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Home > Episodes > IFA 2014: The Coolest Stuff We Saw
Cali Lewis on GeekBeat Episode 901

IFA 2014: The Coolest Stuff We Saw

September 8, 2014 by John P.

What is IFA?

IFA is a huge European consumer technology show. It’s similar to CES, but in a lot more buildings – not necessarily bigger than CES, because the buildings are smaller, but it’s very maze-like, and it’s open to the public.

And while we were in Berlin, we visited Schloss Charlottenburg, an enormous palace built in the 17th century.

Big Things at IFA 2014

A couple of themes kept showing up at IFA. The first was wearables, the second was UltraHD TV.

Wearables at IFA 2014

There were a lot of wearables and smartwatches being announced, with products such as the Garmin Vivosmart, the Acer Liquid Leap, LG G Watch, MyKronoz, VFit, and several from Sony – SmartBand, Smartband Talk, and Smartwatch 3. Wearables also includes stuff like Google Glass, SiMe Goggles, and Mota SmartGlass.

UltraHD TV at IFA 2014

The other hot product family at IFA was UltraHD TVs. Curved ones in particular. We saw cool UHD TVs from big names like Samsung, LG, and TCL, and not so big ones like Grundig, Changhong and Seiki.

Our Favorite Things from IFA 2014

How awesome would it be to have stainless steel headphones like the RHA T10i? Pretty awesome indeed. We were also very impressed by the Shoulderpod S1 smartphone rig – a cool tool for people who shoot video and photos with their phones. The Toshiba TransferJet allows you to move digital content quickly and easily between devices by holding them near each other. The Elgato Smart Power Battery puts a cool new twist on the well-worn concept of batteries. Hyper showed us a microSD card adapter called the HyperDrive that fits flush into your MacBook, allowing you to expand your storage capacity. We were also very impressed by the Sony concept bike, the Robomow, Star Wars Galactic Empire Headphones, the Mobee Magic Hub, ArtWizz Privacy Screen protectors, and the AeroSkull HD from Jean Michel Jarre.

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Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: acer, audio, batteries, Garmin, IFA 2014, LG, mobee, robots, Samsung, smartwatches, Star Wars, ultra HD, USB hub, wearable tech

About John P.

John P. is CEO of Livid Lobster and co-host of Geek Beat TV. You can also find him on Twitter and Google+.

Comments

  1. jpaulson says

    September 9, 2014 at 7:29 am

    did you guys get to see the Panasonic AX900?

    • John P. says

      September 9, 2014 at 8:17 am

      Somehow we missed Panasonic altogether!

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