Razer’s DeathAdder Elite computer mouse has a true 16,000 5G optical sensor, and it can be picked up for $39.99 shipped, today only, originally $69.99. You can also tailor your gaming experience with programmable buttons and personalize your style through 16.8 million colors through LEDs with Razer Synapse. It was engineered to redefine the standards of accuracy as well as speed, and the mouse sensor crushes the competition with a Resolution Accuracy of 99.4%, so you’ll be able to land more killing blows with pinpoint precision.1000 Herz Ultrapolling. Product page. Read more for a hands-on video review and additional information.
GoSun is no stranger to solar cookers, but this year, they’ve unveiled a new model, called Fusion, which integrates an electric heating element. It keeps the familiar cylindrical cooking chamber that draws heat from two parabolic reflectors which capture heat from the sun and adds a 150-watt electric heater. Fusion can be powered either using a car’s cigarette port, a lithium ion power bank or a solar panel charger for the battery pack. Read more for another video, additional pictures and information.
Audi’s new spin-off company, Holoride, announced at CES 2019 today that they have teamed up with The Walt Disney Company to bring the virtual reality experience into the backseat of every car. This startup uses an open platform that enables any automaker as well as content developers to create reality formats that fit their vehicles using “elastic content,” which is automatically generated for each journey. Read more for a video and additional information.
LG first unveiled a prototype rollable TV at CES 2018, and now this year, they introduced a 65″ OLED TV R that will actually go on sale some time this year. It consists of a large base stand that houses a 100-watt Dolby Atmos speaker system and the actual window blind-like 65″ OLED panel that can roll up and down. The display has three modes: a full-screen “Full View” experience, a partially rolled out “Line View” mode, and then “Zero View”, in which the user only makes use of the audio system. Read more for another hands-on video, pictures and additional information.
The AI-powered unCAPTCHA system designed by University of Maryland reseachers can now defeat Google’s latest audio-based reCAPTCHA challenges with 90% accuracy. Simply put, the unCAPTCHA system downloads the audio challenge, splits it into several clips, then runs them through several text-to-speech systems to determine exact and near-homophones, weighing the aggregate results by confidence level before sending the most probable answer back to Google.
Razer is known for their laptops and computer peripherals, but now, they’re getting into the gaming monitors realm, starting with the Raptor 27. Revealed at CES 2019, this 27-inch display features an “edge-to-edge” frame that sports 2.3mm bezels on each side, complete with a machined aluminum stand and base finished in matte-black. It may not be compatible with NVIDIA’s G-Sync, but the screen does support AMD FreeSync for smoother gameplay to go along with its 2,560 x 1,440 native resolution IPS display, 178 degree viewing angles, and 144Hz refresh rate. Read more for another hands-on video, pictures and additional information.
An all-new Acer Swift 7 has made its debut at CES 2019 sporting a 92 percent screen-to-body ratio, making the display near bezel-less. Measuring in at 9.95mm thick and weighing just 890 grams, this 14-inch laptop features an 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8500Y (1.5 GHz base frequency / 4.2 GHz boost frequency) Amber Lake processor, up to 512GB of SSD storage, up to 16GB of LPDDR3 RAM, and a pop-up camera built directly into the keyboard. The base model with a 256GB SSD storage and 8GB RAM will be priced at $1,699. Read more for a hands-on video and additional information.
Unlike traditional LCDs, microLED displays consist of arrays of microscopic LEDs forming the individual pixel elements, whch offer better contrast, response times, and energy efficiency. Samsung just unveiled an all-new 75-inch “The Wall” microLED television at CES 2019, and thanks to its modular design, you’re able to either use it as a single display or combine them to form a giant panel. “This screen with transform the traditional idea of a TV. This screen is customizable and can be placed anywhere in the home,” said Samsung’s visual display division president Jonghee Han. Read more for another video and additional information.
Yes, the 2019 Awesome Games Done Quick event is underway, and for those who have never heard of it, it’s basically a series of video game marathons, where players perform speedruns for a live audience with thousands watching live on Twitch. This year, it takes place at the Rockville Hotel in Washington D.C. and proceeds benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation. In 2018, the event raised $2,295,191 for the foundation, and so far, ADGQ has raised more than $9 million. Read more for the livestream and additional information.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket have gone vertical on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with both having to undergo a series of fit checks ahead of a planned demonstration flight to the International Space Station. The test flight is scheduled for January 17, but Elon Musk suggests that it could happen in early February. This Crew Dragon mission is a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, designed to send US astronauts into space whom have not launched into space from US soil since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. Read more for two more pictures and additional information.