Gadgetory

reporting from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNN updates the biggest technology conference of the year CES 2014 has kicked off although the show floor isn't open to everyone just yet the media got an early peek at many of the new gadgets on display we've seen several internet connected devices that keep track of daily activities take for instance the sense mother she comes with several of these cookies that you can program around the house to do different things maybe you'll put one on your kids backpack to get alerts of when they came home from school or maybe you'll put one on a toothbrush to make sure your kid brushed before bed mother and for cookie sensors cost about two hundred and twenty dollars and we'll ship in the spring and that's not the only tooth brush tracking gadget the colbry electric toothbrush has an accelerometer a gyroscope and a magnetic to record how long you brush your teeth and how well you're brushing and it sends all that data to a smartphone app via bluetooth to review the data in your app it'll cost one hundred dollars and is expected to come out in the third quarter of this year if you're prone to losing your keys phone or the remote control you'll want to check out the sticker tracker these little sensors communicate with your phone using bluetooth and you can set an alarm to go off if it gets too far away from your phone it also has a two-way alarm to beep the phone or the sensor so if your phone or remote slipped under the couch cushion you'll hear it ring one sensor costs about thirty dollars it'll go on sale in a few weeks health is a big focus at the show the company behind the fit bug orb tracker will be selling 12 week fitness programs to keep you more motivated when using their sensors sort of like a digital personal trainer starting at $20 the net at mode Jun looks like a piece of jewelry but it's a UV monitor to track your sun exposure and it costs $100 also on display is the new sapphire wellness watch that monitors heartrate and steps and has a little bit of style thrown in with a metallic design and scratch resistant curved screen but it at a steep price of 320 dollars when it goes on sale in April we'll also be keeping a close watch on gaming technology this week at the show check out this gaming exoskeleton called the pre OVR the suit makers are partnering with the virtual reality headset oculus rift to show off a fully immersive gaming experience a full-body version of the suit is expected to cost four hundred dollars but just the top half would go for about two hundred and seventy dollars and that's only skimming the surface of the show we're just getting started be sure to follow our live coverage all week long at cnet.com / - yes from the CNET stage at the Las Vegas Convention Center I'm Bridget Carey