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CES 2008 Video: Wyclef Jean on Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, and the generation gap. With bonus dancing.
I thought you'd appreciate this video clip of Wyclef Jean being interviewed at today's Billboard Digital Music Live event at CES. It's his answer to a question about how he sees the future of hip-hop, but he rambles spectacularly off the point (with entertaining results). Marvellous.
CES 2008: Wyclef Jean talks Motorola, ringtones, Shakira and… Bob Dylan?
I’m still at the Billboard Digital Music Live summit, and we’re ready for the main event now. Keynote speaker in the afternoon is Wyclef Jean, the multi-million selling ex-Fugee who’s collaborated with stellar acts like Shakira, Destiny’s Child and, er, Brian Harvey.
He’s due to announce a big new digital music deal, and give his views on the industry. Read on for the liveblog as it happens – and pray his lips don’t lie…
CES 2008: Don Was talks digital music at Billboard Digital Music Live
One of the events happening within CES is the Billboard Digital Music Live summit, which sees a bunch of music industry executives getting together to chew the fat about digital music: opportunities, threats, ways to screw Steve Jobs over. You know the kind of thing.
First speaker in the afternoon is music industry legend Don Was, who’s an artist and producer, and also active in the digital area, looking at advertising-funded music on his own site, My Damn Channel, giving away MP3s supported by advertising.
CES 2008: Dogbot meets webcam
Webcam maker, ExecCam had a stall full of really cool, beautifully crafted webcams made out of a huge range of diverse materials ranging from rosewood to marble, to cork and leather. Unfortunately, my attention was then immediately grabbed by the cutesy robotic dog models that they had in a corner display case. Awwww – but isn’t that infringing on Aibo copyright just a little bit?
CES 2008: Lasonic's i931 iPod boombox exists, makes us consider Adidas shelltoes
Yesterday we found proof that that iPod boombox from Lasonic which we saw months ago wasn’t just a Photoshop/Illustrator spoof – the Lasonic stand only had about fourteen of the 1980s-throwbacks on show!
Coming atcha like a wet flannel, they’re available…
CES 2008: Best car of the show, hands down
An Xbox 360…
CES 2008: More footage of the ace Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker
I've already raved about the Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker – it's a $29.99 gadget that lets you play air guitar to a bunch of top rawk tracks, cranking out the riffs as you wave its guitar pick in front of the special belt buckle.
CES 2008: NoPoPo are AA batteries powered by water, beer or your own pee
Sadly, Tech Digest’s battery correspondent isn’t at CES this year, so it’s fallen to me to ferret out the latest in AA energy technology. It’s called NoPoPo, which stands for Non Pollution Power. Japanese firm Aqua Power System is behind it.
CES 2008: Da Vinci inspired remote control miniatures
Airborne Remote Controlled toys are great fun, right up until you take someone’s eye out with your aerial acrobatics. But as technology gets smaller and smaller, so does the size of remote control gizmos and Interactive Toy Concepts has two diminutive offerings that will be great for annoying friends, relatives and pets alike without risking permanent injury. Although that might take the fun out of it I suppose.
The first is the Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) Ornithopter based on Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous designs. It has a wingspan of less than 5” and has an on-board rechargeable lithium polymer battery, which allows for 7 miuntes of flying time from a 5 minute charge.
