This year CES 2021 was a digital venue showed newest innovation in consumer electronics. It had some 1900 virtual booths, several peripheral product showcase.
Here are some links to reports on the event.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
The pandemic was top of mind in the tech of CES 2021
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/15/the-pandemic-was-top-of-mind-in-the-tech-of-ces-2021/?tpcc=ECFB2021
Of course COVID-19 was bound to be an unavoidable topic during the first-ever all-virtual CES. After all, the topic is at front of mind regardless of the topic these days. Close to a year into the pandemic, presenters still understandably feel obligated to address the always-present elephant in the room. Sometimes it was as simple as acknowledging the strangeness of moving from the Las Vegas Convention Center to a Microsoft-powered virtual venue. Other times it felt far more forced.
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https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-removes-ps5-game-release-dates-from-ces-2021-trailer?utm_content=buffercfa9a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer-trfb
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CES 2021: Advanced Devices, Advanced Designs
The difference in technology between the first CES I attended in 1985 and the current event is as striking as watching a movie from the period and making fun of the fashion.
https://www.evaluationengineering.com/applications/iot/article/21205757/ces-2021-advanced-devices-advanced-designs?utm_source=ed&utm_medium=promo&utm_campaign=cross
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/18/the-station-ces-trends-and-uber-plots-another-spinoff/?tpcc=ECFB2021
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES 2021: Advanced Devices, Advanced Designs
The difference in technology between the first CES I attended in 1985 and the current event is as striking as watching a movie from the period and making fun of the fashion.
https://www.evaluationengineering.com/applications/iot/article/21205757/ces-2021-advanced-devices-advanced-designs
https://www.mwrf.com/magazine/50036
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Moley showed off its robot kitchen at CES. The robots make meals (they have 5,000 recipes in memory) and clean up after themselves.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-first-robotic-kitchen-launched-301206400.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-laptops-at-ces-2021-top-notebooks-2-in-1s-and-ultraportables/
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Kevin C. Tofel / Stacey on IoT:
CES 2021 demonstrated that the smart home industry is at a pause after moving a little too rapidly for several years without understanding what consumers want
CES 2021: A deep breath for the smart home to determine its future
https://staceyoniot.com/ces-2021-a-deep-breath-for-the-smart-home-to-determine-its-future/
https://www.eetimes.com/ces-2021-the-future-of-iot-is-maintenance-free/
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Chips Are in Hot Demand—and That’s a Problem
Surging appetite for 5G smartphones, rebounding car sales squeeze semiconductor makers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chips-are-in-hot-demandand-thats-a-problem-11610630859?mod=djemalertNEWS
Lack of Tiny Parts Disrupts Auto Factories Worldwide
Carmakers can’t buy the semiconductors they need because home electronics are taking all the supply.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/auto-factories-semiconductor-chips.html
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https://www.eetimes.com/taiwans-tech-arena-takes-center-stage-at-the-all-digital-ces-2021/
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CES 2021: CTA’s Take On Tech Trends
https://www.eetimes.eu/ces-2021-ctas-take-on-tech-trends/
At CES 2021, the Consumer Technology Association shared its projections and analysis on innovation and emerging technology trends to watch throughout 2021. Here is a collection of interesting figures, remarks, and perspectives on technology areas such as digital health, robotics, transportation, 5G, smart cities, and home entertainment.
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CES 2021: Wearable Device with Biometric Authentication
https://www.eetimes.eu/ces-2021-wearable-device-with-biometric-authentication/
Keyfob Sized Sensor Claims Clinically Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement
https://www.eetimes.eu/keyfob-sized-sensor-claims-clinically-accurate-blood-pressure-measurement/
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Expected Trends for Power Electronics in 2021
https://www.eetimes.eu/expected-trends-for-power-electronics-in-2021/
The power electronics system design’s role involves all those applications increasingly hungry for energy, playing an important role in the global warming puzzle. Since power is a critical component in any electronic application, efficiency and performance should be a high priority in any system design plan.
Without advances in power management technology, the spread of applications such as data centers, electric vehicles, digital health systems and automated manufacturing will be significantly hampered. The emergence of electric vehicles is the most effective way to eliminate the transport sector’s carbon footprint by replacing the internal combustion engine. Greater efficiency, higher power density, and compact power electronics from generation to the road will increase vehicle fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions.
