CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the world’s gathering place in January at Las Vegas for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. This event owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® has served for 50 years to introduce next-generation innovations to the global marketplace.
Here are some interesting news I saw today on my newsfeeds:
Sony introduced an electrical concept car prototype.
Finnish companies Bittium and Rightware show their talent for Android in cars.
Nvidia and Asus show computer monitors with 360 Hz (2.8 ms) refresh rate.
LG’s 8K and 4K OLED TVs at CES 2020
LG Display’s flexible screen first look at CES 2020
Sandisk shows that you can now fit 8 terabytes of storage to your pocket.
Pollen Robotics is selling an open-source platform designed for prototyping and research purposes. Take a look at Pollen Robotics Reachy hands-on at CES 2020
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Arduino is kicking off this year’s CES with some big news.
https://blog.arduino.cc/2020/01/07/arduino-goes-pro-at-ces-2020/
Meet the Portenta H7, a new Arduino board designed for demanding industrial applications, edge processing, and robotics! Program it with high-level languages and AI while performing low-latency operations on its customizable hardware: http://bit.ly/39Mdrga
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BMW launches gaze detection so your car knows what you’re looking at
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/07/bmw-launches-gaze-detection-so-your-car-knows-what-youre-looking-at/
At its CES press conference, BMW today unveiled its new gaze detection system, which can track what you’re looking at outside of the car and then present relevant information about it.
The German automaker is showing off this feature in its i Interaction EASE concept car
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Charmin Debuts a Trio of Bathroom Innovations So You Can “Enjoy the Go, Anytime, Anywhere”
At CES 2020, the toilet paper company launched three conceptual prototypes made to deliver a better bathroom experience from start to flush.
https://www.hackster.io/news/charmin-debuts-a-trio-of-bathroom-innovations-so-you-can-enjoy-the-go-anytime-anywhere-430e7a6aa64f
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CES 2020: Robot Vacuums That Don’t Repeat Mistakes, and Other Little Fixes to Life’s Annoyances
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/gadgets/ces-2020-news-robot-vacuums-lg-panasonic-ai-gadgets-consumer-electronics
Maybe we won’t see a breakthrough new technology at CES 2020. But it’s nice to see consumer electronics companies thinking about our pain points.
LG, kicking of CES press day, was all about AI, or, as the company brands it, ThinQ.
the company promised that this year’s models of its robot vacuum, the R9, will learn from mistakes
In another useful application of AI, LG plans to introduce washing machines that will detect the type of fabrics in the pile of clothes you shove in, automatically setting the appropriate wash cycle settings.
Bosch, meanwhile, is rethinking the standard car sun visor, replacing it with an LCD screen and AI vision system that tracks the driver’s eyes and blocks the sun.
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Velodyne has announced plans to start selling their new Velabit LIDAR sensor in mid-2020.
https://www.hackster.io/news/this-compact-100-3d-lidar-sensor-will-be-available-this-year-325ad1cc9ac5
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ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, will roll out in 2020, readying TVs to receive free, over-the-air broadcasts in 4K resolution. #CES2020
CES 2020 News: TV Makers Face Consumers Who Don’t Need So Many TVs
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/gadgets/ces-2020-news-tv-lg-tcl-hisense-oled-nextgen-tvs
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This autonomous security drone is designed to guard your home
https://tcrn.ch/37KhlEp
One of the new products unveiled at CES this year is a new kind of home security system — one that includes drones to patrol your property, along with sensors designed to mimic garden light and a central processor to bring it all together.
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CES Unveiled: Know Thyself, Groom Thyself
https://www.eetimes.com/ces-unveiled-know-thyself-groom-thyself/
With AI and “machine-learning,” many devices claim to be no just smart, but “intelligent.” We’ll see.
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Toyota’s “Woven City” Models Society Driven By AI
https://www.eetimes.com/toyotas-woven-city-models-society-driven-by-ai/
Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda announced Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) plans to build a new city in Japan.
Toyota Motor Corporation chairman Akio Toyoda announced Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) plans to build a new city in Japan, fueled entirely by renewable resources and operated by an intricate web of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Siemens-Arm Looks to 2025 Vehicles’ Platform Design
https://www.eetimes.com/siemens-arm-looks-to-2025-vehicles-platform-design/
Siemens is prepared to urge car OEMs at CES 2020 to envision the architecture of their vehicle platforms in five years’ time.
