The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is held every year in Las Vegas. The world’s biggest annual consumer technology show is ready and raring to welcome back thousands of exhibitors and media to Las Vegas in the first week of the year. CES 2023 will host around 2,400 exhibitors. CES is typically where many of these technology brands pull back the curtain on their latest innovations and reveal the best of their products coming that year. At the year’s biggest tech show, we’ll see next-gen TVs, stylish laptop updates, questionable smart home tech, and a lot of strange and surprising gadgets.
Technology’s biggest trade show must go on, in spite of rough economic headwinds. CES® is the most influential tech event in the world according to it’s own words — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world’s biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.
CES officially takes place between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th January 2023, though the ‘Media Days’ – when most product news announcements break – are being held two days prior on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th.
CES 2023: latest news and what to expect from the world’s biggest technology show
CES 2023: all the news from the year’s biggest tech conference
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Tomi Engdahl says:
James Vincent / The Verge:
Nvidia plans to bring its GeForce Now cloud game streaming service to Hyundai, Polestar, and BYD’s infotainment systems but offers no timeline or eligible cars — Nvidia is working with automakers to make its cloud gaming service GeForce Now available in cars.
Nvidia is bringing its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to cars
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23536817/nvidia-geforce-now-cloud-gaming-cars-hyundai-polestar-byd-partnerships-ces-2023
Nvidia says it’s working with automakers Hyundai, Polestar, and BYD to allow streaming of AAA titles in vehicles, but there are no details on when exactly the service will launch.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:NEW
The Wireless Power Consortium says it is working with Apple on a next-generation “Qi2” wireless charging standard, based on MagSafe, coming later this year
Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/03/wpc-apple-qi2-standard-magsafe/
Apple’s Magsafe is a more convenient way to charge the iPhone using accessories based on the Qi standard, but with strong magnets that keep the accessory aligned to the back of the device. Now the company seems willing to let its competitors have the same technology, as the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has been working with Apple on the next generation “Qi2” standard based on MagSafe.
The new Qi2 standard will replace its Qi predecessor once it becomes available. WPC says that one billion Qi devices are expected to be sold globally by 2023. The first Qi2 certified devices and accessories are expected to be introduced by the end of the year.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Nvidia brings the GeForce RTX 40 GPU to laptops, offering the RTX 4080 and 4090 for $1,999+ on February 8, followed by the RTX 4050 for $999+ on February 22 — It didn’t take long for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 graphics to reach portable PCs. The company has introduced RTX 40 GPUs for laptops …
NVIDIA brings GeForce RTX 40 graphics to laptops
There’s even an RTX 4090, if you have the budget for it.
https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-40-laptop-gpu-price-release-date-165006688.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGVjaG1lbWUuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADBE6todSDS2eWxnpWDKqPntNcGsVzSgBOFlkXIBNXwwEwPhGdILtMfTWWLPx7Ap2UETwhD4RJFNtoOxgs8tMmMd1BsLZFvTvRe_wWCdDIu5jy7ikEVJ3Yxwej6GO251-Gg9F748mEguw7pIzGkGmMXwaQ8S-UUwuxtjgPmaxuwM
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Nvidia upgrades its $19.99/month GeForce Now Ultimate plan to support 240 FPS streaming, ultrawide monitors, and more by using RTX 4080-class GPUs — Nvidia announced some new features for its cloud gaming service during its virtual CES press conference. The company is upgrading …
Nvidia upgrades GeForce Now with RTX 4080 performance for premium users
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/03/nvidia-upgrades-geforce-now-with-rtx-4080-performance-for-premium-users/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Intel details its 13th Gen range for laptops, including the flagship Core i9-13980HX with eight performance and 16 efficiency cores and low- and mid-range chips — Intel’s 13th Gen desktop CPUs have already delivered impressive performance to beat their AMD counterparts
Intel’s 13th Gen mobile processors include the first 24-core laptop CPU
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23536804/intels-13th-gen-mobile-processors-specs-release-date-price-ces-2023
Intel claims it now has the ‘world’s fastest mobile processor’ with the flagship Intel Core i9-13980HX.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Now this is COOL. Soon your GeForce GPU will make web videos look even better, not just games!