Requirements for better and more efficient power management and supply will be significant in the coming months and years. Optimization of power electronics typically starts at board level, where every millimeter of space is precious. Engineers need to create circuits with ever higher densities, better efficiencies, and greater reliability while at the same time providing smaller form factors (for easier installation).
The industry is beginning to strongly embrace the benefits (performance/cost) of wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC). Power semiconductors based on GaN and SiC technologies provide a path to efficient power supply across industrial environments while also complementing the renewable energy segment’s expansion. In 2021, GaN chargers and adapters will find space with many of the OEM brand names we all know and trust for use with smartphones, laptops, and other devices, and in chargers that deliver higher (100W and more) and faster-charging power levels.
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Startups at CES showed how tech can help elderly people and their caregivers
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/17/startups-at-ces-showed-how-tech-can-help-elderly-people-and-their-caregivers/?tpcc=ECFB2021
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the challenges many elderly people face. Older adults are among the highest-risk groups for developing cases that need hospitalization and nursing homes were especially vulnerable to outbreaks. While dealing with COVID-19, the elderly have also faced many other problems, including the difficulty of accessing medical care for chronic conditions during lockdowns and isolation.
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Consumer Electronics Lose Something In Translation to Virtual
https://www.eetimes.com/consumer-electronics-lose-something-in-translation-to-virtual/
But instead of covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on throbbing feet, I’m monitoring it from my home office New York. Due to Covid-19, CES, like nearly all conventions over the past 10 months or so, is being held virtually. My feet may be happy, but it’s just not the same without the bells and whistles.
The Consumer Technology Association, which puts on CES, is doing what it can, using digital tools to host press conferences by marquee tech giants like LG, Samsung and Sony — and up-and-comers to the U.S. market like TCL and Skyworth — but CE gear and gadgets need to be seen and heard, even felt, to have full impact.
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Consumer Audio: 2021 As We Hear
https://www.eetimes.com/consumer-audio-2021-as-we-hear-it/
These are remarkably exciting times in the world of audio, with tremendous growth driven by significant improvements in performance and connectivity of audio technologies. In 2021, new advances will meet dramatic social changes brought on by today’s shifting environments for work, school and gatherings, and advances in mobility. New applications will evolve and new market niches will be created, even as legacy audio solutions continue to be disrupted.
While there are many trends worth mentioning as we enter 2021, several stand out as opportunities for immediate impact:
Voice as the user interface
Remote trends will continue, post-pandemic
True Wireless: new standard for personal audio
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CES 2021: How COVID-19 Turned the Car into a Personal ‘Second Space’
https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/stories/blog/38398?utm_source=TB_Main_News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210119&oly_enc_id=2460E0071134A8V
COVID-19 has changed how we work, how we interact, and, increasingly, how we use our cars.
In a roundtable session at the virtual CES 2021 , panelists said the pandemic has changed commuting patterns and consumer preferences – and that those shifts are here to stay.
According to a study led by the Center for Automotive Research, a majority of workers are not planning on returning to the office.
“Only about 20% are saying that they’re going to go back to full-time,” said Carla Bailo, President and CEO of the Ann Arbor, MI-based research organization. Bailo joined three other automotive-industry professionals in the online discussion on Tuesday.
In fact, some employees have been getting their jobs done from their driveway.
“Honestly, the car has become an office for some people just so they can get away from the noise of their house,” said Bailo. “The sound is great, and you can connect from anywhere.”
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Intel’s New CEO Focused on Creating New PCs to Beat Apple
https://uk.pcmag.com/processors/131067/intels-new-ceo-focused-on-creating-new-pcs-to-beat-apple
Intel may also reportedly delay a decision on whether it’ll outsource its chip production to a third-party foundry so its new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, can weigh in.
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Opinion
Video games have replaced music as the most important aspect of youth culture
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/video-games-music-youth-culture
The global video gaming industry took in an estimated $180bn in 2020 – more than sports and movies worldwide
It would be incorrect to say video games went mainstream in 2020. They’ve been mainstream for decades. But their place in pop culture feels far more central – to gamers and non-gamers alike – than ever before. In part, this is due to desperate marketers hunting for eyeballs in a Covid landscape of cancelled events.
