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The International Consumer Electronics Show has always
been a platform for bizarre and intelligent technology and
this year's CES was truly that. The busy event that lasted
for four days (January 6 to January 9) in Las Vegas
showcased everything from wearable tech, curved OLED
UHD screens, 3D printers, smartphones and flying
drones.
CES 2015 proved that devices that collect data are no
longer useful unless they have something more to offer.
Shawn G DuBravac, chief economist and senior director
of research at the Consumer Electronics Association,
stressed and discussed the need for a "feedback loop"
whereby the analog input method for digitisation and
curation is then used to influence and change behaviour,
feeding back to the original input method, according to
the Computer Weekly.
As the technology is becoming more intimate,
CES 2015 too brought us gadgets that a
consumer could wear. Tech companies at
CES showed every conceivable wearable
gadget. Sections such as Health & Wellness,
Fitness & Technology, Smart Watches and
Sports Tech had wearables of some kind. For
instance, Singapore-based Zensorium will
soon start the selling of Being, a device that
can be used as a smart watch or attached to
your clothes. The job of this device is to
measure the wearer's heart rate and blood
pressure which in turn will be used to
measure the stress.
Another wearable gadget that attracted quite an attention
was Melomind from Paris-based myBrain Technologies. It
is a meditation device that eases you of the stress by
soothing and calming music.
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CES 2015: NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY
BY VISHAKHA SONAWANE
