Pioneer prototype laser-based heads-up display with Android (video)

Imagine the screen of your Android smartphone project as a head-up display on your car windshield for easy viewing without taking your eyes off the road! Check out Pioneer's vision of the future, a prototype that uses an embedded laser projector (a Microvision, as it were). Right now it's just running a static demo, but the idea is that a virtual concierge (represented by our favorite mascot pops up to give you information, and you could also get streaming video from traffic cameras, all without you having to look down. The information is supposed to come via a smartphone, we learned later an Android one at that, though things are a little vague. A release date is a little vague too, sometime in 2012, though we're told the company is working with car companies. But could we get this by next year? We'll see. 

Etymotic EB1 and EB15 noise cancelling earplugs

Etymotic has developed a pair of earplugs that protect your hearing against things like loud explosions and gunfire. The EB1 and EB15 Electronic Blast PLG Earplugs, retailing for $449 and $499, respectively, are aimed toward buyers such as hunters, musicians and soldiers -- folks who are exposed to loud noises and need protection. Hit read more for details.

Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series (Video)

Ever wanted a tablet and a slider in one sleek device? The unit you see, and the one being shown on the show floor here at CES, is still pre-production, but even so the sliding mechanism worked pretty smoothly. That's not to say it doesn't still feel delicate, but it actually auto-slides open once you start to push up the screen. As you'll see in the video, it's a rather exhilarating process, although, we were slightly worried that the back of the screen was going to shave off a keyboard key or two. Speaking of the keyboard, those smooth, shiny chiclet keys feel pretty good, though as you'd expect the layout is a little bit cramped. Hit read more for details and videos.

Ford Focus Electric and MyFord Mobile - Control your car with your smartphone

Imagine a service where you can be sitting at home and just look at the amount of charge on your car left and the amount of time left for the car to carge upto full. Also you could open the hatch, plan your routes and do many other things, all before stepping into your car! Ford just made some tire marks on the stage at CES unveiling its Focus Electric, the first new major vehicle announced at the show. We of course knew it was coming, and we have all the details right here of both the car itself and the MyTouch Mobile app, but we were given an opportunity to get up and close with them both. Click on through for some impressions -- both in visual and textual formats.

A look at BPG Motors amazing, transforming, self-balancing Uno (video)

BPG motors is certainly thinking ahead of the curve! The Uno from BPG Motors is a tricycle that transforms into a self-balancing, two-wheeled... thing. It's gained a wheel since the last time we saw it, a front fork that folds in between the rear wheels and the whole thing starts balancing when you need to go through some tight spaces and then, when it's time to go faster (up to around 30 or 35mph) that wheel pivots out, the whole thing lowers, and away it goes. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to pivot the thing at the show, but we have a video of the transformation after the break.

Gorilla Glass at CES 2011

We would like to share an interesting advertisement of Gorilla Glass we saw at CES this year! Hit red more for more pictures!

Wireless Media Stick: stream your content to anything with a USB port

Ever wanted seamless wireless integration and synchronization of all your data on all your devices? That includes your PC, Xbox, PS3, Blackberry, Android, iPhone etc. Heres the gadget for you! The Wireless Media Stick is an interesting little product that aims to bring media streaming to pretty much anything with a USB port. This USB stick has built-in WiFi, so you connect it to your network and can plug it into pretty much anything with a USB port that can read a mass storage device. Hit read more for details.

PixelOptics emPower! Electronically controlled eyeglasses!

For all those who have worn eye glasses for the better part of their lives! This could be the biggest breakthrough since the creation of prescription eye wear. PixelOptics is demoing what it claims is the most significant development in prescription eyewear in 50 years: emPower! PixelOptics' glasses offer up better field of view and less distortion than traditional lenses by sandwiching an LCD-like layer in the glass that can be focused with an electrical charge. The set's inbuilt micro-machine accelerometer detects when you tip your head down -- when you read, for example -- and triggers the glasses' focal area for presbyopia. The emPower! lens can also be set to manual and is then activated by a swipe of your finger on the frame.Hit read more for details.

Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV

We've been hearing a ton of rumors about what direction Apple's next set of products will take and when they'll be available -- but now we've got some concrete information from reliable sources which should make the path a little clearer. And that includes info on the next iPad, the iPhone 5, the second iteration of the new Apple TV, and a big change coming for all of the company's mobile products. Want to know the scoop? Read along after the break to get the goods.

Intel's been wishin' and hopin' for a Microsoft tablet OS, Windows 8 rumors recommence

We're not going to lie, Microsoft's news on the tablet front here at CES has been quite a disappointment. While it teased that it's working on "the next version of Windows" for ARM, it didn't talk about its plans for a tablet-based OS at all. It's been Windows 7 and more Windows 7. And according to CNET, we're not the only ones that want Microsoft to show some movement on the tablet UI front -- Intel has been pushing Microsoft for a long time. Hit read more for details.