The shift was corroborated last spring, when Adweek reported that the gaming industry’s revenue (at $139bn a year) had outstripped the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL combined. By this December, lockdown life further fattened the industry. The global gaming industry is set to take in $180bn for 2020 – a 20% increase in revenue, and more than sports and movies worldwide.
The most fetishized products of 2020 were gaming platforms: the Nintendo Switch in the spring and the PlayStation 5 this fall. It wasn’t the usual suspects lining up to score a console either. With bars and clubs closed, even the actor and legendary party girl Lindsay Lohan was excited to pose next to her comped PS5. There’s a familiar rhythm to the release of a must-have consumer product: days of excited internet chatter in anticipation of a launch followed by days of frustrated anguish as limited supply stymies surging demand. This once belonged to the iPhone, but now belongs to the gaming rigs.
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Featured Article
Reflections on the first all-virtual CES
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/19/reflections-on-the-first-all-virtual-ces/?tpcc=ECFB2021
We’ve long questioned whether in-person trade shows are a thing of the past. This year, we put it to the test.
spent more time than I care to mention over the last several years wondering aloud about the value of in-person trade shows. There’s something seemingly antiquated in the idea of jamming a bunch of people in a room, walking from booth to booth. Sure, they’ve fulfilled an important need in the past, but aren’t they just a relic in this hyperconnected world?
I’ve always assumed that if trade shows were to go extinct, it would be a gradual process — a slow fade into cultural irrelevance, like bookstores and record stores (both things I miss dearly). Technology has, for many intents and purposes, dramatically reduced their relative value to our society.
While it’s undoubtedly true that Spotify and the Kindle Store are lacking in much of the appeal and all of the charm of their real-world counterparts, we’re happy to sacrifice all that and more at the alter of convenience.
A rampaging pandemic has effectively given us a year without in-person trade shows.
CES 2021 was far from the first tech show to go all virtual over this past year. The size and scope of the event, on the other hand, are relatively unique here. Per the CTA, the 2020 show drew north of 170,000 attendees. The majority of the tech events I’ve attended virtually in the past year have been put on by a single company. CES is obviously a different beast entirely.
Per the CTA’s numbers, nearly 2,000 companies launched products at the 2021 event. The figure pales in comparison to the 4,419 companies exhibiting last year, but that’s to be expected. In addition to the uncertain nature of the event, it’s been a remarkably crappy year for plenty of companies. I certainly had my questions and doubts going in — chief among them was the value of an event like this for a startup? Without an in-person element, wasn’t this just yet another chance to get lost in the noise?
I heard similar feedback from startups on the side, though ultimately nearly 700 chose to exhibit at the show.
For me, CES’s biggest appeal has been the element of discovery.
Eureka Park, the jam-packed startup portion of the show at the Sands Expo, is easily the best part. The vast majority of exhibitors are not for us, but I still get a charge stumbling on something new and innovative I’ve not seen before. The blogger instinct that lives dormant inside kicks in and I can’t wait to get back in front of my laptop to tell the world.
There was no Eureka Park this year — not even a virtual version. There’s just no good way to approximate a show floor online — at least none that I’m aware of.
More than anything, the virtual event highlighted the technology limitations of an event at this scale. Press conferences are simple enough (though I found frustration in the various different platforms the CTA employed). More often than not, these felt like lengthy commercials for the exhibiting company. The in-person versions are, as well, of course, but we tend to be blinded by the spectacle.
For my own purposes, there just wasn’t a lot that that couldn’t have been accomplished more efficiently with a press release.
The nature of news releases was far more nebulous this year. More companies seemingly took liberties by dumping their news well ahead of the show.
It’s been clear in recent years that companies would rather break out from the noise of CES in favor of their own events, following in Apple’s footsteps. Virtual events are a perfect opportunity to adopt that approach.
When you’re not asking people to fly across the country or world to attend an event, the bar for what qualifies as news lowers considerably. Perhaps instead of having thousands of companies vying for our attention at one event, we’re moving toward a model in which there are instead thousands of events. The mind boggles.
I think the event served as a testament to the fact that as much as we bemoan all of the headaches and head colds that come with an event like CES, there’s still a lot of value to be had in the in-person event.
There’s little doubt that the CTA and the rest of these sorts of organizations are champing at the bit to return to in-person events, even as a bumpy vaccine rollout leaves a big question mark around the expected timeline. There’s a very good chance that we’ll view 2020/2021 as the beginning of the end for the in-person trade show. But given the sorts of limitations we’ve seen in the past year, I’m not ready to declare them fully dead any time soon.
