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CES 2015: Star Wars Headphones, Remotely Controlled BMWs And Curved Smartphones

Imagine Controlling Your Car With Your Tablet
Thomas Tamblyn
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CES 2015 is now fully underway with the self-tightening belts now out of the way, the major tech companies have hit the floor to start showing us their vision of the future.

So what does the future look like? Well Sony's vision shows us a world where we'll be playing music using light and attaching tiny screens to our glasses.

Look at the rest of the conference and it's equally as science fiction. Energous has unveiled its latest plan to make sure we never have to plug our gadgets in ever again by powering them, wirelessly.

Using a router, the box sends WiFi signals to your devices. They then convert that WiFi into usable energy.

Of course CES wouldn't be CES without 50 Cent, obviously. The rapper's headphone company SMS Audio is back in full force with a brand-new range of Star Wars headphones. The depressing truth is they might actually be really good.

CES 2015: Cheesy Headphones, Remotely Controlled BMWs And Curved Smartphones
BMW Touch Command(01 of05)
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Don't let the heavily stylised picture fool you, this is full on James Bond stuff. BMW's new 'Touch Command' feature turns a Samsung tablet into a fully-fledged remote control for its future car. Stopping short of being able to actually drive it as you would in 'Tomorrow Never Dies', the tablet will let you control just about everything else from the AC to the way the chairs gently massage your spinal column.
Sony Attach(02 of05)
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In the absence of Google actually releasing an update to Google Glass, the competition has begun its fight back. The latest comes courtesy of Sony with the Attach. Rather than the full-fat smart-glasses experience, Attach is a way to upgrade your existing specs. Simply attach it (see what they did there), and you've got a pair of smart glasses. Attach uses a tiny OLED prism display which shows Sony's own software. Sadly it's hard to get too excited as not even Google's entirely sure what smart glasses should be for yet.
SMS Audio Star Wars(03 of05)
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50 Cent is nothing if not a shrewd businessman. Riding off the back of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the music star's headphone company has handily expanded its range of Star Wars headphones. The depressing fact is that beneath that happy-go-lucky exterior actually beats the heart of a good pair of headphones. With 40mm drivers and passive noise-cancelling you'll be in your own Galaxy.
Energous WattUp(04 of05)
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This is science fiction become fact. The Energous WattUp is a box that'll power your gadgets, wirelessly. Not just wirelessly but up to 20 feet away. Imagine buying a new TV and then never having to plug it in. How does it work? Well it uses the same technology as WiFi. Once it has found a compatible device using Bluetooth, it'll connect over WiFi and start sending highly focused RF signals to the smartphone. A tiny chip in the phone then converts the WiFi into actual power. Ridiculous, but true.
LG Flex 2.0(05 of05)
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Last but not least is LG's continued determination to make sure we're all looking at Facebook through a curved screen. The G Flex 2.0 is -- as you've probably guessed -- the second incarnation of its experimental curved screen smartphone that you can actually buy. There's good news, it looks like it might actually be really good. With a manageable 5.5-inch Full-HD display, the G Flex 2.0 is thinner, more powerful. While we weren't sure about Samsung's 'mood fish' Galaxy Round, the Flex 2.0 could be the exception.
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