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CES 2020 Recap – Part 1
https://ces.eetimes.com/ces-2020-recap-part-1/
CES 2020 Day 2 Recap
https://ces.eetimes.com/ces-2020-recap-part-2/
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10282-ces-maailman-ensimmainen-5g-lappari
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/01/07/lenovo-pakkasi-uusimmat-tekniikat-kannettaviin/
Lenovo esittelee Las Vegasin kulutuselektroniikkamessuille maailman ensimmäisen 5G-verkkoon tukeutuvan kannettavan mikron. Lisäksi yritys esittelee taittuvanäyttöisen tablettitietokoneen, samantyylisen Rarz-läppäpuhelimen ja e-ink-lisänäytöllä varustetun tablettikannettavan. Uutta ovat myös älykkäät sisustusnäytöt.
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/01/08/tyhjista-muovipulloista-laukkuja-ja-tietokoneita/
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Facebook, Samsung, Ring Unveil New Privacy, Security Tools at CES 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/facebook-samsung-ring-unveil-new-privacy-security-tools-ces-2020
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A closer look at Ballie, Samsung’s friendly robotic ball
https://tcrn.ch/2tBMb3h
Baby steps. Bringing that long-promised Bixby smart speaker to market early this year is a good place to start. Next step is a designating a handful of functionalities best served by a roaming robotic ball (security, reminders, package delivery alerts) and building those in. Then deliver a device that can function consistently at a realistic price point. I’m here for it, Ballie.
Meet Ballie, Samsung’s rolling personal assistant that does…stuff
http://social.techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/meet-ballie-samsungs-rolling-personal-assistant-that-does-stuff/
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Pollen Robotics’ Reachy Tips Its Hat at CES as the Open Source Robot Goes Up for Pre-Order
https://www.hackster.io/news/pollen-robotics-reachy-tips-its-hat-at-ces-as-the-open-source-robot-goes-up-for-pre-order-890133437c64
A CES launch brings pricing for the one- or two-arm robot, but with only 15 available the open source repo may be of more interest.
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Talking with Neon AI, Samsung’s best attempt at being human
https://youtu.be/ODucR4xum_4
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The newly revealed Portenta H7 follows the MKR form factor, but enhanced with the Portenta family 80-pin high-density connector. This ensures scalability for a wide range of applications by simply upgrading your board to the one suiting your needs: http://bit.ly/37QCD3n
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At CES, Schneider Electric unveils its own upgrade to the traditional fusebox
https://tcrn.ch/2FvVZ1p
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Schneider Electric unveiled its pitch to homeowners looking for a better power management system with the company’s Energy Center product.
The new product is part of a broader range of Square D home energy management devices that Schneider is aiming at homeowners. The company provides a broad suite of energy management services and technologies to commercial, industrial and residential customers, but is making a more concerted effort into the U.S. residential market beginning in 2020, according to Pant.
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Here’s everything Google announced at CES 2020
https://tcrn.ch/2tGe6PO
Another year, another blast of Google Assistant news on the first official day of CES.
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CES 2020: Toyota Is Building an Entire City Full of Autonomous Cars and Robots
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/green-tech/buildings/toyota-ces2020-ces-announcements-news-city-autonomous-cars-robots
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CES 2020 Trends: Get Ready for Holographs, Augmented Reality, and Smart Bathrooms
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/gadgets/ces-2020-trends-augmented-reality-holograms-smart-bathrooms
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The Bosch Virtual Visor Dynamically Blocks The Sun From Your Eyes
The LCD visor panel stays clear everywhere else, so it doesn’t block your view.
https://www.designnews.com/automotive-0/bosch-virtual-visor-dynamically-blocks-sun-your-eyes/103988783962177
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The World’s First Smart Potato! #smartpotato
The World’s First Smart Potato! As seen at #CES2020
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-world-s-first-smart-potato-smartpotato#/
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You Could Replace All Your Home’s Wifi Hardware With This Tiny 5G Router
https://gizmodo.com/you-could-replace-all-your-homes-wifi-hardware-with-thi-1840777128
Mobile hotspots are a crucial tool for travelers needing to keep all their gear connected. But with the advent of 5G, Netgear’s new Nighthawk M5 5G WiFi 6 Mobile Router could replace all of your home’s wifi equipment with a pocket-friendly hotspot that will provide fast wifi even when you take it on the road.
