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NYC: Living in Digital Times...produces several showcases/seminars at CES...had a few exhibitors at the recent CES Unveiled NYC... QVC sold-HairMax FDA approved increase hair growth cycle... didn't surprise us this robot in pink or blue trim options...  IPAL a "high quality robot for children 3-8 years old"...from Asia. By  AvatarMind -runs on Android apps and is targeted for the single child families in China-though with a policy change...prob also good way to learn other languages too. as endurance athletes-we were very curious about SKULPT's Chisel ...as highly muscular types can have a BMI-making that body fat kind of measurement pretty worthless... and other ways to measure body fat percentages are impractical or inaccurate. SKULPT Chisel...is a measuring device with paired smartphone app that measures body fat on different areas of the body--and also gives overall body fat composition reading with combined abs/upper arm biceps measurements. PLUS m...

West 18th Street, NYC Wellness and health, Hi Res Audio, VR and IoT devices...just some of the areas with practical products on display at last week's CES Unveiled NYC event... Some ( more ) Highlights: From a company founded as a spinoff from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1996- QUELL is a drug-free, pain relief- retail product that sells for $249 that - we asked -is not reimbursed by health insurance...at least not yet. Wearable Intensive Nerve Stimulation-is a beefed up strap -band-with electrodes-wrap around upper calf, click the button to start relief-stimulates the nerves in upper calf carrying neural pulses to the brain natural pain relief center...which then sends "endogenous opioids"released within spinal cord where pain signals are blocked in one's body. Not a cure for what ails (like arthritis, diabetes, etc)...but allows for less pain meds...based on study of 88 people. Very interesting. FDA cleared, B...

West 18th St. NYC Nominees of the CES Innovation Awards and a few Eureka Park start-up products got lots of attention from the full house of media and business types. Aligning the perimeter and center of the spacious ground floor of the Metropolitan Pavilion, the exhibitors -who hailed from several countries...displayed their techy goods---while refining their elevator pitches -before heading out to the main stage of CES 2016 in Las Vegas. Accordingly, some explanations of what the benefits of several IoT (Internet of Things) products on display- eluded us...but maybe-things got lost in translation. Overall, the selections were rather nifty and def. have consumer appeal. SOME Highlights... A huge display case in the center had some of the CES Innovation Awards 2016  nominees. Noted...lack of Apple products (though there are accessories to...)--- but then we figured out-these winners are chosen from submissions...and  -that notably, Apple does not even exhibit at th...

NYC The annual CES UNVEILED NYC event is a pep rally, of sorts for the upcoming, mind boggling CES 2016 that will take place in Las Vegas. Yup-that 2.3+million sq. feet of displays for the 175.000+ or so folks ready to descend on Sin City...needs an overview...it is that big. And open to the public-hence the "C" for consumer. TIMELY- this tech 'trade' organization itself -went through a re-brand-and is more broadly called the Consumer Technology Association. We were surprised not by THAT-but that the name was still trade-marketable available...! Some Highlights: The media press conference included remarks by several CEA now  CTA leads on the upcoming holiday market spends...less LED tvs -but still popular-the huge(r-60inch+) 4K Ultra HDTV versions ( yes, pleas e), more personable wearable gifts-like-smartphones+tablets...along with audio (Bluetooth speakers, for example), video game systems and imaging devices like action cameras- still coveted. And more s...