Devices to help you in your daily routine

Hi Muriel, hi everyone,

Here's an article about promising specs -> Près de 10 millions de lunettes connectées vendues d'ici 2016

Grand Opening in 2014: USD1,500.
What will these applications be, do you think?

Hello everyone
As I am not as technique oriented as Gerard, I had to search in wikipedia to have a look at that marvel of technology

Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project,[6] with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer.[1]

The only problem : It costs 1500 dollards

Hi Muriel,

MurielB a écrit:... The only problem : It costs 1500 dollards

It's the price of the 1st products. When the volume is bigger, the price will plummet and you'll have it at far less than 1,500 dollars..

Hi Gérard !
Let's wait then...Be patient...

MurielB a écrit:... Let's wait then...Be patient...

I don't have any problem with Google Glass... why do you ask me to be patient??

Did you mean "Let's be patient", or "Let me be patient", or other?

Hi Gerard
I mean to wait until the price goes down !

Can't wait!

Imagine you arriving at the Café in Calais with immediate translations

Hi everyone,

If you are interested in the Galaxy S4, here are a few prices.

The smartphone was launched on Saturday April 27. Its price is roughly €700 but it's possible to get it at lower price at providers'.

Orange - €79 if you subscribe to an Origami at 79,90 €/month for 2 years So after the 24 months, the smartphone will have cost you €2,000. There's also the Origami Play...
SFR - €99 with a Carré voyageur subscription at 139,99 €/month... gross price €3,500 after 2 years! The 19,99 €/month Carré 2 hours will lead to €980 for 2 years.
Bouygues Telecom - The operator doesn't speak much about the S4: on the web site, it's just displayed "from €669.90" and there's no word re a bundle with subscriptions.

Hi everyone,

-> Les jeux vidéo retardent le déclin mental des adultes et des seniors
I'm not surprised!
Lots of computer activities are good for the brain.

I know, now, what I should ask for my next christmas ! Unfortunately I am hopeless with video games !

Google Glass...
Tout le monde à Calais, Lille, Boulogne va-t-il s'en parer ?

Et voici quelques applications de Google Glass : Facebook et Twitter ont déjà des applications pour les lunettes Google

Hi everyone,

Regarding Google Glass, it seems, a few months later, according to Robert Scoble, that it's a very difficult innovation.

Read.

-> Google Glass : un bide en puissance ?

Hi Gérard, everyone
My new year resolution was to be less connected.  

I'm afraid your resolution is not that trendy.

> My new year resolution was
Do you mean you already gave up? or did you already reach the goal, not turning TV on for a day? LOL What is your resolution now?

As you know i have been very busy with grand children, children etc. Everyone is leaving next sunday and on monday will start my new year resolutions. First a good diet then "galette des rois for café polyglotte"(Not a good diet ) so i will start my new year resolutions a bit later   

hi Gérard
for Chrismas I had a keyboard for my ipad and I find it very useful. why not try the other devices. I should be more tendy shouldn't I  

Hi Muriel, everyone,

-> CNET's Next Big Thing: The new hardware

While the smartphone and tablet markets seem to have devolved into a somewhat-predictable battle of bigger displays and faster processors, we're seeing some amazing innovation in a flotilla of other devices with more specific intents. These things use sensors and other smarts to provide solutions to problems we didn't know we had.

Read more: http://www.cnet.com/ces-next-big-thing/#ixzz2pRhz5vCI

Hi everyone,

-> LG HomeChat: text your washing machine, vacuum cleaner and fridge
LG’s HomeChat technology, combined with the popular mobile messenger Line, will let users send simple messages to their appliances – provided these are smart devices – from a variety of mobile devices and computers. Line is available on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Nokia Asha, Windows and OS X, while the HomeChat service will take advantage of a Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology.

-> LG HomeChat Allows Smart Appliances To Be Controlled Via SMS
Imagine being on vacation and still being able to control our home appliances. This will help place your mind at ease if you have forgotten to unplug certain appliances. LG will soon make this a reality with the company’s recent announcement of its new technology that takes advantage of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to control LG appliances using the popular messenger LINE in tandem with the LG HomeChat service.

Hi everyone,

2014 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) will take place from Jan 7 in Las Vegas, NV.
It's the biggest IT contest... 20,000 new products expected.

-> Full Schedule

-> CES 2014: What to expect from Las Vegas's giant tech show

-> CES 2014 Preview: Cell Phones

If you cannot attend, follow the news.

Hi everyone,

Another article -in French- -> CES 2014 : les 8 tendances high-tech à suivre

Another one for the same price -> Les 5 tendances phares du CES 2014 de Las Vegas

Hi everyone,

Carrefour Flins, Yvelines announces a special "3D Printing Workshop" on Fri 10 & sat 11.

The customers will have the opportunity to discover 4 printers (3D UP Plus 2, Easy 120 and UP mini ! Easy 100 models). Thru various examples, they will see the different steps to create objects with such printers: apps in the domain of design, mecanics, robotics, medecine, modelling, as well as daily life apps.

Read French article at Zebulon.fr -> Carrefour expérimente l'impression 3D

What do you think?

CES too...

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