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Greetings from CES day 2!
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CES: Pleo Shows Its Guts.
We reported that Pleo was given a second chance a while back, but it was great to see it in person. We got to pet a stock one, and it seemed very responsive like we’ve heard, and turned its head whenever it was pet, but as hackers, we enjoyed seeing it with the skin ripped off.
CES: Hack A Day Meets Revision3
We managed to spot some of the Revision3 team at CES, and its good to know that we have fans in high places! We took this shot with [Caleb], [Patrick Norton], [James], and [Veronica Belmont]. Unfortunately [Roger Chang] was a little camera shy, so he took the photo for us. Hi-Res Shot is available, as always.
CES: PS3 Gun Controller
Yesterday we spotted a PS3 gun controller at the CTA Gaming Accessories booth. We have covered home made solutions like this before, like the WeeP5 zapper, and it is great to see alternative controllers spreading to other consoles. Now all we need is some force feedback, and we’ll really be able to feel in the game. As always, Hi-Res is available.
[Caleb]-I think the home made ones had better button layouts. See the thumb stick on the back of the pistol grip? They did that so it will work for right and left handed people instead of making it on one side.
CES: RoBoard Robotic Hand
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Today while walking around the booths, we saw a robot hand sitting out with a couple of exposed boards. This of course attracted our attention, and we thought we would share.
The hand is based on a RoBoard Vortex86DX board, which is an x86 control board. We even got the pinouts and datasheets, and we will post those later when we manage to get them uploaded.
CES: USB 3.0 Behind The Scenes
We know a couple of you have been asking about the tech behind the show, and we managed to spot an FPGA (in this case, the Xilinx Virtex 5) serving as the core of a demo between two SuperSpeed USB Solid State drives. It was used as both a USB 3.0 hub, as well as being used to time the file transfers and get accurate speed reports. The Hi Res Shot is also available.
CES Update: January 6th, 2010
It’s just about time for CES (as we’ve mentioned once or twice), so we thought we would update you on our latest goals and ideas for the show.
This year [Caleb Kraft], [Nick Caiello], [James Munns], [Devlin Thyne], and [Brett Haddock] will be covering CES. We are currently looking for some good places to go if we get a chance to break away from the show, and while we won’t make any guarantees, we’d love to meet some of our readers! Please direct all ideas for your favorite eatery to our Contact Page. Keep an eye on our Twitter page (@hackaday) for CES updates and what your favorite writers are up to, where we are eating, and other possible chances to meet up with us.
We are also still looking for Las Vegas Hackerspaces to visit, so let us know and we would love to cover it!
Be sure to check out our updated interest list after the break, and keep sending in what you want to see!
