Every year, thousands of new tech pieces are invented, created and tested in the hopes of being the next big thing. The potential stars of 2016 were showcased at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week and these are (our) favourites so far:
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Need we say more?Fitbit Blaze
Maybe we just got attached to this brand because of their super catchy and uplifting jingle, but the reality is that Fitbit has waded into the smartwatch world with style and grace. The Fitbit Blaze claims a five-day battery life and is cheaper than an Apple Watch.
Phase One
This might be a bit of a personal preference as I am trying to stay away from all the fitness and baby gadgets, but the Phase One has been on my radar for a while now. The XF 100MP camera is capable of shooting incredibly detailed images thanks to its 100MP CMOS sensor – almost 10 times as powerful as the 12MP sensor in your iPhone 6s. It does, however, cost around $48,990. So casual. Mom?
OLED display
We are, after all, a news platform so imagine reading us on something that was nearly as flexible as a newspaper? The LG showcased an 18-inch paper-thin OLED display which has a 1200 x 810 ppi resolution, and could be used to lend future e-readers an authentic paper-like appearance in the future. How sexy will we look on that?
Fisher Price Code-A-Pillar
There has been so much talk about the need for coders and that the best ones start out young. Hell, if you have watched Mr. Robot, you’ll know the main character started at the age of seven by copying website’s source code and re-editing it to see how it changed. So, some clever and thoughtful cats made a toy for future programers. Designed to teach critical thinking skills to tomorrow’s coders, this reconfigurable caterpillar toy lets pre-schoolers re-arrange the body parts of the robotic insect. Each body segment gives the chain a different command (forward, left, right, wait, and more). By stringing the caterpillar together, kids learn how to create a program, telling the robot what path to walk along. I want one.
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