CES 2017: Fisher-Price has a stationary bike with a tablet

The new Fisher-Price Think & Learn SmartCycle feels like part of an inevitable future, where everything has to be smart and connected. It gives us mixed feelings though, giving kids even more screen time but it’s also a fact that kids are spending more time staring at screens than moving. What the SmartCycle hopes to achieve is to educate, entertain, and get kids moving. The machine comes with four different apps meant to teach subjects like math, STEM, science, social studies, and reading. They get to interact with the games by pedaling and steering. Aside from the included apps, there will be others available for download for US$5 each. It’s expected to arrive in the US in the fall for US$150 (close to CA$200).

Source: TechCrunch

This Apple Watch stand looks like a Macintosh 128K

Love all things Apple? Accessory maker Elago has a new Apple Watch stand that might tickle your fancy. It’s called the W3 Stand and when you put your Apple device on it to make it look like the original Macintosh. Of course it isn’t just a stand, it’s a charging port, too, that when you line the watch face with the screen and have the screen in Nightstand mode, it’ll look like a small Macintosh 128K is showing the information. It’s available in black and white versions for US$13.99.

Source: Apple Insider

CES 2017: Introducing Lenovo’s Microsoft Surface competitor

Lenovo has its own take to the hybrid laptop and tablet in the Miix 720. Appealing to the younger, mobile crowd, this 2-in-1 comes equipped with 12-inch QHD+ touchscreen display (2,880 x 1,920 resolution), up to 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, up to Windows 10 Pro, up to 16GB DDR4 memory, and up to 1TB PCIe SSD. It also has a Thunderbolt 3 port for faster data transfer and Windows Hello support.

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CES 2017: Cortana coming to BMW cars

Las Vegas - BMW has selected Microsoft's Cortana assistant to be part of their infotainment future. BMW says that its “connected driving experience will also be enhanced by intelligent voice control”, powered by a “personal digital assistant that customers are familiar with in other areas of their daily lives.”Cortana will be the voice asssitant component of BMW vehicles allowing a hands-free, yet interactive, way to access information, set reminders, check sports scores and integrate with other devices and services.