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On the show floor at International CES, Satechi Senior Product Designer Alan Jacobson walks us through their new products, including USB hubs, an iMac stand with four USB 3.0 ports built-in, and a series of Bluetooth buttons that make your iPhone’s controls accessible from across the room.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, we get to see a speaker playing underwater. Fugoo CEO Gary Elsasser takes us through the functionality of their Bluetooth speakers that are based on a core unit, and transform through the use of “sleeves” into waterproof units, ruggedized units and even stylish units. To prove the point, Gary gives the speaker a good dunking.

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In an off-the-beaten path room at International CES, Betsey Banker gave us a look at two OmniMount products. The WorkFit workstation can be added to almost any desk to turn it into a sitting or standing desk, and holds a full-sized iMac and keyboard. Their upcoming Workspace Wall Organizer provides a compact, flexible unit that boasts lots of features and a fold-up work surface.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, Barry Solomon, the co-founder of Eggcyte, talks about the capabilities and uses of The Egg, their product that is part web server, part photo storage and sharing device, part video server, with even more capabilities. Compact and powerful, The Egg has many uses, and Barry gives us some examples.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, Mark Dooley, the Vice President of Marketing for Eyefi brought us up to speed on their approach to getting your photos off your camera and iPhone and into the cloud. A new partnership with Olympus, more options to add their Wifi capabilities to your existing cameras and an app to include your iPhone in their service all add up to a renewed focus on the cloud. Mark explains how all of this simplifies the sharing and enjoyment of your photos.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, we found out how to get the home furnishings we want for less from Heather Gillette, the founder and CEO of nousDECOR. Select an item or look that you like, and nousDECOR performs online searches through all sorts of sites to get you something that has that same “look” or that is similar in design. nousDECOR saves you time, money and legwork, and is free to use, so why not redecorate your home from the comfort of your Mac or iPad.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, Caroline Tien-Spalding of Simplicam explains how their new home surveillance system now recognizes not only the fact that someone is in your home, but who is at home. Caroline discusses how it works, the proximity to the camera necessary for the face recognition to work, the security issues associated with have an always-on camera in your home, and more.

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, Bruce Cumming of FLIR Systems shows off the latest edition of the FLIR One, their personal thermal imaging camera that now works with more iOS devices. With a variety of uses that you might not first realize, the FLIR One can help you find heat leaks in your home, identify structural problems before the become bigger problems, improve night-time security and much more.

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At ShowStoppers at CES in Las Vegas, John McHale the Chairman of TrackingPoint,  brings out the big guns, literally, with their new “Mile Maker” smart rifle. John runs down the capabilities of the weapon not only as a gun, but as a connected device that helps you make, and share the shot, as well as their ShotGlass connected glasses that let you see what the gun sees so that you are not exposing yourself to your target. 

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At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, Morton Hansen of ReSound demonstrates the power and convenience of the ReSound LiNX, their smart hearing aids that are extremely small, lightweight and comfortable. Going beyond that, however, the ReSound LiNX are a shining example of what can be done with connected technology to improve both the function, convenience and use of medical assistive devices.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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