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Pro Backgound for YouTube Productions

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Use Pro-grade Equipment to Amp Up Business Videos

Darim logoYouTube has a large consumer presence, but it is also used by many businesses to communicate messages about their products and services. A professional set can deliver the impression of a formal studio setting and deliver a much more professional appearance.

Virtual studios are an extension of green screen technology – permitting the talent to appear to be sitting in an ultra modern studio costing millions of dollars. This system from DarimVision, called V-Studio  allows corporate or podcaster video producers to produce videos for YouTube that rival commercial productions – in either prosumer or professional models.

 

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3D Printing With Fine Detail

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A New Form of Stereo-Lithography for Consumer Use

Formlabs1Formlabs, Inc combines software and a different chemical process and feedstock to create  a novel 3D printer. Targeted at professional end of the market, it is still within range of the serious hobbyist or tech enthusiast, and offers unprecedented resolution for detailed work.

Most 3D printers are based upon a thermoplastic technique – essentially a precision position X-Y-Z glue gun. The layer resolution is typically around a millimeter. This system uses a photopolymer-based process, where a high precision system directs a laser across a tray of liquid resin and causes a thin layer to solidify. This process creates layers that are much thinner, on the order of 25 microns (.025 millimeters) The build platform then rises in preparation for the next layer. After thousands of repetitions, your part is complete with exquisite detail.

 

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Skype Cubicle for Office Use

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 Enhanced Skype Environment for Business

Poor lighting, lousy sound and poor camera angles can really distract from a professional communications setting on Skype or similar services. 

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 Steelcase provides a formal location with great sound conditioning, lighting and camera positioning that contibute to a comfortable and efffective communications pod that is a natural extension of the office environment. The effect is to get conference room or cubicle ready for an interconnected world.

This interview with Steelcase at CES features the MediaScape line of furniture that has connected devices that feature one touch connection to the system in work or school.

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Radio Controller Quadcopter

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RC Pilot Fun on a Budget

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RC Logger introduces an affordable unit that will let you get started in the remote control aircraft hobby on a budget.  RC Logger has set out to find the sweet spot with a $79 unit that has the range and performance that challenge the bigger units and provide affordable entry into the RC pilot club.

The unit has a learning mode to allow you to start slowly. After you build your skills, there’s a more aggressive sport setting. Flight times are about 7-8 minutes. The unit will go about 20 mph and with a 915 Mhz system you could easily run it out of sight before it will  run out of range. It recharges from a USB in about 20 minutes. More details at RCLogger.com
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Micro Climate Air Quality Monitor

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Home Weather Air Quality Monitor

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The growth of metropolitan population around the world has incredible impact on air quality. Three time CES Innovation Winner NetAtmo has designed a micro air quality sensor compatible with Android and iOS devices.  Official air quality monitors are not plentiful enough to measure and report air quality in microclimates that exist across the entire city, so these units augment the official measurement systems, and provide a more complete picture of the changes moment to moment.

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The unit links via Bluetooth and compares interior and exterior air quality, pollution, humidity and air pressure. The Wifi connected base station uploads to the user account, which is then accessible from the Smartphone app.

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FourSevens Maelstrom XM18 Flashlight

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FourSevens Maelstrom XM18
FourSevens Maelstrom XM18

This is what happens when you let engineers ask “What if”. The question was if they could build an LED light that could project 15,000 lumens. The answer – yes!

The Maelstrom Xm18 by FourSevens is a LED light with three settings – 600, 3,000 and 15,000 lumens. There is even a strobe feature for emergency or dancing.

The XM18 is battery driven. 26 – 18650 cells with fan cooling and aluminum heat sink. The light can get so hot that if it turned on during transport the case would melt. That is why FourSevens set up a two-point on switch.

The FourSevens XM18 Maelstrom costs $2,399. Other flashlights start at $23.99 (www.foursevens.com)

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Griffin Studio Connect with Approved Lightning Adaptor

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Griffin Studio Connect
Griffin Studio Connect

Griffin announced at CES it was the first to get accepted as the first 3rd party device to use the Lightning connection for iPad. The Studio Connect is an iPad adaptor that allows users to connect USB devices, microphones or stereo inputs so they can record and edit on the iPad.

The stand allows the iPad to perch in a angle for easy reading. You can simply connect the iPad and use external speakers to watch a movie or play a game.

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The Griffin Studio Connect will be available this summer for $149.

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Gibson Min-ETune Self Tuning Guitar

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Gibson Min-ETune
Gibson Min-ETune

Before you go to buy your next guitar you should check this out. I talked with AlJon at CES13 about the newest lines of Gibson guitars. He showed me the Min-ETune system.

Complete with rechargeable battery, the Min-ETune self tuning system is now encased in the head stock (as opposed to the body from previous models). This makes it easier to tune since its within the guitarist’s peripheral vision.

Aljon shows us a standard Les Paul Signature T but also shows us the Gibson SG model for $999 with Min-ETune. The Gibson Signature T is around $2200 with Min-ETune installed. (www2.gibson.com/min-etune)

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Cambridge Consultants Concept – The Perfect Cup of Tea

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Te from Cambridge Consultants
Te from Cambridge Consultants

Cambridge Consultants has a concept idea called “Tê”. This is a capsule based tea maker so you can get a consistent cup of tea and not have to put in lemon or milk.

The basis works similar to the single coffee cup makers. Drop in a capsule and let the water do the rest. The capsule spins to take all oxygen out of the tea (which is what makes it bitter).

Cambridge Consultants is a idea factory that helps turn them into innovations. From tea to the perfect pint of beer, you can be assured that Cambridge Consultants is helping to make it happen. (www.cambridgeconsultants.com)

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Toshiba Really Brings the Ultra with New Line of Ultrabooks

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Toshiba's Ultrabooks
Toshiba’s Ultrabooks
Toshiba showed off some of the sleekest ultrabooks we’ve seen at any CES to date that weren’t just prototypes. I was able to put my hands on four different models, ranging from a 21:9 aspect ratio ultrabook made for watching movies without having any bars on the sides, to a really great convertible that maintains the battery life we’ve been expecting to find in ultrabooks today. Toshiba also introduced their first touchscreen at a very affordable price, proving that the big companies are really onboard with the Windows 8 user experience.

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