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  IECSC N.Y. Tradeshow-Javits Center Besides ear-splitting backbeats, we can always count on the latest hair trends-and the companies that make the products to  get the looks -to show up at the annual March hair+spa- jam packed with humans, tradeshow. via GIPHY Noticeable-multi-hues-multi-strands + barbershop artistic hair styles-unisex and multi-cultural neck-up statements. MANIC PANIC-founded by club legends Tish+Snooky.. .Manic Panic serves up professional worthy, semi-permanent hair colors and saturated shades of highly pigmented make-up for do-it-yourselfers. Pictured above-mermaid worthy hair that makes a statement. AND yes, copious amounts of hair spray needed too. -Manic Panic mixes it up- on the right-bleach hair starting point for true rainbow shading Rainbow lovely locks---ramp up single saturated shades -a harkening back to 1980's London punchy punk scene that celebrates all genders/types of hair. FFFUUUUUNNNN!!!! TO KEEP TRUE COLORS t...

 Part 2: Simple, Healthy and Fast Meal delivery kits are growing in popularity---saving eaters precious shopping time. IMO-What is more of a delicious time saver are the numerous entree, pasta and soup mixes -requiring little added products---to serve up timely tasty results that rival multi-step 'homemade' versions. via GIPHY source reddit.com never feel this amped ready to cook???? Easy solutions abound. PLUS and maybe even better-for one dish wonders-our most coveted worthy new tabletop appliance...that reduces cooking time for speedier eats. Quality Cooking Made Simple=Panasonic's new Countertop Induction Oven. Frontier Soups. ..sophisticated spicy chili and soup mixes are 100% natural...Homemade In Minutes® -pictured Montana Creekside Classic Chili mix...

Las Vegas, International Consumer Electronics Show-Smart Home Marketplace  at the show-Lowe had an entire home set-up to demonstrate Iris® functionalities in each room-above the bedroom with window motion sensor and smart thermostat LOWE- Iris® Home Kits, MUZZLEY, BOSCH Home Connect System, LG TWIN WASH + STYLER , PANASONIC MICROWAVE+BREADMAKER, OCTANE FITNESS-ZERO RUNNER easy to "get" display---time options for all those settings Controlling lights, alarms, appliances via an app and push notification services/controls (some free, some not) on a screen (smartphone, tablet) and a hub---is becoming accessible and more consumer common-as broadband and wifi become ubiquitous and prices of 'smart kits' come down…PLUS get distributed at the big box stores…promising do-it-yourself ease of set-up. Iris® smart kit $299 comprehensive kit with Iris® hub, contact sensors, motion sensor, keypad, smart plug, smat thermostat, range exte...

TIMES SQUARE area---atop NASDAQ-yup-Panasonic powers the display too….  Las Vegas, International Consumer Electronics Tradeshow The L"Oreal Paris APP " MakeUp Genius "is massively popular---so it follows that Panasonics Virtual Make-Up mirror enjoyed a huge amount of attendee attention amidst a sea of very cool stuff at this tradeshow. SO FUN! In tandem with Panasonic's Lumix camera line-the mirror takes your image -and then serves up choices-for make-up (eyelashes, cheek-eye colors, lipstick tones)... under various lightening settings---and hairstyles- and amusing-also for facial hair-though it was the ladies checking out their images super-imposed with mustaches-when we cruised by. ALSO fitting-because social media isn't enough of a judgmental means of expression…could 'like' hairstyles. The commercial applications of this technology are real and numerous---at a make-up counter--- when getting ready for a big night out…but in the end-how it...

 LAS VEGAS We were dazzled by this---and apparently the prototype is in use by the Germany Federation team---and they won the World Cup!!! Multi-camera solution-camera (4 units attached to a rig) by Panasonic with real time stitching to create a quadruple wide 64:9 panoramic video of entire field- with raw data dissected by proprietary SAP  HANA software--- btw tracking players-who do not need to wear trackers/sensors besides-sure those activity trackers/sensors are not allowed in pro sports during a game ANYWAY human shape images-highly accurate using body modeling imagery track a player in this case Sami Khedira in Germany vs Italy Game  we were on best behavior and did not ask the PANASONIC/JAPAN executive and colleague to get out of our way so we could get a clean panoramic picture on our iPhone 6+---actually we almost did because we are from NYC-but the German Panasonic rep indicated not too…and we respect that! a coach would use a touchscr...