There is this company called Liquipel at CES 2012 which has something amazing. These guys have tackled the issue of getting iPhone wet with an oleophobic-like coating that repels water. Yes repels water . 9to5Mac has more on this:
The nano-sized coating is barely visible to the naked eye and it keeps electronics working even when submerged into a bucket of water. The catch? You need to send your device to Liquipel to apply the coating for you at a $59 value.
Waterproof your device
Liquipel is a revolutionary process that applies a waterproof coating to your electronic device to protect them in the event of accidental exposure to liquids. It is not visible to the human eye, virtually undetectable and Liquipel will not compromise the look, feel, and performance of your electronics.
Liquipel penetrates the entire device as a whole, including all of the vital components inside and out to provide optimal protection against accidental contact with liquids
Sphero a new cricket ball sized gadget might bring some new innovations and ideas is at display at CES. Its a glowing ball with gyroscopes inside that allow two way control – you can make the ball roll around from your iPhone, or you can hold the ball and move it around to control an avatar in an iOS game.
Costing $129, the developers of Sphero have developed 5 apps with various games.The company has made the API and SDK open for other companies to easily make applications that use the hardware. Macworld covered this cool gadget:
The gyroscope seems fairly strong: with a bit of a run-up, it was able to get up a high enough speed for the ball to climb over a little ramp. It establishes a wireless connection with your iPhone – or iPad, iPod touch or even Android device – using Bluetooth, and maintains an impressively responsive connection between the two; we were told it has a response rate of 20Hz, and our experiments with a ‘Simon Says’ type game were smooth and quick.
Charging Sphero wireless, with the ball sitting in an induction cup and refilling its batteries. You can also alter the color that Sphero glows.
Reuters is reporting that more than 250 employees are registered to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, according to a person familiar with Apple’s plans - A reporter for Paid Content on Tuesday spotted Greg Joswiak, Apple’s head of iOS product marketing walking around Sony Corp’s booth at the convention center.
paidContent’sTom Krazit spotted Joswiak, who heads Apple’s iOS product marketing division, outside of Sony’s booth on Tuesday. Krazit noted that Joswiak’s badge was “strategically arranged” to cover his name and company affiliation.
“Joswiak said he was interested in how other companies present their products at events such as CES, from things like booth layout and aesthetics to which products are highlighted within a company’s booth,” the report read.
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