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are you ready for the future of Technology oh okay so the world might not be quite ready for tablet man luckily there are five other choices that are almost as cool coming in at number five we have something you've probably been hearing a lot about lately 4k so even though it's a big buzzword being slapped on lots of TVs and cameras right now 4k is simply a resolution your typical TV is 1080p however 4k just means that there are four times as many pixels at a resolution of 3840 by 2160 this allows four times as much detail to be captured by a camera or displayed on your TV which is definitely a good thing but the downside has been price these things have been expensive this time a year ago a 4k TV would run you twenty thousand dollars but today you can go on Amazon and buy one for less than 700 not only that but at CES this year we also saw some different types of ultra-high definition TVs including curved models all of this is great but unless you're a Hollywood studio actually recording anything in 4k has been crazy expensive panasonic recently showed off their GH 4 which will be capable of shooting 4k video and a nice and small package for a lot less than the $10,000 plus of most 4k cameras Sony also showed off a 4k handy cam that somewhere between a pro and consumer camcorder for $2000 and you might already have a 4k camera if you have a Galaxy Note 3 believe me 4k is coming at number 4 we have something just a little different electric cars now this isn't strictly new tech as the first electric car actually came out in the 80s the 1880s that is while cars have definitely evolved in the last hundred or so years at one point electric cars like this we're much more popular than the gasoline-powered counterparts while that probably won't change tomorrow electric cars are definitely making a comeback and they're loaded with lots of cool technology take the new BMW i3 for example not only is it made mostly of carbon fiber but inside you'll find a 170 horsepower electric motor good for over 100 miles on a charge the Tesla Model S looks a lot like a normal car from the outside but powering it is a few thousand of these guys essentially the same batteries as you would find in your phone or laptop while they're still a bit impractical especially when you consider range and I'll let your car is easily one of the coolest bits of new tech that you can buy today coming in at number three or all the new ways to gain after the Xbox one and ps4 dropped late last year and with PC gaming at an all-time high the feature is looking very bright for gaming on the console side Sony just showed off PlayStation now a way to strain ps3 games on a Vita ps4 or even a TV or phone since it's relying on your internet connection there's almost no limit to where Sony could bring this and they even have plans on adding some ps1 and ps2 games to the mix taking a slightly different approach is razor with this monster of a gaming PC codenamed project Christine this takes all the normal parts in the computer and makes them modular so that swapping in a new piece of hardware is as simple as plugging it in somewhere in the middle or steam machines valve is pushing these as an alternative to a console and they're essentially tiny little pcs made specifically for gaming they come with a crazy-looking new controller as well that drop standard sticks for touch-sensitive whatever you call these pretty much regardless of what kind of gamer you are 2014 looks like a killer year at number two is wearable tech in the last few years we've seen huge explosions and smartphones and tablets but now a few very big companies are making bets that wearables are going to be the next big thing Google is one of the first out with class a very expensive pair of glasses with essentially a phone built in there's a screen and the ability to run apps as well as snap pictures using the integrated camera if glasses aren't your thing pet will have arguably the best SmartWatch out there already and the new pebble steel aims to step it up a notch where options like the Galaxy gear fall short and basic areas like battery life the pebble lasts for quite a while and boasts a new app store to make it more useful in its own right and that's not even starting to go into what hasn't come out yet including the Apple iWatch so wearables are definitely something to keep an eye on this year and at number one we have the one and only oculus rift so this is a slightly different type of wearable but it's absolutely the thing that I am most excited for this year oculus rift is a virtual reality headset that really does bring you inside the game the latest Crystal Cove prototype shown at CES this year combines a high-definition screen with full motion tracking when you put the headset on it allows you to look all around the game world which works incredibly well I have a more in-depth video on oculus rift and I'll have that linked in the description but this is really the first time that virtual reality has made sense major companies like valve have already begun supporting the rift with games like half-life and Team Fortress and CCP the guys behind EVE Online have Eve Valkyrie which looks to be the first major game to be designed specifically for the oculus rift out of all the advancements in gaming I really do believe that oculus rift and VR are one of the biggest changes that we've seen a long time and really makes me excited for the future but what do you guys think what's some of the big cool awesome new tech for 2014 that you guys are excited about doesn't be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below also I want to give a big shout-out to audible for making this video possible audible.com is a leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature including fiction nonfiction and periodicals I love that audible makes videos like this possible because it really is something that I use all 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