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Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC’s 5nm process
https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/intel-TSMC-5nm
TSMC is to start making Intel’s Core i3 on its 5nm process in 2H21 says TrendForce.
Market analyst Trendforce reports that foundry TSMC is to start making Intel’s Core i3 process later in the year on a 5nm process. This follows Intel’s well documented problems with its leading edge process technology at 10nm and 7nm.
The Core i3 move to a 5nm process is set to be followed by mid-range and high-end CPUs being produced for Intel by TSMC on a 3nm process in 2H22. TrendForce did not give a source for the information, simply referencing “investigations.”
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CES 2021: RISC-V’s journey from experimentation to commercial processors
https://www.edn.com/ces-2021-a-peek-at-risc-vs-journey-from-initial-experimentation-to-commercial-processors/
What’s the RISC-V movement all about? What are the major misconceptions about RISC-V? Has it moved from initial experimentation to practical implementation? At the all-digital CES 2021, a panel discussion hosted by Engadget’s Chris Schodt took a closer look at this research project turned design movement.
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Intel adds hardware-based ransomware detection to 11th gen CPUs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/intel-adds-hardware-based-ransomware-detection-to-11th-gen-cpus/
Intel announced today at CES 2021 that they have added hardware-based ransomware detection to their newly announced 11th generation Core vPro business-class processors.
These hardware-based detections are accomplished using Intel Threat Detection Technology (Intel TDT) and Hardware Shield that run directly on the CPU underneath the operating system and firmware layers.
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Highlights of the day: Semiconductor products in serious shortages
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20210119VL200.html
As demand for semiconductor products has continued picking up, their supply has also grown tighter. Foundries’ supply of automotive MCUs, storage controller chips and power management ICs has already fallen short of demand by 25-40%, while HPC, server and 5G networking chips are also seeing insufficient supply of high-end ABF substrates due partly to low yield rates. Automotive chip makers have also been pushing keenly to obtain services from foundries as the automotive industry has started to recover.
Foundries see supply for auto chips fall far short of demand: Pure-play foundries have seen their supply for automotive ICs, including MCUs, storage controller chips and power management ICs, fall short of demand by 25-40%, according to industry sources.
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IoT 2020 in Review: The 10 Most Relevant IoT Developments of the Year
https://iot-analytics.com/iot-2020-in-review/
As we start 2021, the IoT Analytics team has again evaluated the past year’s main IoT developments in the global “Internet of Things” arena. This article highlights some general observations and our top 10 IoT stories from 2020, a year that was largely influenced by the global Covid-19 pandem
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https://cybernews.com/editorial/is-this-the-year-where-ces-finally-grows-up/
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/12/from-crypto-trading-and-home-workouts-to-ev-batteries-and-microled-displays-ces-taiwan-startups-cover-a-wide-range-of-tech/
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AMD CEO Lisa Su Talks: Chip Shortages, Tariffs, GPUs, and More Cores
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lisa-su-ces-2021-interview
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The Wi-Fi Alliance Begins Wi-Fi 6E Certification, Ushers in High-Throughput Low-Latency 6GHz Wi-Fi
The first 6GHz Wi-Fi standard is now open for certification, promising improved throughputs and lower latency than its predecessors.
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-wi-fi-alliance-begins-wi-fi-6e-certification-ushers-in-high-throughput-low-latency-6ghz-wi-fi-4c5b3049a013
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CES 2021: How COVID-19 Turned the Car into a Personal ‘Second Space’
https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/stories/blog/38398?utm_source=TB_Main_News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210119&oly_enc_id=2460E0071134A8V
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Why Qualcomm Is Set for Auto DMS Dominance
https://www.eetimes.com/why-qualcomm-is-set-for-auto-dms-dominance/
CES 2021 revealed in-cabin AI as the hottest trend in automotive. This has profound implications for the driver monitoring system (DMS) market, potentially setting Qualcomm up for its DMS dominance.
For a technology which most people know very little about and that many experts have already written-off as obsolete, the DMS market is experiencing a period of intense activity, although hardly any of it gets reported.
