Microsoft Room Alive

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MIcrosoft's Room Alive is the next step towards creating a Holodeck for the home

7 October 2014

 

Mobile X21

Mobile X21Smartphones come with mini- or micro-SD expandable storage as standard but Silicon Power is looking to offer another option, USB keys. The Mobile X21 USB OTG Flash drive plugs into any Android phone’s microUSB/USB 2.0 port and works just like a comparable device for your PC.
An app downloadable from the Google Play store can also be used to manage your files or even do backups of your phone. Comes in 8-, 16-, and 32Gb models, has a revolving cover and works on Windows, Macs and Linux-based PCs as well.

Price: tbc

 

Bluesound Node

High-resolution audio is starting to become a little more recognised within consumer circles, thanks primarily to products such as the new Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Bluesound Nodesmartphone, which supports the playback of 24-bit audio. Bluesound is aiming to bring that same high-resolution experience into your home with a wireless system that can scale from one room to many rooms. Think Sonos, but with higher quality sound reproduction.
The base-level model in Bluesound’s range, the Node is a non-amplified streamer that can be connected to any existing audio system to provide wireless streaming of traditional and high-resolution audio. The Node can be controlled by an iOS/Andriod/desktop app over Wi-Fi. The key to the ecosystem is the ability to stream pretty much any type of audio file, but with the focus being on high-resolution files (24-bit) that contain more audio information than typical CD-quality (16-bit) files.

Price: $649

 

RoomAlive

Not a gadget as such but Microsoft’s Room Alive is the holodeck we’ve all been waiting for. This clip explains it better than we can.

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