Nvidia’s RTX Video Super Resolution upscales web videos to crisp 4K
I can see clearly now the blocky artifacts are gone.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1445602/1445602.html
If top-notch video quality is massively important to you, then you’re in luck, as we’ve got some cool news to share with you today. Today, Nvidia announced a new AI upscaling tool at the CES 2023 GeForce Beyond stream. It’s called the RTX Video Super Resolution and it’s designed to upscale 1080p videos to 4K on Chrome and Edge browsers. However, it only works on computers with RTX-40 series and RTX-30 series GPUs.
The idea is to improve video quality on larger displays and make binging your favorite shows more pleasant to look at. However, this tool has zero impact on the games you play. It only affects the videos you stream from your browser. For games, you’ll need to use DLSS (in titles that support it).
Right now, the only upscaling option appears to be 1080p to 4K.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcrunch.com/tag/ces/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/01/04/ces23-suomalainen-sahkopyora-las-vegasiin/
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
A look at Samsung’s TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates
Samsung’s 2023 TV lineup bets everything on picture upgrades and AI tricks
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537839/samsung-2023-tvs-announced-neo-qled-microled-features
Automatic HDR conversion for SDR content, a ton of new apps and software features, and processing enhancements are what Samsung has focused on in 2023.
Last year, Samsung radically shook up the TV market with the introduction of its first OLED model in many years. And it used a new QD-OLED (quantum dot) panel that produces superior color brightness compared to popular OLED sets from LG.
2023 is going to be decidedly low key by comparison. Instead of introducing yet another flashy new TV to its portfolio, Samsung is focused on improving everything down the line. And most of the refinements in this year’s Neo QLED (Mini LED in Samsung parlance), QLED (standard LCD sets), and OLED TVs are centered around AI and enhanced picture processing. Things like a greater, more three-dimensional sense of depth, improved upscaling, and more. The hardware features you’d expect on premium models, including VRR up to 144Hz, are all present. (There’s still no Dolby Vision support, tragically.) But Samsung’s really talking the most about software.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Verge:
What to expect at CES 2023: advanced driver assistance, iterative TV improvements, Matter-compatible smart home devices, laptops, monitors, hearables, and more — CES is almost here. You can already see it if you look around: announcements about new display tech, news posts filled with spec details
https://www.theverge.com/23537128/ces-2023-what-to-expect-smart-home-auto-tv-phones
Tomi Engdahl says:
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
The Wireless Power Consortium and Apple are working on a next-generation “Qi2” wireless charging standard based on MagSafe, set to arrive by the end of 2023 — Apple’s Magsafe is a more convenient way to charge the iPhone using accessories based on the Qi standard
Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/03/wpc-apple-qi2-standard-magsafe/
Apple’s Magsafe is a more convenient way to charge the iPhone using accessories based on the Qi standard, but with strong magnets that keep the accessory aligned to the back of the device. Now the company seems willing to let its competitors have the same technology, as the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has been working with Apple on the next generation “Qi2” standard based on MagSafe.
The WPC announced during CES 2023 that the next generation of the Qi standard, named “Qi2,” was built with Apple’s help. The new standard aims to improve the efficiency and interoperability of the technology, which is why it will have a “Magnetic Power Profile” at its core.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/zf-and-beep-to-launch-several-thousand-autonomous-shuttles-in-the-us/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook
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Tim Sweezy / HotHardware:
Qualcomm unveils its Snapdragon Ride Flex, claiming the auto industry SoC can simultaneously support digital cockpit tech and advanced driver assistance systems — On Wednesday, Qualcomm unveiled the automotive industry’s first scalable family of SoCs to simultaneously support digital cockpit technologies …
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Ride Flex Platform Is Ready To Help Car Digital Cockpits Fly
https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomms-snapdragon-ride-flex-platform-is-ready-to-hop-into-digital-cockpit
On Wednesday, Qualcomm unveiled the automotive industry’s first scalable family of SoCs to simultaneously support digital cockpit technologies and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride Flex System-on-Chip (SoC) was announced as the latest addition to the company’s growing Snapdragon Digital Chassis product portfolio.
The Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC announced at CES 2023 from Qualcomm is engineered to support mixed-criticality workloads across heterogenous compute resources, allowing for the digital cockpit, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) functions to co-exist, powered by a single SoC platform. The company notes it’s designed to meet the absolute highest level of automotive safety regulations, and enables a hardware architecture to support isolation, freedom from interference, and quality-of-service for specific ADAS functions. It comes equipped with a dedicated Automotive Safety Integrity Level D safety island.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Asus unveils its Vivobook Pro 16X and ProArt Studiobook 16 laptops with 3.2K, 120Hz glasses-free 3D OLED 16-inch displays — For some companies that sell gaming and creator-oriented laptops, glasses-free 3D has become a bit of a dream. Acer first tried it back in 2021.
Asus debuts an impressive (glasses-free) 3D display on its new Vivobook Pro
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/4/23538759/asus-glasses-free-3d-display-new-vivobook-pro
The device leverages a lenticular lens and advanced eye tracking to create a (breathtaking, at times) 3D image.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Chris Welch / The Verge:
A look at Samsung’s TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs that convert SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED displays, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537839/samsung-2023-tvs-announced-neo-qled-microled-features
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/01/05/ces-2023-bosch-esittelee-uuden-sukupolven-mems-ratkaisunsa/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14432-ces-alkaa-bosch-hehkuttaa-uusia-antureitaan
Tomi Engdahl says:
Näitä pelejä pc-kansa oikeasti pelaa – mukana todellinen yllätys
Steam paljasti alustansa myydyimmät ja pelatuimmat pelit vuodelta 2022.
https://www.is.fi/digitoday/esports/art-2000009301708.html
Suosituimmat pelit myyntituloissa mitattuna:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive *
Dota 2 *
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel *
Destiny 2 *
Monster Hunter Rise
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Elden Ring
Naraka: Bladepoint
Apex Legends *
PUBG: Battlegrounds *
Lost Ark *
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
* = peli on ladattavissa ilmaiseksi
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tältä näyttää Sonyn ja Hondan sähköauto
https://www.is.fi/autot/art-2000009308604.html
Japanilainen elektroniikkajätti Sony julkisti varhain torstaiyönä Suomen aikaa prototyypin uudesta Afeela-sähköajoneuvostaan, jonka se rakentaa yhdessä Hondan kanssa.
Tomi Engdahl says:
With Kokomo VR meeting software, Canon takes a step away from its hardware roots
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/canon-kokomo-ces/?tpcc=ecfb2020
At CES 2023, the company showed off its vision for the future — a vision that seems a lot less hardware-y than you would expect from the 85-year-old company that has traditionally made all of its money from making things with buttons.
A rag-tag bunch of Canon veterans took on the challenge and created Kokomo, a VR meeting software package that, in essence, makes real-time 3D video calling a reality.
Users don a VR headset and point a smartphone at themselves. The software scans your face, and creates a photo-real 3D avatar of you and the person you are calling. It uses the motion sensors in the headset and the camera to capture your avatar, moving you into a photo-realistic space, and boom, you are virtually present with a colleague, family member or friend.
The most interesting thing to note about the above paragraph is the lack of Canon products.
“This is representing a very exciting new innovation for Canon – but also a very new business direction for Canon, as well,” said Jon Lorentz, one of the co-creators of the Kokomo solution. “As you know, traditionally, Canon is very much tied to our hardware products.
Tomi Engdahl says:
RF Power Transmitter Ushers Over-the-Air Wireless Charging into Homes
Jan. 4, 2023
Powercast’s RF power transmitter means to slash RF transmitting technology costs and make convenient, contactless power ubiquitous.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/power-management/article/21257353/microwaves-rf-rf-power-transmitter-ushers-overtheair-wireless-charging-into-homes?utm_source=EG+ED+Analog+%26+Power+Source&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS221229027&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Powercast will be at CES 2023 with its Ubiquity RF power transmitter, a device it hopes can make a pervasive presence of RF wireless power in smart homes. With this transmitter, Powercast claims to have lowered the barrier to entry into having multiple RF wireless power transmitters covering every home.
The idea of the Ubiquity transmitter is to make wireless charging a “set-and-forget” proposition, much like Wi-Fi. Powercast’s over-the-air wireless power architecture has two sides:
A transmitter sends RF over the air
A receiver embedded in end devices harvests that RF from the air and converts it into dc (direct current) to both communicate data and power devices.
