 912 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:17,200 Speaker 1: into things like video games. So being able to access 913 00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:21,319 Speaker 1: this programming through your video game console, which means that 914 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,799 Speaker 1: you don't have to call up your cable carrier or 915 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,279 Speaker 1: use some weird thing in order to order a pay 916 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:29,480 Speaker 1: per view and have all that content available anytime you 917 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,280 Speaker 1: want is pretty phenomenal. They're also going to show older 918 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,759 Speaker 1: UH stuff that they have in their archives, so old WWF, 919 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:41,360 Speaker 1: and I could see this extending to other sports as well. Yeah, yeah, totally. 920 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: This is a it's an interesting model, and in fact, 921 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:47,480 Speaker 1: it is something that UFC has already done, so it's 922 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,080 Speaker 1: similar to the UFC approach. So you know, we're getting 923 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:55,319 Speaker 1: into UH from real actual like martial mixed martial arts 924 00:46:55,360 --> 00:47:00,440 Speaker 1: fighting into sports entertainment with w w E. But um, 925 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,839 Speaker 1: you know, I really, I genuinely was impressed by the 926 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,719 Speaker 1: savvy they were displaying and I could totally picture, like, 927 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,640 Speaker 1: for example, all of all of you crazy footballers out there, 928 00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,960 Speaker 1: when when soccer season runs around, having something similar something 929 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:16,000 Speaker 1: similar could be pretty popular. Now, there was some stuff 930 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,120 Speaker 1: at c e S that we have not mentioned that 931 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,279 Speaker 1: you're probably saying, why haven't you talked about that? And 932 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:22,960 Speaker 1: the main reason is because I wasn't. I didn't actually 933 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,120 Speaker 1: see it myself. But we can actually mention some of uh. Yeah, 934 00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:28,960 Speaker 1: let's let's talk about the PlayStation now. So so, Sony 935 00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,200 Speaker 1: had of course a huge presence at c S. At 936 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,399 Speaker 1: kas hear I, the CEO of Sony was there giving 937 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:39,239 Speaker 1: the keynote. Yep, they Sony has uh on press day 938 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:42,680 Speaker 1: traditionally Sony has the final press event of the night. 939 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,840 Speaker 1: And then they also were the keynote for c S. 940 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,320 Speaker 1: That was something that up until last year was traditionally 941 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,480 Speaker 1: held by Microsoft. Microsoft was the company that would they 942 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:56,120 Speaker 1: would kind of kick off c e S and increasingly 943 00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,240 Speaker 1: strange ways. Um, but but then I'm not forget seeing 944 00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:03,479 Speaker 1: Slash play live on stage because of a Guitar Hero 945 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:09,120 Speaker 1: face off between valmer And and Gates Microsoft about out 946 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,000 Speaker 1: of that entire thing starting last year and um and 947 00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:14,319 Speaker 1: this year's from what I've heard, was a lot more 948 00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,480 Speaker 1: um calm than perhaps it has been in a few 949 00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:19,880 Speaker 1: years might have been. I didn't make it to either 950 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,800 Speaker 1: of the Sony events. I had conflicts on both of them. 951 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,880 Speaker 1: But PlayStation now, for those who are wondering, this is 952 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,520 Speaker 1: something that they were announcing back when they first talked 953 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,360 Speaker 1: about the PlayStation four. It was not it was a 954 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 1: feature that was not going to be ready upon launch, 955 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:36,839 Speaker 1: but they were saying, this is something we're gonna do. 956 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,920 Speaker 1: This is the part that addresses the problem of PlayStation 957 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,759 Speaker 1: four not being backwards compatible with earlier PlayStation games. Right, 958 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:45,440 Speaker 1: this is going to be It's a service that will 959 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:48,600 Speaker 1: stream games for to the PS four, the PS three, 960 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,640 Speaker 1: the Vita, and also eventually smart TVs, tablets, and phones. 