More exciting new pieces of technology were shown off at CES on Day 3. 3M’s new multi-touch screen technology seemed to grab the attention of everyone passing by their booth without any other motivation or incentive. The ability to be able to take the concept of pinching, sliding and other hand gestures on a screen surface at the same time with two hands is simply an evolution in processing, programming and interface that many have been looking to see debuted at the show for quite a while.
3M showed off real time gaming controls on their screen surfaces that had minimal response delay in programming. Their flight simulator interaction which gave you steering control in one hand and acceleration in the other at the same time was something worth watching and fun to play with.
This new technology will forge the way for new interaction gaming, user content control and interface control without the need for a mouse, keyboard or other external controls for computing.
When Hulu Plus launched in the fall of 2010 more than 50 million devices were able to access the new service from the streaming programming provider on gear from 10 major brand manufacturers.
Hulu, who is owned by NBC Universal, News Corp., and Walt Disney Co., began the Hulu Plus program as an invitation only preview to limited groups of it’s already established viewer/user base. Hulu Plus provides full current television season programming for shows including Glee, Modern Family, The office, and Grey’s Anatomy.
The device line-up of equipment by which you can access Hulu includes Roku, Sony’s Playstation 3, Samsung HDTV’s, Apple’s iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Soon you’ll be able to access the programming on the new Vizio TV’s, various LG Electronics home theater devices, Panasonic Blu-Ray players and HDTV’s, TiVo Premiere DVR’s, X Box 360, Western Digital’s WD TV Live Media Centers and Network Media Players.
Hulu Plus is extending it’s content that will be provided to users in the future which will include back seasons of popular programs including Monk, Battlestar Galactica, Psych, and every episode of all 36 seasons of Saturday Night Live.
Once again we found a cool booth in the far corner of one of the exhibit halls. It was off the beaten path and the company was displaying at CES for the very first time. Their concept of business and what they currently are providing is something everyone that uses technology in 2011 could find useful.
Gazelle.com is a web site company that allows you to trade your old electronics in and receive money back for your old and no longer used equipment. Whether you have an old cell phone, laptop, camera or other piece of electronic equipment they will trade you money based on the wear, use, and other factors with your used equipment.
Gone are the days of having that old computer that no one wants collecting dust over in the corner of your closet or garage. You can now turn it into cash, or get credit at some of their partner companies. In fact if you select the option to choose an Amazon.com voucher card for the redemption price they will add 5% more onto the credit of the value of the gear back to you.
The process of gear and transaction of value/money is simple and efficient. You go onto the site, fill in the information about what you have, the wear that it has and other pertinent information. Gazelle.com then sends you a box to ship the gear in with the shipping label to their facility. They check the gear out and do an appraisal to make sure the gear is in the condition you rated it to be in, and then they pay you immediately after they have received and you have accepted their appraisal. The time span of the entire process takes under 2 weeks to do normally.
You can find out more about their program at www.gazelle.com. They’re offering a CES 2011 show special right now that you can take part in whether you attended or not. When you go to the web site and after doing a transaction enter the promotional code CES2011 during checking and you will receive a 5% bonus on top of your redemption value. For example if your gadgets that you trade in are valued at $100, you will get $105. This offer expired February 1, 2011. It’s not valid on video games or movies, but usable on most other electronics trade-ins.