On the transmitter side, Powercast’s Ubiquity will come in several forms, all able to both charge RF-enabled devices and communicate data back and forth with them throughout a home. Manufacturers have two options to turn their own products—such as home appliances, TVs, game systems, computer monitors, or AI-enabled home assistants—into Ubiquity RF transmitters
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD announces Ryzen 7000 laptop CPUs, including the new 7040 series of chips codenamed Phoenix, its first laptop-centric Zen 4 CPUs using TSMC’s 4nm process
AMD Lays Out 2023 Ryzen Mobile 7000 CPUs: Top-to-Bottom Updates, New Zen 4 ‘Phoenix’ CPU Takes Point
by Ryan Smith on January 4, 2023 10:30 PM EST
https://www.anandtech.com/show/18718/amd-2023-ryzen-mobile-7000-cpus-unveiled-zen-4-phoenix-takes-point
This year’s CES has turned out to be a laptop-centric event in the PC space, and no farther do you have to look for proof of that than AMD’s CES keynote. The densely packed keynote immediately kicked things off with the announcement of AMD’s 2023 mobile product stack, which will see the CPU vendor mixing and matching silicon across multiple generations of designs to put together a fresh product stack for the new year. This includes the return of some old favorites, including bringing desktop Zen 4 silicon to mobile, as well as the introduction of AMD’s brand-new Phoenix CPU silicon, their first mobile-focused Zen 4 CPU design. There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s dive right in.
First and foremost, this year marks the kick-off point for AMD’s new mobile CPU naming system. First unveiled by the company back in September, AMD is moving to a model year system, incrementing the first digit of their processor model numbers each and every year.
If you only take away two things from AMD’s new product naming system, the important things are that the leading digit is the model year, and the third digit is the CPU architecture (e.g. Zen 4). The rest, while still important, are there to define segments and TDPs, rather than the hardware itself.
As part of this product name refactoring, AMD has also revised their TDP classes for mobile CPUs. Starting with the Ryzen Mobile 7000 series, the H-series class has been retired. Instead, the HS-series now covers the 35W to 45W via configurable TDPs, making the separate H and HS series redundant in AMD’s eyes. In practice we’ve seen AMD goose their H(S) silicon over 45W in the past, and I wouldn’t consider that to be off the table in the future, but for now those are the official ranges.
or anyone that needs a more powerful (and power-hungry) CPU still, there is the HX class.
Ryzen Mobile 7040 Series: Zen 4 Phoenix Takes Flight
The only truly new silicon among today’s announcements, and arguably the marquee announcement among this evening’s mobile announcements, is AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 7040 series of chips. Codenamed Phoenix, this is AMD’s first mobile-centric Zen 4 CPU design, incorporating the new CPU cores, new RDNA 3 iGPU, and more into a new monolithic silicon die. AMD initially teased Phoenix back at their 2022 Financial Analyst Day, so while this evening’s announcement was hardly out of the blue, it’s been an eagerly anticipated one, as the Zen 4 CPU architecture was designed to shine in mobile just as much as it does the desktop.
Phoenix is AMD’s flagship mobile silicon, and the successor to the Zen3+/RDNA2 Rembrandt, which was the basis of the Ryzen Mobile 6000 series. Iterating on top of that design, Phoenix incorporates up to 8 of AMD’s new Zen 4 CPU cores, as well as a high-performance integrated GPU based on AMD’s new RDNA 3 architecture, with up to 12 CUs.
All of this, in turn, is being built on TSMC’s 4nm process, which makes it the single most advanced piece of silicon out of AMD yet, eclipsing even the 5nm-based Ryzen 7000 and Radeon RX 7000 families. Which is not to oversell 4nm here – TMSC’s 4nm nodes are all variants of their 5nm process, and we don’t know which specific variant AMD is using here
Along with the new CPU and GPU architectures, Phoenix also marks one more first for an AMD processor: it is the first AMD CPU to incorporate an AI engine/neural networking processor.
Adopting their Xilinx-developed XDNA architecture, AMD has placed an XDNA processing block, which they’ve dubbed Ryzen AI, on Phoenix to accelerate the processing of AI workloads. As with other dedicated silicon blocks/domain specific accelerators, the inclusion of an AI engine is both to offer better throughput on a specific task, and to also execute that task in a far more power efficient manner. This, as AMD reasons, will give them an edge in performance, along with energy efficiency in tasks that can leverage the Ryzen AI block.
At this point AMD isn’t quoting performance figures for the AI engine, so we don’t have any hard numbers to use in comparison. But AMD has told us that the block can process up to 4 streams of AI workloads, and that it’s 20% faster than the neural engine on Apple’s M2 SoC.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box — Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs.
