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LG is showing off a levitating Bluetooth speaker:
Other levitating speakers have looked like UFOs, evil soccer balls, or clouds. LG's latest looks more like the kind of device you might find in a hospital, with a functional off-white color scheme, a reassuringly chunky base unit, and a series of control options on the speaker itself. Its levitation is achieved through the use of electromagnets, rather than witchcraft, powerful units that support an omnidirectional speaker that LG says features Dual Passive Radiator technology for "flush mid-range tones and crisp highs."
Bass is, fittingly, handled by the base unit, which works as a subwoofer. It also doubles up as a charger: once the hovering speaker has used up its 10 hours of battery life, it descends slowly onto the base for charging, settling back to terra firma like a little lunar lander. The speaker can continue to play audio while it's charging, but be aware that it will look slightly less cool.
Also at PC Magazine. Breathless LG press release here.
(Score: 3, Funny) by rts008 on Saturday December 31 2016, @02:12PM
I think that upon finding electronics in your golfballs, they kick you out of the tournament, Tiger. ;-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 31 2016, @02:39PM
I think golfing with levitating balls should become a trend among "tech" billionaires.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Saturday December 31 2016, @06:27PM
As long as they are playing with their own balls, fine. But if they are trying to play with the caddy's balls(floating, or not) then there could be a problem. I guess it would depend on the caddy...
I wonder...if you try swimming with floating balls, do you turn belly-up? Put the 'freestyle' back into men's freestyle swimming events!