iHome Introduces New Models from Its Studio Series

By Dena Cassella Published January 5, 2010

iHome announced it will be revealing new products in its Studio Series line-up at CES this week. The new iP2 Home Audio System for iPhone/iPod and the iP49 Portable Rechargeable Audio System with Alarm Clock & FM Radio for iPhone/iPod are the company’s next wave of products to incorporate Digital Power Station (DPS) technology, giving users new hardware options.

The iP2 and iP49 are both equipped with patented Bongiovi Acoustics DPS technology which iHome says maximizes the performance and sound quality of the system. According to iHome, its Studio Series emits studio-quality sound because the processor involved is active and can constantly scan the program material in real time to effectively improve the transients and harmonics.

Recommended Videos

“The Studio Series is our premium line for those iPhone and iPod owners who demand a higher level of audio fidelity from their speakers,” said Evan Stein, vice president of Marketing, iHome. “Thanks to Bongiovi Acoustics’ DPS technology, the sound quality is virtually unrivalled and we are excited to broaden our offerings with the iP2 and iP49.”

iHome came to this year’s tradeshow quite confident after winning iLounge’s Accessories Maker of the Year award at CES 2009. The Studio Series product line as well as iHome’s entire 2010 line-up will be on display during CES this week.

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Haole built. O'ahu grown

Topics

Emerging Tech

Robot dogs were supposed to help humans. Now humans are being asked to babysit them

One startup offered $20 an hour to walk its robots, with some heavy lifting required when the dogs overheat

GO2 robot dog

San Francisco startup Dimensional advertised for people to walk robot dogs through city streets. The New York Times reported that the job could include carrying a roughly 33-pound robot back to the office if it overheated. A lift home is an awkward requirement for a labor-saving machine.

Keeping the hardware running is only one challenge. Anthropic's robotics tests found that language models mostly failed when controlling joints directly, but did better when directing trained controllers. Giving an AI agent a body doesn't teach it to handle ordinary household objects.

Emerging Tech

Forget smartwatches; this smart bed could soon help keep you safe from being a fall risk

Who needs another wearable when your mattress could help spot fall risks?

Bed

Soon, a mattress protector may be more than a bed cover. Australian medtech company Sleeptite and researchers at RMIT University have received a US patent for FlexiSense, a smart bedding technology that tracks body position and posture to help caregivers identify when older residents may be at risk of falling.

The technology is being developed for Sleeptite’s in-bed monitoring system, REMi, and was recently on display at The MedTech Conference in Boston. A peer-reviewed study in Flexible and Printed Electronics says the sensors can also be made at scale without sacrificing performance or durability.

Emerging Tech

Anthropic’s sensitive internal data was exposed, and AI helped make it happen

Even the company behind Claude isn't immune to AI-powered security threats, as researchers discovered some worrying vulnerabilities.

Claude Anthropic Featured

AI companies spend enormous amounts of time convincing us their technology is safe and secure. But what happens when those same companies become targets of increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks? Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is now facing that question. According to a Washington Post report, cybersecurity startup Cathedral discovered vulnerabilities that let its researchers access sensitive information in Anthropic's internal systems.

The researchers used AI agents to identify potential entry points in less than 12 hours. Interestingly, they didn't need to crack Claude itself. Instead, they exploited weaknesses in third-party business applications that Anthropic uses for everyday operations. Anthropic's security testing program disclosed the findings, which allows outside researchers to identify and report vulnerabilities.