{"id":1988,"date":"2014-01-16T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2014-01-16T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T02:02:10","slug":"news-and-gadgets-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/news-and-gadgets-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Gadgets of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Consumer Electronics Show in session, new gadgets are being announced left and right.\u00a0 This is one of my favorite times of the year as companies compete to hype their upcoming products.\u00a0 CES has already shocked us with some crazy product announcements, and certainly more are to come in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Razer Nabu<\/strong> \u2013 Razer is known for their high quality (and high priced) electronics, including mice, keyboards, and gaming laptops.\u00a0 The Nabu is a thin and trendy wearable or \u201csmart watch.\u201d\u00a0 It has cool features \u00a0like distance tracking, much like a Nike Fuel band, and the ability to turn off unwanted tools like GPS to save battery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3D Printers Galore<\/strong> \u2013 3D printers have become incredibly useful devices, and will have a huge impact on the way we do business in the coming years.\u00a0 In the past, 3D printers have been incredibly expensive and only purchased by large companies or extreme enthusiasts.\u00a0 However the price is starting to dip to consumer level.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makerbot announced a new Replicator 3D printer at $2,899, and a mini version at $1,375.\u00a0 They also are offering the 3D models ready for printing on their store page for $1 a piece.<\/li>\n<li>3dsystems announces a $500 3D Scanner for iPad so that you can easily create models of existing objects and replicate that.<\/li>\n<li>XYZ has announced a 3D printer at the staggering low price of $499.\u00a0 The printer is set to be released in March.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vizio 4k HDTV<\/strong> \u2013 Vizio is leading the charge of Ultra HD televisions, announcing their new lineup for 2014 will start with a $1000 4K HDTV.\u00a0 Vizio shockingly has no 3D TV\u2019s on their lineup for this year, dismissing the film type as a gimmick.\u00a0 Vizio sells more TV\u2019s in the US than any other brand, so it will be interesting to see if others follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lenovo Google Move<\/strong> \u2013 Lenovo, well known for their business quality laptops, is taking a unique turn and pushing for more Chromebook production.\u00a0 Chromebook\u2019s run on Google\u2019s Chrome operating system and can only run applications from the google play store.\u00a0 Although great for people use to Android Smartphones, it is a difficult change for those who are used to a Windows or Macintosh environment.\u00a0 Lenovo says they have no plans for the wearable\u2019s market right now, and will be focusing on full sized electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Consumer Electronics Show in session, new gadgets are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[1148,448,1149,1150,1151],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}