{"id":490,"date":"2010-01-15T00:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2010-01-15T00:56:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T07:56:14","slug":"ces-2010-great-technology-products-for-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/ces-2010-great-technology-products-for-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"CES 2010: Great Technology Products for Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0OK, after five days at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, I found a number of products that\u00a0are great for moms, families, and were just plain cool.\u00a0\u00a0 To read more about the trends for consumer electronics this year, be sure to read my first article on CES entitled Top 6 Tech Product Trends of CES 2010<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 In this article\u00a0I\u00a0list my top 4 favorite products for moms\u00a0that are very innovative and new.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0One of my favorite products from the show was the Zomm<\/a>, heralded as a wireless leash for your cell phone.\u00a0 The Zomm was created by a mom and the Zomm \u00a0initials stem from the first initial of each of her children.\u00a0 The Zomm is a keychain you attach to your keys that connects wirelessly, through Bluetooth, to your cell phone.\u00a0 Should you leave your house, a taxi cab, a restaurant, the gym, etc. without your phone, the Zomm will set off an alarm to alert you that you are leaving the phone behind.\u00a0 In addition, the Zomm acts as a two-way microphone and speakerphone – so you no longer have to tear your purse apart looking for your phone to answer it.\u00a0 Simply click on the Zomm button to speak to your caller.\u00a0 Lastly, the Zomm acts as a personal alarm.\u00a0 Press the panic button to immediately dial 911 through your phone if you are in an emergency.\u00a0 Very simple, but pure brilliance.\u00a0 The Zomm will be available for purchase during the second quarter of 2010.\u00a0 Estimated price is $79.99 with no monthly charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Another of my favorite products from CES 2010 was Lok8u nu-m8 (pronounced LocateU nu-mate).\u00a0 The\u00a0Nu\u00b7m8 is a damage resistant, GPS enabled,\u00a0colored watch that your child wears on his\/her wrist\u00a0allowing parents to know where their child is at any point in time.\u00a0 It’s intention is not to act as a wireless leash, but instead act as safety guard to ensure your child is traceable should s\/he become abducted.\u00a0 The\u00a0Nu\u00b7m8 was developed by a dad after frantically searching for his daughter who had disappeared from his sight for over 10 minutes (she had wandered next door to pet some horses).\u00a0 He knew there had to be a way to allow a child some independence while at the same time allowing for a sense of security and peace of mind for the parents.\u00a0 Parents can set up a\u00a0wireless safe zone, say a border of 500 feet around their school, so that if a child leaves that border, they are automatically alerted via e-mail\/text message.\u00a0 In addition, the watch was designed to be tamper resistant.\u00a0 Should the watch be removed, an e-mail\/text message will be sent to the parent.\u00a0 Parents can check the location of their child anytime simply by texting ‘wru’ to Nu\u00b7m8 .\u00a0 The GPS locator is accurate within 10 feet.\u00a0 The Nu\u00b7m8 is available in pink, blue, and black and recommended for children\u00a0 ages 3-12 years old.\u00a0\u00a0Nu\u00b7m8 requires a $10\u00a0monthly subscription to Lok8u’s Pinpoint Services to access the location requests and retails online for $180\u00a0at BestBuy.com, RadioShack.com, Toys R Us.com, Sears.com, and at lok8u.com.\u00a0 Other GPS locator products coming out soon include Maxell’s KeySmart and XactTrax.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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#3 Zeo Personal Sleep Coach\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0OK, now which moms out there are getting enough sleep at night?\u00a0 It’s not just the moms of young children who are lacking sleep.\u00a0 The world is moving fast and there are ever increasing demands on moms throughout the day as their schedules are impacted by demands of home, work, and life.\u00a0 I am one of\u00a0 those moms who does not get enough sleep.\u00a0 I go to bed late (usually working on a new post) and get up early to shuffle my kids off to school.\u00a0 So this product appealed to me.\u00a0 Here’s how it works.\u00a0 You go to sleep wearing the comfortable Zeo <\/a>Headband which tracks your personal sleep patterns.\u00a0 The headband transmits your sleep data to\u00a0the Zeo Bedside Display\u00a0which calculates a ZQ score for you.\u00a0 The sleep score tells you how well you actually slept through the night.\u00a0 To keep track of your data, simply take out the memory card from the Zeo Bedside Display and put it in your computer to upload your sleep data into your personalized myZeo.com account.\u00a0 Here you can see a visual representation of your sleep patterns to better understand what’s affecting your sleep.\u00a0 You’ll see graphs about much much deep and light sleep, REM,\u00a0 and wake time you traveled through during the night.\u00a0 You can also input data such as stress, alcohol and caffeine, and light in the bedroom to better analyze your sleep patterns.\u00a0 For an additional charge, you can receive an e-mail based 7 Step Sleep Fitness Program with personalized recommendations for enhanced sleep.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Zeo Personal Sleep Coach retails for $249 for the system and $349 for lifetime unlimited access to online guided coaching.\u00a0 The Zeo can be purchased online at Amazon.com or directly from Zeo at myzeo.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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How would you like to get around the screens of\u00a0your computer by using your fingers instead of a mouse?\u00a0 Although several new All-in-One Multi Touch Desktops were introduced last year at CES, with the introduction of Windows 7 operating system in October of 2009, the All-in-One Multi Touch Desktops have more power and potential than ever before.\u00a0 At the show, MSI launched a new 21.5 Multi-Touch Screen All-in-One Desktop PC with full HD (1080p) resolution and high-fidelity 5.1 Channel SRS Premium Sound.\u00a0 With it’s Intel Core 2 Duo processors, it can easily run HD movies and 3D games.\u00a0 In addition,with its VGA and HDMI input port, it can serve as a TV as well.\u00a0 In my opinion, Multi-Touch computers are best suited for the kitchen.\u00a0 Touch is fun and useful – but adds the most value for faster tasks like reading recipes for cooking, showing the latest family pictures, checking the family calendar, quickly reviewing e-mail or searching for some urgently needed information from the Internet, using Skype to video-conference with a family member or friend, etc.\u00a0 Using the computer for anything longer would require you to sit down and bring out a mouse and keyboard (which by the way I’d keep handy in the kitchen for such times.)\u00a0 The MSI Wind Top AE2220 All-in-One Multi-Touch PC <\/a>is already available and retails for $749.99 at Amazon.com.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I will showcase more products for the Family and just plain “cool” products from CES in upcoming articles.\u00a0 Some of the products I will write about are truly innovative while others have been around for awhile\u00a0but are useful and tools moms should know about.\u00a0 Stay tuned for more CES\u00a0tech fun next week.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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