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CNET Update - Drones know where to find you at CES 2015

2015-01-08
at CES 2015 the drones know where to find you I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is just about coming to an end we've seen quantum dot TV technology tons of new wearables and smart home appliances but we found a few other interesting trends not just on the show floor but also in the sky drones are learning new tricks the nixie drone is almost like a selfie boomerang you wear it on your arm and when you want a photo just pop it off and fling it nixie flies off takes a photo and comes right back to you the harder your throw the further it goes airdog is another drone designed to follow you around and film you doing action sports like skateboarding biking or surfing it follows the Bluetooth signal on your armband it has attachments for different action cameras for the demo they tied a string to the drone as a precaution but it doesn't need a rope to know where you are there are a few other drones that also know how to find you the Zano is a palm-sized quadcopter that knows where it is in relation to your smartphone and drones are getting smaller to the hub sand nano q4 is the world's smallest quadcopter no bigger than a business card also at the show there's a movement toward high definition audio there are some music players that play uncompressed sound from files that are said to be better than CD quality the pono player stands out with its triangular shape and bright yellow finish this is a device backed by Neil Young and it plays high resolution audio from the pono music web store it costs four hundred dollars available now in the US and it's coming to Canada and the UK soon sony debuted a new walkman that also plays high resolution audio but it's more than twice the price of the pono it uses android so you can load streaming apps on it and it's available in the spring 3d printing is also growing for the first time we're seeing food printers at the show the 3d systems chef jet prints sugar and chocolate it can make little sugar sculptures and candies I had one it tasted like a sweet tart but it just dissolves in your mouth it'll cost under $5,000 XYZ printing has a cheaper 3d food printer that can make cake decorations for about two thousand dollars the 3doodler two point O lets you build plastic figures freehand it's like a hot glue gun and now it comes with a battery so it's portable MakerBot showcased a new type of filament that prints objects made with real metal stone and wood it's actually a mixture of some metal powder or wood powder with other filament to make the object look like natural materials that does it for update from CES but you can dive in deeper for all the show coverage at CES cnet com from the Las Vegas Convention Center I'm Bridget Carey
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