Phāz These over-ear headphones aren't quite a perpetual motion machine, but they're the next best thing. The Phāz cans charge your phone or tablet while you're rocking out with them, thanks to an onboard 1200mAh battery. The headphones themselves can be used passively while jacked into a 3.5mm port, but the onboard battery can be used as an amp when you don't need the juice for your mobile's battery. Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
Phāz These over-ear headphones aren't quite a perpetual motion machine, but they're the next best thing. The Phāz cans charge your phone or tablet while you're rocking out with them, thanks to an onboard 1200mAh battery. The headphones themselves can be used passively while jacked into a 3.5mm port, but the onboard battery can be used as an amp when you don't need the juice for your mobile's battery.
Oku Skin Health Sensor You've quantified your steps and your sleep. Now what? How about your skin. Oku, coming this spring, will use an optical sensor to peer into your epidermis, sending readings on moisture, oils, wrinkles and the like back to an accompanying app. The app makes suggestions on how to make yourself more beautimous, say by tweaking your diet. Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
Fitguard In contact sports, concussions and other brain injuries are often difficult to detect. Via its built-in accelerometer and gyroscope, the Fitguard mouthpiece monitors linear and angular acceleration to detect a possible concussion-class impact. It lights up if you take a heavy bruising, alerting teammates and coaches that medical attention is needed. It's supposed to go on sale in September or October. Alex Washburn/WIRED
Parrot Pot This simple-looking white pot from Parrot houses a water reservoir inside. Using the companion app, you can irrigate your greenery just by tapping your phone's screen. It also measures temperature, sunlight, and fertilizer requirements. You'll be able to stop killing your plants via neglect later this year when it goes on sale. Alex Washburn/WIRED
HP Mini PCs It's not often you see a computer and go "Awww." But HP's tiny machines are pretty darn cute. The $180 Stream Mini has 2GB of RAM and a 32GB hard drive. The $320 Pavilion Mini is more powerful. Both tupperware-sized machines run Windows 8.1 and can live happily on desks, under TVs, and sitting on kitchen counters alike. Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
Zolt Even if you have one of those fancy light laptops, there's a problem with it. It's the brick, the too-bulky adapter that adds weight to your bag and blocks slots on your power strip. The $80 Zolt delivers 70W from three USB ports—the top one can charge a laptop, and the others can charge your phone or tablet. The octagonal mini-tower swivels to keep adjacent outlets usable. Alex Washburn/WIRED
QuitBit This smart cigarette lighter tracks your smoking habits so you can eventually meet your goal of quitting. The lighter counts each time you light up, and the accompanying app lets you set a goal date for when you want to be smoke free, then gently lowers the number of allowed cigarettes per day leading up to that goal date. It goes on sale in March for $100. Alex Washburn/WIRED
SmartMat If you want to bypass the years of dedication and practice you need to become a master yogi, you're out of luck. But SmartMat could at least help speed up the process. SmartMat, which should ship in September, first ascertains your measurements, flexibility, and abilities. From there, it offer guidance on your position as you move through the poses. It has different modes for when you're at home or in a class. Alex Washburn/WIRED
Kube Music is good. Beer is good. Kube enjoys both, just like you do. The handsome speaker/cooler combo has 33 quarts of storage space for beverages and can crank your BBQ mix upwards of 100 dB without distortion. Best part is the battery life: It gets 20 hours on one charge, so you'll pass out before it does. Worst part is the price tag: $1,100. Josh Valcarcel/WIRED
Devialet Phantom Leave it to the French to design a speaker that looks like Wheatley from Portal 2. The weird thing is that Devialet's mesmerizing sphere is no gimmick. The wireless Phantom has built-in amplification, built-in digital-to-analog conversion, and side-domes that vibrate hypnotically when the Hz take a dip. Oh, and it sounds incroyable. Alex Washburn/WIRED
Petnet Let's be honest: You have no idea how much food your cat or dog should actually be eating. Petnet takes into account your pet's breed, specific food brand, and their activity level to determine exactly how many calories they should be getting each day. The $250 feeder also lets you set feeding times, so it can do automated feedings when you're away. It goes on sale this spring. Alex Washburn/WIRED
The main CES expo hall opens to the public on Tuesday morning, complete with its acre-sized booths, huge LCD displays, and all the pomp and eye-candy of a proper Las Vegas production. The evening before the main event kicks off, however, the members of the press get one last chance to preview some of gadgetdom’s choicest selections.
We poked around, and of course we saw a hefty crop of health-related gadgets—one of the biggest trends at the show this year. Standouts include a lighter that counts your cigarette intake, a handheld cube that assesses the health of your skin, and a sensor-laden yoga mat that guides you toward better pose positions. In addition to things for taking better care of yourself, we also saw some products to help take care of your household companions; machines that keep your plants and your pets properly fed. Oh, and we couldn’t resist these crazy-cool-looking speakers from France that could probably blow the dome off the Sacré-Coeur.
Enjoy these photos from the second day of CES.
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