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Another exciting year for electronics at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Sin City is all about the flashy lights but even more so when you enter the Halls of CES! For a look at the new Nikon D4S: ( timeout...  

What better place to see real robots than at the CES? iRobot had their wares roaming around their display, the vacuum bots come in handy. Bumped into this robot that was very cool... She's controlling the robot all the way from Boston via an iPad. She hea...  

I want to see the flying drones in combat, like battlebots show a few years ago. That woud be fun. Other than photography, what other things are they planning to do with those quadcopters? Regards, ED-209

Fighting flying bots would be fun, bad part would be replacing parts. Good question ED-209, I guess it's just a fun toy like any r/c vehicle. -MW

They had a table that was machining Free Float 1913 rails and mag bodies: -MW ...  

I'm tempted with one in the summer for some fun but I'm not sure if the quality justifies the cost compared to many other makes now available...? Looks like a great fun show :) Yours, Andy.

Thanks for looking Andy, hope all is well! They have all kind of sized drones at CES. Some of the more budget ones have lower quality electronics and motors so like most things, you probably get what you pay for. I guess if you want a serious drone you ca... 

I've got several mini helicopters and I have seen a fun mini drone for indoors which also does stunts.... then on last week's Gadget Show over here they had a mini drone with built in camera with a screen on the controller for well under £100. I'll get mo... 

If any new bodies or lenses will be announced it will be in February 13 at the CP+ show in Tokyo next month. Will update an info and post if I hear any news. Canon has a large setup that you can play with there long lenses, lots of cool toys! -MW ...  

Huawei showed off their new phablet the Ascend Mate with a screen coming in at 6.1" and running AndroidOS 4.3! I was hoping to see the rumored Samsung Galaxy S5 but it was not ready to be announced at this year's CES. They did have the new Galaxy Tab Pro!...  

I'm also waiting for the Gear 2 to see if it's vastly improved on the first gen which I actually like. Lots of fun, Andy.

The Zagg screen protector product is called InvisibleSHIELD Glass . The Galaxy S5 will be launched end of March or April so the Galaxy Gear 2 should be out at the same time. Will post details when I get any info. -MW

Yes, 3D printing is still popular and it showed at the CES 2014. Newer, faster, and more advanced models were shown for the budget conscious home builder to the advanced highend precision market. The coolest use of the technology goes to these guys, they ...  

I want another "laser printer" alongside my current paper printer. Seriously, that laser engraver is cool. Just, the metal paper medium is not practical. Thanks for sharing!

just made the modelling hobby obsolete...then again..I am not a modeller..I always just wanted the end product :P fun times at CES.. Thanks for the report!

Appreciate you looking ocwatching! So much to see at CES. There were the virtual reality stuff: and of course we ran into a lot of people with the Google Glass. One booth was trying to sell a personal submarine! Here is their model on display, kinda cool!...  

This interesting device was at CES, a meat marinator and tenderizer! Perfect for the foodie who has everything! The clear see thru tumbler is the Mr. Marinator and the stainless steel one is the tenderizer. :) -MW ...  

For all you blackberry fans there is a product for you: The Typo is a add on bluetooth physical keyboard that snaps onto a iPhone. We got to play with it and the ergonomics are real nice. Placement and layout of the keys are fantastic. The rep tossed it o...  

. . . haven't been to CES in maybe 20 years, but have loads of memories. Eminent Technology, CAT, Berning, Shahinian, Merrill - edge-of-the-art equipment makers back then . . .

I was there for 3 days and didn't have a chance to get to the Venetian this time. Maybe next year Art you can join us! They take up the top 2 floors and convert all the suites into demos rooms. Your ears will be in heaven at the CES! -MW

and a happy 2014 to you Ming. iRobot looks good...reminds me of the robots back in the 80's ...where u needed to program the commands on your own and the robots could go around the house to fetch water etc.....Never got the chance to test it back then onl... 

Appreciate you looking! The 'bots are getting more and more advanced plus they work pretty well. -MW

I really enjoyed it, hope all else is well :-) S

We had fun and got to see fellow PuristS there. You would have enjoyed it, lots of bluetooth products! ;) -MW

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