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ION has Gadgets for Many Types of People, Whether You’re Musical or Practical

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ION Duo Deck Portable Turntable
ION Duo Deck Portable Turntable
ION introduced a bunch of products at the 2013 International CES. Some of the highlights include the DuoDeck, which is small and extremely portable turntable, where the vinyl record is larger than the device itself. This gadget is great for sampling, runs on batteries or USB power and needs no additional wires or drivers to work.

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Something else ION debuted at CES was AirCopy, a world’s first and something that makes you wonder why it wasn’t invented sooner. It’s a wireless scanner that generates its own Wi-Fi network so users can send any image over to their tablet or computer without needing to connect to an actual Internet network, or without having to load them into a computer, then sideload them to a mobile device. Call up the app from any device, slide the document in and off you go. It simply runs off a rechargeable battery that can charge via USB and gives you about four hours of use time in about half the time to charge and it works across almost every platform, iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Video by Nicholas DiMeo of F5 Live.

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Corning Introduces New Gorilla Glass 3.0 with Native Damage Resistance

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Gorilla Glass 3.0 with Native Damage Resistance
Gorilla Glass 3.0 with Native Damage Resistance
Each year Corning tries to outperform its previous class of Gorilla Glass. With 2.0 at the 2012 International CES, we thought they couldn’t do one better, but this year we were proven wrong. Of course, with Gorilla Glass, it’s all about the live demo, but here’s a quick rundown. The new Gorilla Glass 3.0 with Native Damage Resistance (NDR) can be made as thin as .5 nanometers and up to 2nm and is able to withstand scratches of over 7 Newton of force and critical loads of up to 15,000 grams before cracks will start to appear.

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Corning says that the glass should be available to over one billion devices moving forward. So, if you’re in the market for a new phone in the coming year, be sure to be on the lookout for one with the toughest glass to-date on protecting that precious screen.

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AblePlanet Lets Users Hear Things Like Never Before

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Able Planet True Fidelity PS400BG
Able Planet True Fidelity PS400BG

AblePlanet, the winner of over 30 CES Innovations Awards, has created a technology called Linx Audio, which is a technology that passively filters out undesirable noise and reduces distortion. This allows users to hear more of the sounds they want but at a much lower decibel range.

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From personal amplification systems and noise cancellation headphones to gaming headsets and even extremely affordable solutions, all members of the family can benefit from AblePlanet’s patented technologies. The company even offers a new gadget not seen before in portable headphones, an in-line balance adjuster. For those who are hard of hearing in one ear more than the other, this discrete cord simply shifts the sound to center it across your ears comfortably, without amplifying one side and damaging your good ear. AblePlanet seems to have the consumer’s health in mind as their first priority.

Video by Nicholas DiMeo of F5 Live.

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Consumer Pinball Machines from Stern Pinball

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Stern Pinball at CES
Stern Pinball at CES

Stern was at Digital Experience where we learned they have a consumer line of pinball machines. This is for the person that wants a working machine in their home without having to refurbish or build one themselves. Best part is Stern has licenses for big brands like Transformers and Avengers and also try to mimic the commercial machine.

Machines that weigh 125 lbs and are smaller but still have the quality of a commercial machine. Tilt, multiball, 2 player scores, audio and sound effects. Best part is it’s backed by Stern Pinball who have been making pinball machines for years.

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Machines start at $2499 and come in 3 grades of machine. They are better than those table-top machines we saw as kids growing up and I could see many a man-cave with a Stern machine. (www.sternpinball.com)

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Nectar Mobile Power: Charge Your Phone Up to 14 Times

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nectar mobile Power System
nectar mobile Power System

Andy McCaskey talks with Nectar – a Phone battery charger that will recharge a smartphone up to 14 times before it needs to be recharged. Or as they say: the world’s first truly portable power device that will power all of your CE devices for up to a month with a single power pod. (www.nectarpower.com/)

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MakerBot: The Open Source 3D Printer

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Affordable Digital Replication

MakerBot Industries has an online community at Thingiverse.com where users can post digital design files, document their designs, and collaborate on open source hardware. That is only part of the emerging product and community surrounding one of the Top 20 NYC Startups. Makerbot has been featured  has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, Colbert Report, Fast Company, Engadget, Make: Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Time.com, IEEE Spectrum, CNN, Financial Times, NPR, the Economist and others.

Bre Pettis has appeared on TPN for several years as a featured guest at CES.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews and Don Baine, the Gadget Professor, for the TechPodcast Network.

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