Hi! Thanks for another fun question. I am now ready to present my
answer.
As a side note, some of the products cited here are already available
in the market. For those not in stores yet, some would have price
estimates or even release dates while others do not. The reasons for
this could be market timing, waiting for additional funding or the
product is not yet really ready for commercial use because of some
kinks in the machinery.
Whenever I am looking for news on the latest gadgets and gizmos, the
Freshgear website and television show is my usual stop. I really like
the show and their website. Plus they usually have extensive coverage
of electronic and computer shows in the US.
They covered the recently concluded CES (Consumer Electronic Show
2003) and posted the products that impressed them.
“TechTV's Best of CES 2003 Winners”
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413913,00.html
The only problem I had with this listing and discussion is that there
were very few pictures of the products. So I will provide here a link
first for the product and then to the photo if possible.
Archos Video
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413927,00.html
http://www.archos.com/ (photo)
Samsung
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413919,00.html
Trinaural Processor
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413928,00.html
Tek Panel 300
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413926,00.html
http://www.hytekmfg.com/ (photo)
Creative Prodikeys (Now this is fun. A keyboard within a keyboard!)
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3409898,00.html
Adobe Photoshop Album
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413924,00.html
Pyramat Interactive
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413925,00.html
http://www.jboyco.com/pm100.asp (photo)
Prismiq Media Player
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413920,00.html
http://www.prismiq.com/ (Photo)
Sharp Zaurus SL-C700
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413921,00.html
http://www.dynamism.com/zaurus/index.shtml (photo)
Omnifi
http://www.techtv.com/news/ces2003/story/0,24195,3413922,00.html
http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-4133160-8-20789488-1.html?tag=subnav
(photo)
If you want to view the other gadgets at CES you can do it here on the
official CES website.
CES: Product Photos
http://www.cesweb.org/about_ces/photos_products.asp
Now it doesn’t mean that the products for CES 2002 is now old and
trash. It would still be good to look at some of them and they still
look very trendy indeed.
Consumer Electronics Show 2002
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ces2002.htm/printable
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Another favorite would be COMDEX. Like CES it features the newest
developments in gadgets.
A5Tek’s ieHIP
http://www.comdex.com/news/fall2002/index.php?d=product&s=pull&c=apps&p=a5tek_1_info_apps
http://www.a5tek.com/products.htm (photo)
Active Voice
http://www.comdex.com/news/fall2002/index.php?d=product&s=pull&c=apps&p=active_voice_1_apps
http://www.activevoice.com/ (Official website)
Multimedia Center
http://www.comdex.com/news/fall2002/index.php?d=product&s=pull&c=apps&p=mnc_1_apps
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In addition I have found based on a report from Japan some nifty
electronics like the Sharp Wireless LCD fax. No pictures though.
TOKYO EDGE: New year brings gadgets galore
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1043/030131tokyoedge/
Here are lists of other future gadgets. I hope you enjoyed them as
much as I did.
Must Have Gadgets
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=3
Future Mobile Phones
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=2
Wristware
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=4
Media
http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=6
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In terms of the nifty gadgets in the market or will soon be introduced
in the market, I have compiled these resources and categorized them
according to audio, video and communication. I included the ones in
the market since they are still very cool to buy.
AUDIO:
MadPlayer
http://www.techtv.com/news/products/story/0,24195,3414445,00.html
http://www.madwaves.com/flash/default.asp (photo)
Best Flash-Based/Solid-State Player
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3401275,00.html
Best Hard Drive-Based Player
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3401276,00.html
Best CD-MP3 Player
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3401277,00.html
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VIDEO:
DLP Projectors
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3400468,00.html
(Background)
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3400469,00.html
(Products)
JVC - Digital VHS
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/products/story/0,24330,3406970,00.html
Home Theaters in a Box
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3399163,00.html
Philips ProntoNEO TSU500 Universal Remote Control
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3395143,00.html
Samsung DVD-L100
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3407913,00.html
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Communications
Fossil Wrist
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3414427,00.html
Garmin iQue 3600
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3414425,00.html
Xact WristLinx X2X
http://www.techtv.com/news/products/story/0,24195,3409059,00.html
Top Five Hybrid Phone/PDA Contenders
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3402703,00.html
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Computers and Peripherals
STROBE XP 100 (Smallest Scanner)
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=616981&ut=41f4deb1b146e9b3&found=2&search=strobe%20xp
Crazy Talk Software
http://www.crazytalk.reallusion.com/
Snap (worlds smallest digital camera)
http://www.dynamism.com/snap/index.shtml
Sony Vaio Picture Book (Some say you could only buy it in this website
otherwise you have to go to Japan)
http://www.dynamism.com/c1mzx/index.shtml
Sony Vaio GT3/K
http://www.dynamism.com/gt3/index.shtml
Alera Technologies DVD/CD Shredder (Now this one is unique)
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3413219,00.html
Logitech io Personal Digital Pen
http://www.techtv.com/news/products/story/0,24195,3408030,00.html
Princeton SENergy 981
http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3400108,00.html
Windows XP Tablet PCs
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3411370,00.html
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In terms of cosmetics and personal health care, I found very few which
discusses upcoming technology. I have been reading some of your
questions especially about the ones related to hair care so I will
start with what I found on this area.
Here are some scalp massagers I found.
CONAIR
http://www.conair.com/Products/detail.jsp?productID=101
Affordable Personal Massagers
http://www.bluegoldusa.com/personal_massagers.shtml
In the following article we take a look at how deep-sea bugs are going
to be used for skin protection.
“Deep-sea bugs produce super sunscreen”
http://journals.iranscience.net:800/www.newscientist.com/www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp@id=99991503&sub=Extra
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Our last links shall be about other gadgets and gizmos not classified
in the categories above.
Segway (I know you’ve heard of it and it’s now in the market but it
would still be nice to have one)
http://www.segway.com/
In the future (or in the present) you can have a wired kitchen.
The Future Fridge
http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3399411,00.html
RE-LCK Color LCD Convection Microwave Oven
http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/020130.html
LG discusses in this article some of its smart appliances.
“LG Electronics Introduces Its Latest Home Networking Products at the
Show”
http://www.lge.com/about/rnd/news/news_detail.jsp?p_page=1&p_seq=2275
Your vacuum cleaner would be turned into a robot to work better.
iRobot Roomba
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/products/story/0,24330,3408540,00.html
Lazyboy meanwhile provided innovations so you won’t leave the couch to
get refreshments while watching TV.
Lazyboy
http://www.boysstuff.co.uk/product.asp?id=72
Our last products are just ideas right now that might well be adapted
in the future. They are “smart bricks” and handshake data transmission
technology.
“A modified brick the same size as a standard house brick, but
hollowed out to contain a low-power wide-band radio amplifier
connected to printed circuit antennas on opposite surfaces of the
brick.”
“Slick as a brick”
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=23092300&sub=Communications
“A system that automatically transfers electronic data when two
PDA-carrying humans shake hands has been developed by two Japanese
telecommunications firms, according to news reports.”
“Human handshake opens data stream”
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=99992891&sub=Communications
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