CES Revisited (Revued)

Every year I look forward to the time I spend at CES. It’s great fun as well as informative and inspirational to tour through the vast spaces totally filled with products, concepts and hope for the future. Most years I am able to spend the entire 4+ days traversing the maze-like aisles. This year I was limited to 2 days due to other commitments so I didn’t get the full flavor of the adventure. But I was able to take in most of it.

I liked the idea that the Sands had an area just for ‘kids’ gadgets, toys and learning aids, although I did find some larger displays in the main hall. The ear buds seemed to be the most represented product. There were several exhibitors that offered decorative options for ear buds, sometimes called jewelry for ear buds.

There were exhibitors with information about books and programs to help students prepare for college entrance exams or GED preparation or for advanced degrees and such tests as the GMAT or LSAT or GRE.

Many had products or information about internet safety for kids. There were pamphlets about how to talk to kids about internet safety and what parents could do to monitor and maintain safe internet use for their children.

Several companies offered tracking devices for children. They ranged from watches to badges to just individual tracking items placed into pockets or backpacks, etc. Some were interactive to hosting sites and some were just between home and the device, like a 2-way radio.

There were products geared toward seniors and for those who care for seniors, too. One product I observed was a pill monitor. At first glance it appeared like any other dated pill holder, but it offered more. It could keep track of pills taken or missed. It could notify when pills were missed and when the holder needed to be refilled. The information was kept on a central station that recorded and kept track of all required data.

One product that I will actually have the opportunity to use and review is a clock that reflects the time, date, weather, etc onto the wall or ceiling. I will let you know how that goes.

Well, now the CES 2009 is in the past, I can have fun reviewing and reliving the experience. But I’m already looking forward to CES 2010.

Grandma Geek

Looking Forward

As the year winds to an end we are planning our reviews, tech tips, and editorials for next year. With the Consumer Electronic Show fast approaching and SEMA just past and new model has surfaced for us to adapt.

Starting early next year we will introduce three new sections; Senior Experience, Pre-School Adventures, and Photo Reality. These new sections will review and write about gadgets, goodies, and tools for each of the new subjects.

For the Senior Experience we'll have "how to's" and reviews geared towards those with more life experience. These will be written by and for those of our readers that are approaching or are in their "Gold Age."

Pre-School Adventures is written for the parents of post toddler age children. We are trying to focus on educational or developmental toys and activities.

For Photo Reality we have new writers that spend most of their waking hours behide some mighty nice cameras both digital and film. They'll cover everything for lenses, setups, and the must have tools to photo restorations and hand coloring.

Please stay tuned for more informations as we get closer to launch the new year, CES, and our new sections.

Thanks for looking in...

Submitted by Alexander (Chief Geek)

More Stuff and New Home Page

Well we now have some reviews up. Some on their way (a bluetooth headset and some green drives to name a few).

We now have our Splash Page repaired too.

Looking forward to new articles in the Automotive, Storage, Networking, and Video sections.

Still more to come so check back often.

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Delays Delays OOPS

Well, it has been quite some time since we've added anything new. Our hosting for our "splash" page was compromised and needed to be redirected.

We have been negotiating with some of our contacts to bring new gadgets, goodies, and geekly items for you read about and win.

Some new topics include Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles, LCD HDTV's, 21 Terabyte Home Media Storage Array (only for the really geeky), and maybe an automotive restoration tip or two.

Thanks to all the reader who keep looking and we're back!

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NAB Here We Come

Well we're all packed and ready to trek to Las Vegas. NAB happens this week and we'll be reporting from the show.

When we return we'll officially lauch our raffle program and have a few more prizes too. Keep reading as there will be a test on this stuff later.

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New Catagories...

Today we unvieled the newest of the Geeks' Catagories, Fitness. Please stay tuned as we finalize the rules for our drawings and get our "help" lines working.

More good things are coming soon!

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Welcome to Geeks' Product Investigations

We're open for business! Some of our features are still not ready but we are writing about and reviewing technologies and products.

The navigation on the right will take you through the site. Please check out the different catagories.

Soon there will be a contact page up with ways for you to request technology or product reviews. We look forward to helping you find answers for your projects and toys.

Our contests will start soon and first on the prize list is a Rucksack/Notebook case from CES!

More information will follow!

Submitted by Alexander (Chief Geek)