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Audi AI:ME concept demonstrates innovative safety through lights
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/audi-aime-concept-demonstrates-innovative-safety-through-lights/
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Panasonic’s Cloud Analytics Will Give Cars a Guardian Angel
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/safety/panasonics-cloud-analytics-will-give-cars-a-guardian-angel
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology—“everything” meaning other vehicles and road infrastructure—has long promised that a digital seatbelt would make cars safer. This year Panasonic expects to keep that promise by taking data to the cloud.
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/01/09/sormenjalkilukija-nopeaan-ssd-muistiasemaan/
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Samsung ‘unveils’ prototype AR glasses, leaves details at the door
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-ar-glasses-1072684/
During its Gait Enhancing and Motivating System (GEMS) exosuit demo, Samsung whipped out a pair of what appear to be prototype AR glasses. There was no formal introduction, no technical details, no official name, nothing — just a couple references to the AR glasses during the keynote and demo.
The Samsung presenter showed off how the AR glasses should function by selecting a workout and what looks like a digital Wii Fit Trainer to instruct them. This was all done like magic with only a few waves of the hand.
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At CES 2020, we checked out a mosquito detection and tracking system from Israeli startup Bzigo that combines an IR camera and laser designator with computer vision algorithms that follows mosquitoes as they fly and tells you exactly where they land to help you smash them.
CES 2020: Bzigo Laser System Detects and Tracks Mosquitoes So You Can Destroy Them
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/bzigo-laser-system-detects-and-tracks-mosquitoes-so-you-can-destroy-them
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“I don’t think anybody in this room can tell accurately who has what data about them and how it is being used.”
CES 2020 News: Tech Executives Answer Tough Questions About Privacy
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/telecom/internet/ces-2020-news-tech-executives-answer-tough-questions-about-privacy
Rajeev Chand, Wing Venture Capital:
“Given the high number of high-profile security and privacy incidents last year, do you believe the consumer tech industry is doing enough to address privacy?”
Rebecca Slaughter, FTC:
“Given every day we read about breaches, it would be impossible to conclude that enough is being done.”
Jane Horvath, Apple:
“I don’t think we can ever say we are doing enough.”
“Terrorism and child sex trafficking are abhorrent, none of us want that kind of material on our platforms, but not having encryption isn’t going to solve those issues.”
—Jane Horvath, Apple
Erin Egan, Facebook:
“Everything that she said about Apple holds for Facebook. But the question is what do people expect; how do people understand how their data is being collected and used.”
Slaughter:
“To push back a little bit, I’m concerned about a universe where the entirety of the burden to protect one’s data lies with the consumer.”
“The burden shouldn’t just be on the consumer, but on collectors to have responsibility of minimizing what is collected, what is retained, what is shared, rather than collecting this endless trove of data.”
Horvath:
“We use data minimization. [Other important tools include] differential privacy, [that is], noise added to the data set, so we can’t tell if it’s your data or not. And [we use a lot of] on-device processing, we build models on servers and send them down to the phones instead of sending data up to the cloud.”
Chand:
“Do you think privacy is protected today?”
Egan:
“On Facebook, today, yes.”
Slaughter:
“As a general matter, I don’t think privacy is protected. I don’t think anybody in this room can tell accurately who has what data about them and how it is being used. I think we would all answer such a question wrong unless we said that everybody has everything.”
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An autonomous, laser-guided mosquito eradication machine
Now for use indoors! Welcome to bug zapping in the 21st century.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-autonomous-laser-guided-mosquito-eradication-machine/
developing a device that accurately detects and locates mosquitoes. Once a mosquito is detected, the device sends a smartphone notification while the mosquito is marked by a laser pointer.
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Cool Stuff from CES Unveiled and Samsung (CES 2020 Day 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gytYIKgcx8
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[CES 2020] A waltz for Ballie | Samsung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7N5UDZX7TQ
A waltz for Ballie. Here’s how Ballie improves the quality of your “me time” and takes care of your loved ones and your home.
