Gadgetory

Linus tech tips covered to CES 2016 is brought to you by Squarespace build it beautiful so here at the Sony booth they've got all the usual stuff they've got their smartphones with image stabilization cameras and 4k screens they've got their 4k cameras actually one of which for shooting this video on right now but that's all stuff we're pretty familiar with and I was looking for something a little bit different and I definitely found it this is a mesh which stands for make experience and share the S&H kind of got worked in together there and the concept is actually quite simple if you're a member of the maker community but what I like about it too is the fact that they've made operating this thing simple as well so basically you've got a variety of these little these little Bluetooth connected modules here that have an array of different functionality so this little puppy is an LED this one right here is a button it's called button so it should be fairly self-explanatory this one is a motion sensor we've got their move which is actually a six axis gyroscope a brightness sensor a temperature and humidity sensor and a general purpose i/o module that can be used to do things like hook up a vibration motors say for example what ties it all together the mesh if you will is the iPad and iPhone app that lets you create if this then that if you're familiar with if if this then that recipes that work together with the mesh system as well as third-party systems like Philips hue so the number of combinations you can create without any programming experience whatsoever is pretty much limitless you just drag your modules over to your you know virtual circuit board and you start going okay well if I double click my button then I want my snowman to light up purple if I click it once I want my snowman to turn off and that's obviously a very rudimentary example they've got another demo here inside the booth where you open up a drawer and you're greeted with a hello and the lights turn on and you're ready to sit at your work table I mean this is really really cool stuff because it's limited only by your imagination obviously there's usually a drawback when something is both really cool and really easy to use and it isn't exactly cheap a single one of these modules is going to set you back but maybe not Samantha's on or for some of the more premium ones like the gpio $60 on amazon.com but the possibilities in the future are pretty much endless because they're already providing an SDK and it's an open API so people are going to be able to do pretty much anything they want with it including hook into it from all kinds of other systems right now it's pretty much Philips U and if this then that and the app itself with the modules but I see a lot of potential for this kind of stuff in the future because the thing I've been complaining about for so long with Internet of Things devices is that they just don't all really work together there's no ecosystem that ties it all together and while this isn't necessarily the perfect solution because it does rely on having a Bluetooth enabled tablet nearby I'd love to see a second gen be Wi-Fi enabled with a controller that can run on a computer a dedicated device and it feels like now that we've got this we are not that far away so thanks for checking out this coverage of mesh here at the Sony booth guys don't miss any of our CES coverage over on youtube.com slash Linus tech tips and as always a huge shout out to Squarespace for allowing us to be here at the show if you guys are looking to be able to beautiful build a beautiful website that'll look great on your tablet phone laptop gigantic enormous projector actually I'm not sure if they support that the note over to squarespace.com slash Linus and use offer code blindness to save 10% today