There are four clear strategies that I have identified for automotive-grade DMS: digital cockpit/in-vehicle Infotainment (IVI), highway assist, China and NCAP. This is the first of two articles in which I shall take each of those four strategies and offer my assessment of the developments, key issues and leading DMS vendors.
This article focuses on the two areas driving state-of-the-art performance for automotive-grade DMS, namely digital cockpit/IVI and highway assist. A second article shall follow at a later date looking at the distinctly separate, lower performance and decidedly more cost sensitive strategies covering China and NCAP.
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https://www.eetimes.com/ces-2021-the-future-of-iot-is-maintenance-free/
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Monica Chin / The Verge:
A large number of laptop flagships in H1 2021 will ship with 16:10 or 3:2 displays, signalling an industry-wide shift toward laptops with taller aspect ratios
Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio
For lovers of tall screens, it’s a great time to be alive
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/19/22238671/16-9-aspect-ratio-hp-elite-folio-dell-latitude-lenovo-thinkbook-plus-legion-7?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
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AMD Steps Up Battle Against Intel with New Mobile Processor Line
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21152452/electronic-design-amd-steps-up-battle-against-intel-with-new-mobile-processor-line
AMD said Ryzen 5000 mobile processors, introduced by CEO Lisa Su at the CES trade conference, deliver double-digit gains in performance and power efficiency for laptops.
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11660-nyt-se-alkaa-wifin-historian-suurin-mullistus
Samsungin uusin lippulaivapuhelin eli Galaxy S21 Ultra on maailman ensimmäinen laite, joka ymmärtää uusia Wi-Fi 6E -yhteyksiä. Nyt NXP ilmoittaa ryhtyneensä näytetoimituksiin ensimmäisessä 6E-piirisarjassa.
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11657-huawei-matebook-14-n-teho-riittaa-myos-pelaamiseen
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Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio
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For lovers of tall screens, it’s a great time to be alive
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/19/22238671/16-9-aspect-ratio-hp-elite-folio-dell-latitude-lenovo-thinkbook-plus-legion-7
One of the biggest trends coming out of this year’s CES wasn’t something people will necessarily notice at first glance unless they look closely. After enduring years of cramped, “widescreen” laptop displays, it looks like we’re finally starting to say goodbye to the 16:9 aspect ratio.
The aspect ratios you’ll typically see on laptops are 16:9, 3:2, 16:10 (which, for whatever reason, is called 16:10 rather than 8:5), and (occasionally) 4:3. 16:9 is the most common option and also the one with the lowest amount of vertical space relative to its horizontal space.
If you have a modern Windows laptop, there’s a good chance your screen is 16:9. If you have a gaming laptop, its panel is almost certainly 16:9. (It’s unusual to find high refresh-rate panels with other proportions.) There are some notable exceptions: Microsoft’s Surface products have been 3:2 for quite some time, while Dell’s last few XPS 13 models and Apple’s MacBooks are already 16:10. But traditionally, Windows laptops like these have been few and far between.
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#FEMA alerts for severe weather and other emergencies now regularly appear on people’s phones. The U.S. agency now seeks assist from developers to feature Amber Alerts and other civil warnings in video games and virtual reality systems.
CES 2021: FEMA’s Emergency Alert System Coming to a Game or Gadget Near You?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/gadgets/ces-2021-fema-wants-its-emergency-alert-system-talk-to-your-favorite-game-system-or-gadget
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the current state of industrial and service robotics, a century after the Czech play “R.U.R.” introduced the word “robot” to the English language
On the 100th Anniversary of ‘Robot,’ They’re Finally Taking Over
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-the-100th-anniversary-of-robot-theyre-finally-taking-over-11611378002?mod=djemalertNEWS
A century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word ‘robot,’ we finally have the technology to make the stuff of science fiction a reality—for better and for worse
On Jan. 25, 1921, Karel Čapek’s play “R.U.R.”—short for “Rossum’s Universal Robots”—premiered in Prague. It was a sensation. Within two years it had been translated into 30 languages, including English, to which it introduced the word “robot.” Čapek’s vision of unwilling slaves of humanity destined to rise up and destroy their makers has shaped our view of both automation and ourselves ever since.
In a century-long dialogue between inventors of fictional and actual robots, engineers have for the most part been forced to play catch-up, either realizing or subverting the vision of robots first expounded in books, movies and television.