#CES2020 #AgeofExperience #Samsung #Ballie
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.arduino.cc/2020/01/07/arduino-goes-pro-at-ces-2020/
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P&G is massively changing how it approaches product development to more quickly drive consumer health and business growth.
Procter & Gamble’s Innovations At CES Show Shift To Data-Driven Products
http://on.forbes.com/61871bbYL
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Somebody Snuck A Potato Into CES 2020 To Make A Scathing Point About Useless Smart Gadgets
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petepachal/2020/01/10/somebody-snuck-a-potato-into-ces-2020-to-make-a-scathing-point-about-useless-smart-gadgets/#4f24f9336a28
I almost walked right by it. But then I realized the object the young man was holding up, apparently thrilling the small crowd gathered around his tiny CES 2020 booth, was a potato.
If the smart potato sounds like a big, stupid stunt, that’s because it is. The man behind the idea, Nicholas Baldeck from France, told me he brought his admittedly ridiculous “invention” to CES to make a point about the torrent of smart gadgets at the show, many of which don’t really solve problems at all.
“This product has way more chance of success than 60% of the startups here,” Baldeck says. “I am skeptical of this idea of ‘connected everything.’ Now it looks like innovation is about putting a chip into any object. I’m not sure the word ‘smart’ makes more sense before the word toothbrush than the word potato.”
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
CES roundup: flexible screens are coming, battle between Intel and AMD to intensify, sex tech is on the rise, tech companies fetishized AI and 5G a little less
Eight big takeaways from CES 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/10/21059230/ces-2020-biggest-trends
From 8k to 5G to AI to concepts, we all saw through the hype
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If there’s one major takeaway, it’s this: in the absence of one clear Next Big Thing, there are a lot of ideas getting thrown at the wall. Many of them are intriguing, but overall it seems like we’re waiting for some parts of the consumer electronics ecosystem to mature. That trend expresses itself differently in different types of product categories, but it was pretty consistent across all of them.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/10/21059230/ces-2020-biggest-trends
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Las Vegasissa nähtiin todella kummallisia vimpaimia – tässä 13 oudointa https://www.is.fi/digitoday/art-2000006368899.html
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Israeli tech company making water from air gets top honor in Las Vegas
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-tech-company-producing-water-from-air-earns-honor-in-Las-Vegas-613623
Created by the environmentally savvy Rishon Lezion-based tech company Watergen, Genny is a water-from-air system that taps into atmospheric water using patented heat-exchange technology.
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CES 2020: TV lets you shine a torch into its shadows
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-51062229/ces-2020-tv-lets-you-shine-a-torch-into-its-shadows
A world’s first TV innovation is being demoed behind closed doors at the CES tech expo.
A special 8K screen uses a special kind of pixel to achieve a unique 3D effect.
What is more it also pairs up to a torch-like gadget to let owners re-illuminate scenes as they play.
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BBC reports on CES
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50894006
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https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21042971/ces-2020-preview-predictions-4k-5g-8k-tv-intel-drones-pcs-gadgets
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CES was a snoozefest
Technology disrupted our sleep, but now it’s trying to help us get it back
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/12/ces-was-a-snoozefest/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/01/13/suomalaista-sulautetun-osaamista-korealaisyhtiolle/
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A Transparent OLED TV in a Refrigerator?! – CES 2020!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfTbjnKig1U
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Automotive/Mobility
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-autos-17/
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A Lithium-Ion Battery That You Can Scrunch
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/batteries-storage/a-lithiumion-battery-that-bends
“What we’re doing at Jenax is putting batteries into locations where they couldn’t be before,” says Shin. Her firm demonstrated some of those new possibilities last week at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
“That’s when you need very thin, flexible batteries.”
Apart from Jenax, companies including Panasonic, Samsung, and STMicroelectronics are working to develop flexible batteries of their own. But Jenax claims to have “a higher degree of flexibility” compared with its competitors.
J.Flex can be as thin as 0.5 millimeters (suitable for sensors), and as tiny as 20 by 20 millimeters (mm) or as large as 200 by 200 mm. Its operating voltage is between 3 and 4.25 volts. Depending on the size, battery capacity varies from 10 milliampere-hours to 5 ampere-hours