961 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,040 Speaker 1: So you'll be able to play PlayStation games on these 962 00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,440 Speaker 1: various devices through streaming. So the actual game is running 963 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,200 Speaker 1: on a remote system and you are your controls are 964 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,320 Speaker 1: are you know being uh. The information is being ferried 965 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,840 Speaker 1: back and forth between your controls and the remote system 966 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,799 Speaker 1: at the cloud system. So, uh, you know, it's a 967 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,960 Speaker 1: it's an interesting, uh solution to that problem because I mean, 968 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,680 Speaker 1: you know, gamers hate when something's not backwards compatible, because 969 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,239 Speaker 1: you know, anytime that you've purchased a thing and you say, oh, 970 00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:27,840 Speaker 1: you can't play that on this new thing that you 971 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,839 Speaker 1: just bought, it's like, but why not? Look, I know 972 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:35,080 Speaker 1: I haven't played Sonic the Hedgehog and years, but I 973 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,440 Speaker 1: might want to write, yeah, and I don't want to 974 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:42,200 Speaker 1: have to unhook something from my television set that's already 975 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,959 Speaker 1: at the max for all the inputs and then hook 976 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,359 Speaker 1: up an old system just to play this. So this 977 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,440 Speaker 1: is a way of addressing that. Now, we don't really 978 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,200 Speaker 1: have enough details there to say, you know exactly how 979 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:54,239 Speaker 1: this is gonna work. Is it gonna be a per 980 00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,520 Speaker 1: game thing, is going to be a subscription thing? There 981 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,560 Speaker 1: are a lot of different opportunities here, and I bet 982 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: that Sony is gonna play with a lot of different 983 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:05,200 Speaker 1: approaches in their various betas they come out. They're going 984 00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,759 Speaker 1: to be in beta starting in February, I believe, and 985 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,520 Speaker 1: looking at a potential rollout towards the end of the summer. 986 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,640 Speaker 1: Other things I didn't see there was one of the 987 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,440 Speaker 1: things I heard got a big buzz was a wearable 988 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:20,239 Speaker 1: device called the Razor Nebu, which is do you read 989 00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:21,840 Speaker 1: anything about that one? So all right, so it's like 990 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:25,040 Speaker 1: a little uh, You're going to both love this and 991 00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,000 Speaker 1: then when I get to one of the elements of it, 992 00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:29,920 Speaker 1: you are going to be horrified. Excellent, Okay. So it's 993 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,879 Speaker 1: a wearable it's it looks like a bracelet. It's got 994 00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,319 Speaker 1: like a little time piece on it. The way I 995 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,759 Speaker 1: was seeing it, everyone was wearing the time piece part 996 00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,080 Speaker 1: on the inside of their risks, so I guess they're 997 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:43,960 Speaker 1: all nurses. Um. Anyway, it's an activity tracker, sleep tracker, 998 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,640 Speaker 1: but it was an activity tracker. Then part of that 999 00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:50,080 Speaker 1: might have been the biometrics of your pulse taking taken 1000 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,000 Speaker 1: from the inside of the wrist, although although I don't 1001 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,960 Speaker 1: know why the display would be there, because you could 1002 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,520 Speaker 1: still have the display on the other side. The sensors 1003 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,080 Speaker 1: could be on the inside that the display could be 1004 00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,719 Speaker 1: on the other anyway. Anyway, So here's the part that's 1005 00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:02,880 Speaker 1: gonna horrify you. But I think it's kind of awesome. 1006 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,080 Speaker 1: So so the video they have that goes along with us. 1007 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:09,560 Speaker 1: It shows different use cases for this technology. So it's 1008 00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,839 Speaker 1: like the uh, the person who needs to get their 1009 00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,640 Speaker 1: notifications all the time, and if they get it on 1010 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,000 Speaker 1: their risk for some reason, that makes it less distracting 1011 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,520 Speaker 1: than if they were whipping out their phone every five seconds. Uh. 1012 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,879 Speaker 1: There's the person who is not sleeping enough, so it's 1013 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:25,800 Speaker 1: actually telling them, hey, you need to get some sleep. 