Archive for the 'CES' Category
Along with battering your soul, CES is tough on your body, too. And where some see aching joints and sore muscles, others see opportunity. This particular carnival of capitalism brings out the massage gadgeteers. Randy and I put our bodies on the line to bring you the story... Hard to believe that after just one more post later today, our CES 2012 coverage will be ...
Good news from CES 2012 : we're this close to finally winning the War on Water! Yeah, yeah, life wouldn't be possible without water. But does that give it license to ruin our electronics? Matthew Norman delivers a first-hand dispatch from the front lines in the battle against that drippy douche H20. Spectators in the first few rows, unfold your plastic sheetin...
While my two compatriots were busy conducting a cool interview with one of the guys from Makerbot I figured I should try to find something worth snapping a few photos. I puttered around the exhibits looking for something I could mock sarcastically when suddenly, I hit the jackpot: E-Paper Printing! "This'll be perfect," I thought to myself, "What a ridiculou...
Most booths at CES (like the Woot booth ) are essentially utilitarian. They're supposed to be a pleasant place to have your meetings or display your wares, with the emphasis on the meetings and the wares. And there's nothing wrong with that. Then there are the booths that show the unmistakable imprint of a designer's inner maniac, working up some over-the-top extravaganza...
The rabid hordes of Woot Screaming Monkey seekers at CESes past have taught us a hard lesson: monkey giveaways must be tightly controlled or we'll never get anything else done at our booth. So like every day, today at 2 PM only , you can turn up to the Woot booth (21902, South Hall) for your Screaming Monkey with a design that's exclusive to CES (until we decide to sell it on...
Not everyone at CES is a mover and shaker. Some people, like our own Randall Cleveland, are just socially inept. If you haven't yet, catch Part 1 here . I was still reeling from the sour ending I'd experienced with the American Express rep when another booth lassoed me in with its gravitational pull. And by gravitational pull, I mean "attractive woman."...
3D printing isn't new, Matthew Griffin of MakerBot Industries was careful to point out when we talked to him at CES . It's just always been really expensive. What's unique about MakerBot's new 3D printer, The Replicator, is that it's the first 3D printer that retails for under $2,000 and does two-color printing. At least we think that's what he said. We were too busy th...
Despite what some people might think , I know I lead kind of a charmed life getting paid to go cover a trade show with little to no journalistic integrity to uphold. After all, not everyone gets to go to CES, and a lot of the people that do actually have to work hard, like the folks from the business arm of Woot who spend all day wheeling and dealing with various contacts ...
I hadn't been on the convention floor at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show for an hour before I encountered these three examples of the most tired naming strategy of our time: the infamous lowercase i. By the end of the day, I could have collected at least half a dozen more, but I didn't want to belabor the point. You get the idea. Please, pe...
The Woot writers are back at the hotel after a long day dancing with the painted Jezebel that is the Consumer Electronics Show . Many wonders we have seen - well, maybe like one-and-a-half wonders - along with some funny stoopid stuff, and we'll be sharing it all with you in blog posts, videos, and tweets over on our @WootLive feed . While we pound the raw material we gathere...