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CES 2008: Home Entertainment Galore

By Terence Ang & Zachary Chan - 15 Jan 2008

Home Entertainment Toys

Home Entertainment Toys

 Sanyo showcased what is supposed to be the world's smallest humanoid robot running on eneloop batteries. These guys measure 165mm tall, move with 17-servo engines and can be programmed up to 10 voice commands in addition to their remote control. Robot ninja kick! Haiyaa! Probably great to have around when fighting for the remote.

 And while we're on robots. Erector's Spykee gets new friends with the Spykee Cell, Vox and Miss. Spykee Cell can be controlled from a mobile phone via Bluetooth, features a motorized head to take images and works as a Bluetooth speaker phone, which is also compatible with the iPod. Spykee Vox and Miss on the other hand are both voice activated and can supposedly express a limited set of emotions. They can also be programmed as a universal remote to activate devices via infrared. Vox for the boys and Miss for the girls.

 D-Box was around again at this year's CES showcasing their Motion Code hardware. These gaming chairs are able to offer up to 2Gs of acceleration and real-time response in racing and flight simulators. What we were really hoping to see was their FPS chair, but that seems to still be in development. Next year hopefully.

 For the couch potatoes gearing up their your latest movie marathon, D-Box Motion Code system is also available for the movie buffs. For those that don't know, this isn't just a rumble pad in your chair activated by bass or sound, they guys at D-Box actually program movement frame by frame to make sure you feel everything, like a bullet hit. Of course, this means that the system would only respond properly to movies and games that they've already encoded in.

 We checked out a little bit more generic seating and came across the ButtKicker. Now, this is just pure low frequency transducers, giving you the butt kicking you need in a general setting, and works in all situations and movies.

 There was some ButtKicker mini models available too.

 Quite a lot of people waiting around to get their butts kicked at CES this year. Oh well. Till next year!

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