1014 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,799 Speaker 1: Then there's the person who's the dude at the bar 1015 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,239 Speaker 1: who totally wants to meet the chick at the bar 1016 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,239 Speaker 1: but doesn't really know how to approach said chick at 1017 00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,920 Speaker 1: the bar. But both of them are wearing Razor neboos 1018 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:42,080 Speaker 1: that have their personal preferences programmed into them, so it 1019 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,240 Speaker 1: lets him know that she also likes sports and hiking, 1020 00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,279 Speaker 1: so he can go up and say, hey, I saw 1021 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,440 Speaker 1: that you like sports and hiking. I also like sports 1022 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:53,000 Speaker 1: and hiking. And then if she thinks he's cute, she 1023 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,400 Speaker 1: can actually send him a message on his wrist saying 1024 00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:01,000 Speaker 1: hey see you tomorrow. It's on the video. So, um, 1025 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,040 Speaker 1: well that's I mean, I'm not as horrified as I 1026 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,719 Speaker 1: could be by that. It would be. It's an opt 1027 00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:11,240 Speaker 1: in process, and I myself, being an incredibly awkward person, 1028 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:15,040 Speaker 1: could see how it could be useful to have some um, 1029 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,880 Speaker 1: some pre information before starting a conversation. I think it 1030 00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,440 Speaker 1: would be awesome if you know, like you got information 1031 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,239 Speaker 1: about the person like says it says something like for 1032 00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:26,239 Speaker 1: the guy that you you're you're seeing it, you're you're 1033 00:52:26,239 --> 00:52:29,120 Speaker 1: eyeing the dude at the bar, and the information coming 1034 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,520 Speaker 1: back is saying things like, uh, you know, he likes 1035 00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:34,080 Speaker 1: the music you like, and he's he's into art and 1036 00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:37,480 Speaker 1: he's into uh to to kind of like cult films. 1037 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:39,719 Speaker 1: And then meanwhile, the information that comes up on his 1038 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:44,120 Speaker 1: wrist is just saying, I'm so awkward. So but it's 1039 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,759 Speaker 1: opt in, right, that's the approach. That's I actually think 1040 00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:49,000 Speaker 1: it's kind of neat idea. And that granted, I'm happily 1041 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,000 Speaker 1: married and have been for for a long time, so 1042 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,719 Speaker 1: I'm well removed from that scene and I have thankfully 1043 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:59,400 Speaker 1: forgotten how awkward it can be. Um So that's not 1044 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,520 Speaker 1: so much of uh selling point for me? Probably probably not, 1045 00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,600 Speaker 1: but but yes, it's best for everybody, trust me. I 1046 00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,640 Speaker 1: can imagine that would be a pretty good selling point 1047 00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,040 Speaker 1: for for many people. And then the last thing I 1048 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:13,279 Speaker 1: have on my list, although I granted you know, of 1049 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,359 Speaker 1: course There's tons more stuff that we could talk about, 1050 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,640 Speaker 1: but the Roku TV that was a big deal. The idea. 1051 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,040 Speaker 1: Every year Roku has come to c e s and 1052 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:26,759 Speaker 1: really tried to push the envelope with new products. You know, 1053 00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:29,200 Speaker 1: they had that little dongle Roku that came out a 1054 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,080 Speaker 1: while ago where it was essentially a full Roku system 1055 00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:34,120 Speaker 1: but on a thumb drive that you could hook up 1056 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,040 Speaker 1: through a USB port on your on your or maybe 1057 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:38,600 Speaker 1: it was h d my might have been an HDMI 1058 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:40,520 Speaker 1: port on your on your television. I don't have one, 1059 00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 1: so you know, I I have Roku too, and I 1060 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,720 Speaker 1: bought Roku threes for my family because, uh, they're supposed 1061 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,160 Speaker 1: to be really easy to use and have a lot 1062 00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:54,960 Speaker 1: of different services on them. So they're now in the 1063 00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:58,880 Speaker 1: TV business actually building TVs