Now, the reality of robots is in some areas running ahead of fiction, even ahead of what those who study robots for a living are able to keep track of.
“We’re at the point where not even the people in robotics know there are going to be robots on campus,” she adds.
This new visibility of robots—now in stores, hotels and health-care facilities, as well as on our streets and above our heads—is an indicator of their evolving nature. It’s also the outward sign of a watershed moment.
In 2019, 373,000 industrial robots were sold and put into use, according to the International Federation of Robotics, a not-for-profit industry organization that conducts an annual, global robot census based on vendor data. That number has grown about 11% a year since 2014, to a total of 2.7 million industrial robots in use world-wide. Industrial robots—descendants of the Unimate robot arm first installed at a General Motors factory in 1961—are the kind common in manufacturing, performing tasks like welding, painting and assembly. They work hard, but they’re not very smart.
Also in 2019, 173,000 “professional service robots” were sold and installed, according to the federation. That number is projected to reach 537,000 units a year—a threefold increase—by 2023. These are the kind of robots businesses use outside of manufacturing. They perform a wide variety of functions, including defense, warehouse automation and disinfection in hospitals.
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Intel Records Record-Breaking 2020, Will Build ‘Most’ 7nm in Its Own Fabs
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/319346-intel-records-record-breaking-revenue-will-build-most-7nm-in-its-own-fabs
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CES 2021 BEST and WORST New Products – What Engadget Didn’t Show You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_PgpCnuRJQ
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At CES And Beyond, CMOs See Potential With New Kinds Of Virtual Events
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martyswant/2021/01/22/at-ces-and-beyond-cmos-see-potential-with-new-kinds-of-virtual-events/?sh=7fa424e23e23&utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=4434403132&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB
With CES 2021 going entirely digital this year, marketers found ways to make sure that their brands and virtual experiences don’t just stay in Vegas.
Instead of their usual presence at the Las Vegas Convention Center, companies that presented at this year’s annual trade show developed new virtual experiences for the socially distant era. And with events not likely to happen in person any time soon due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, chief marketing officers and others see the potential to engage in innovative ways throughout 2021.
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 870 reheats the Snapdragon 865 for 2021 phones
A slightly faster refresh of last year’s Snapdragon flagship
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/19/22233584/qualcomm-snapdragon-870-865-plus-refresh-processor-smartphones-2021?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
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Netflix adopts xHE-AAC variable bitrate audio codec on Android
PRASAD, 25 JANUARY 2021
Netflix is rolling out an update on the Android version of its app that promises to bring “studio-quality” sound to your daily TV or movie watching experience
https://www.gsmarena.com/netflix_adopts_xheaac_variable_bitrate_audio_codec_on_android-news-47383.php
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AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-5000-mobile-cezanne-soc-architecture-deep-dive-zen-3-powers-into-notebooks
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Company Plans Mass Rollout Of Humanoid Robots To Replace Workers In Healthcare, Education
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/company-plans-mass-rollout-humanoid-robots-replace-workers-healthcare-education
A Hong Kong-based robotics company plans to mass produce humanoid robots to replace workers across industries such as healthcare and education.
Hanson Robotics is set to launch a mass rollout of human-like robots that can compete with human workers, something the company’s founder says is needed to keep people safe in the age of the coronavirus.
“The world of Covid-19 is going to need more and more automation to keep people safe,” founder and chief executive David Hanson claims.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Augmented reality’s awkward phase will be long and painful
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/23/augmented-reality-and-the-next-century-of-the-web/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-9-5980hs-cezanne-defeats-intel-tiger-lake-in-early-benchmarks
Tomi Engdahl says:
Report: Intel Will Outsource Core i3 Production to TSMC’s 5nm Node
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/319301-report-intel-will-outsource-core-i3-production-to-tsmcs-5nm-node
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel’s new desktop GPUs won’t work in AMD systems
Intel’s first desktop GPUs in 20 years need a special BIOS
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/22252534/intel-desktop-gpu-amd-support-systems-iris-xe
Intel launched its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards yesterday, but you won’t see them appearing in AMD-powered systems. While Nvidia and AMD’s desktop GPUs typically work across a variety of Intel and AMD processors, Intel’s new desktop GPUs are a little more limited for now.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Latest in Wearable Technologies at CES 2021
https://www.eetimes.com/the-latest-in-wearable-technologies-at-ces-2021/