Just when I think I have seen everything, there is more around the corner. Here are some more interesting products for photographers.
This little gizmo... the Driinn, is meant to hold your cell phone while it is charging, but I think it is just as handy for holding a digital camera while it's charging. The holder hangs between the battery charger and the wall socket. It provides support for a digital camera and convenient storage for the charging cord. It would keep my camera and charge cord off the floor, off the counter and out of the way. And most importantly... it comes in pink.
Here is another great accessory, Spudz. The name makes me think of potatoes, but actually Spudz is a micro fiber cloth in a storage pouch with a snap hook to attach to your camera or camera case. That way you always have a way to keep your lens dust and finger print free.
The XL Spudz are 18% gray so you could use it to set the white balance on your camera.
I think they would be good for attaching to an eyeglass case too... my glasses are always smudged.
This is a picture of my V705 trying out the Popabrella. Popabrella is an umbrella that will attach to your tripod to protect your camera from rain, snow and sun glare. I was a little nervous about sticking my camera in under the shower head but it worked great!
The Probrella's also have a silver underside so they could be used as reflectors.
There are not only cool photography products here at CES but so many innovative ideas I can't help but share.
This is a Wildcharger pad. You can place it on any flat surface and then lay your electronic device on top to charge the battery. Right now you have to use a kit to make your device compatible with the pad, but imagine if all your stuff was enabled to work with it. You could come home and empty your bag right onto the pad, iPod, cell phone, digital camera and charge them all.
I saw several booths with decorative crystals like these from Celluxury. They are typically used for blinging up cellphones and iPods. I think they would look cool on my digital camera! I want to put my initials on my pink V705 with some hot pink crystals like the V570s all the Best Actress nominees received at the Academy Awards. Maybe you could put them on our new digital picture frames too!
An interesting display will always catch my eye. I had to look closer and see what this head had on it. It is a Nu Dolphin, a waterproof MP3 player you can wear when swimming. I have seen a lot of water proof stuff here and I think it is a great idea. Not just for water sports but really rainy days.
And here is my mention of robots for the day... WowWee's RoboPanda. He comes with a stuffed panda that he can recognize and talk to. I know here it looks like he is squeezing the snot out of the stuffed panda's head but really he was quite cute and has some amazing capabilites like IR vision and stereo sound that lets him track obects, avoid obstacles and pinpoint sound sources. Robopanda sits, crawls, walks on all fours, rolls over and responds with mood behaviors. The closest I am going to get to having the real thing.
Here are some more interesting things that have caught my eye at CES today.
iRobot has made a programmable robot called iRobot Create. It looks like a Roomba but it is actually a robot that you can control by writing software for it. They had on display a few of the robots that their employees designed. My favorite was the Bionic Hamster. A hamster is located on top of the Create robot, inside a hamster ball. By running in the hamster ball, the hamster will control where the robot moves, and the robot €™s speed. How cool is that?
Of course the website notes that "Computer programming experience is required." I have none to speak of so that dashed any hopes I had of making a robot to do my dishes.
I had no idea what these were but I wanted one immediately. Nabaztag is a rabbit with a Wi-Fi card so he can connect to the internet. Once connected he can alert you to messages, read webpages, play your podcasts and a bunch of other stuff. And he is cute!