with the Roku H technology 1064 00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:02,080 Speaker 1: built directly into the television. So that was, you know, 1065 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,799 Speaker 1: another big game changer type approach, or at least they 1066 00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:07,600 Speaker 1: hope it will be a game changer. Will it will 1067 00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,840 Speaker 1: remain to be seen whether or not it is. You know, 1068 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,200 Speaker 1: Internet TV, that's one of those things that's been trying 1069 00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:17,520 Speaker 1: to make a real splash for several years now, and um, 1070 00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:21,960 Speaker 1: I think we're finally seeing interfaces that nail it largely 1071 00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:25,279 Speaker 1: in Part two, set top boxes like Roku or like 1072 00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,680 Speaker 1: the console systems that made it. Uh, you know, they 1073 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,960 Speaker 1: had their own user interfaces that seemed to work a 1074 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,879 Speaker 1: little better than some of the skinned stuff you would 1075 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,040 Speaker 1: see on various television sets that we're supposed to be 1076 00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,520 Speaker 1: smart TVs. Yeah. Yeah, and I think that also, um 1077 00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:42,920 Speaker 1: integration with smartphones has really helped out, Like like once 1078 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,200 Speaker 1: we started having enough people with smartphones that were capable 1079 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,000 Speaker 1: of running the kind of apps that were necessary to 1080 00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,359 Speaker 1: control these sort of things before us a remote like that. 1081 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,239 Speaker 1: Yeah too, when your phone becomes your remote, that also 1082 00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,799 Speaker 1: is really handy because you know, especially if you're using 1083 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,000 Speaker 1: your phone for other stuff, like you know, you're playing 1084 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:01,759 Speaker 1: everything Angry Birds while the dreamy boys of Supernatural are 1085 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,120 Speaker 1: out there fighting the baddies, you know, just for example. Uh, 1086 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:07,680 Speaker 1: that's totally not an example from my life, not not 1087 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,480 Speaker 1: at all. I don't play angry Birds. I play plans 1088 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:15,360 Speaker 1: versus zombies, so because it's the matic zombies, so you know, 1089 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,839 Speaker 1: there are no Angry Birds and Supernatural. Actually, I can't 1090 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:20,120 Speaker 1: say that I haven't gotten all the way through them. 1091 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,319 Speaker 1: I'm sure, there's gonna be an episode coming up, all right. 1092 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:26,040 Speaker 1: So anyway, that kind of sums up my experience of 1093 00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,360 Speaker 1: C E S. I just thought it was an interesting 1094 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:32,279 Speaker 1: show from the perspective of quirky future technologies that could 1095 00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,759 Speaker 1: potentially have a big impact either in the implementation has 1096 00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:38,680 Speaker 1: shown off at CES or in future implementations. To me, 1097 00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:41,000 Speaker 1: it was a great show. No, no, I I think 1098 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,840 Speaker 1: that this has been a pretty interesting spread of products. 1099 00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,920 Speaker 1: Of of course, many and and a lot of places 1100 00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:47,759 Speaker 1: where I got my information, being that I did not 1101 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:51,239 Speaker 1: go or some of the excellent coverage from companies like 1102 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:56,160 Speaker 1: Verge and gadget Uns was big. Also, of course, Revision 1103 00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,799 Speaker 1: three did a lot of coverage our buddies. Over Revision three, 1104 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,440 Speaker 1: I had a chance to uh see them at work. 1105 00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,479 Speaker 1: Those people work hard, all of these people, every single 1106 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:09,279 Speaker 1: one we've mentioned so far. I mean they if you 1107 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:12,520 Speaker 1: could see how quickly they turn around from one segment 1108 00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:16,080 Speaker 1: to the next, it's exhausting just to watch. I went 1109 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,359 Speaker 1: there having to shoot three videos. There were other people 1110 00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,959 Speaker 1: there who are like, okay, this is shoot number seven. 1111 00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,960 Speaker 1: Oh and I just feel my eyes roll up into 1112 00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,240 Speaker 1: my head. 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