Philips Hue is getting a $130 app for TVs
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/4/23538576/philips-hue-sync-tv-app-price-samsung-ces-2023
It’s a high price to pay to sync your Philips Hue lights with movies or TV shows in your living room.
Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs. The $129.99 app will be available on Samsung’s 2022 or newer QLED TVs (Q60 or above) on January 5th and will synchronize everything you see on a TV to Philips Hue smart lights.
It’s effectively the software version of the $250 Play HDMI Sync Box, which scanned HDMI inputs to sync lights to movies and TV shows. This $129.99 app will do the same, but it also works on native apps like Netflix and Disney Plus, which didn’t work on the Play HDMI Sync Box.
You’re really paying $129.99 for the software side of this setup, as you don’t get any hardware like the Play HDMI Sync Box. There are cheaper alternatives, too. The Govee Immersion Kit is just $79.99 and includes an LED light strip and camera to work on any 55- or 65-inch TV with any content (including smart TV apps).
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES 2023 Preview: A Stick-on-the-Wall TV, A Covid Breath Test, and More Ten hidden treasures I’ll be hunting down on the CES show floor
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ces-2023?share_id=7390325&socialux=facebook&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=IEEE+Spectrum&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook#toggle-gdpr
After two years of almost pointless virtual shows, I’m excited to get my eyes and hands on real devices. It’s hard to tell a useful gadget from vaporware on a computer screen, and even harder to check out a new display technology when you’re looking at it on an old display technology!
I’m expecting to see AI in places both useful and silly, attempts to make a killer app for the metaverse (likely not quite killer just yet), and TVs with new features that manufacturers hope will get consumers to trade up from their existing sets.
But, as always, the highlight of CES for me is the hidden treasure— a gadget I didn’t know I needed, but is clever, well-designed, and solves a real-world problem.
Carbon nanotubes for touch-free presence sensing
Somalytics claims its paper-based, carbon-nanotube sensors, developed by University of Washington researchers in collaboration with CoMotion, can detect the presence of human tissue up to 20 centimeters away. At CES, Hyundai will be using the technology to demonstrate a gesture-controlled door handle.
A stick-on-the-wall, wireless TV
You have to love Displace’s concept—a lightweight, fully wireless, 55-inch TV that sticks on the wall using built-in vacuum mounts. Who hasn’t wished they could install their flatscreen without worrying about cables, mounts, or electrical outlets? The Displace TV is controlled via gesture, touch, or voice, and up to four screens can be snapped together to form a giant display. There is a separate hub that must be plugged in somewhere within the home.
A reusable breath test for Covid, RSV, and the Flu
We’ve been waiting for this one for a while—a breath test for covid and other viruses. Opteeve Technologies says its ViraWarn does it all. Those claims have yet to be verified, and the company indicates that clinical trials are ongoing.
A phone dongle that takes the itch out of insect bites
Heat It has a simple (and, hopefully, inexpensive) gadget that plugs into a smartphone’s charging port when needed to zap away an itch or sting from an insect bite using heat. The company says it’s already sold 250,000 in Europe; CES is its U.S. launch. The idea is valid, as heat has been shown to stop an itch. The gadget is small enough to add to a keychain and will come in Android and iPhone versions.
Fixing speech disorders in real time
I have friends who struggle with essential tremors that can impact their ability to speak, so Whispp’s speech technology got my attention. The company says its mobile app converts whispered speech, vocal-cord impaired speech, and severe stutters into a person’s natural voice in real time.
A sweat-monitoring wearable with a dehydration alarm
I’ve been tracking Epicore Biosystems for some time.
Checking vital signs with a selfie
At least two companies will be demonstrating “useful selfies”— that is, technology that checks vital signs using a cell phone camera. NuraLogix claims its Anura app can take over 30 medical-grade vital sign measurements via video analysis of facial blood flow. I-Virtual claims its video analysis device currently measures heart rate, breathing rate, stress level, and heart rate variability, and says and more capabilities will be added.
Biometric IDs for cats and dogs
At first glance, Petnow’s plan to establish a pet identification system using biometrics seemed a bit silly. But the under-the-skin invasiveness of the RFID pet identification system and the requirement of an animal clinic visit to get a chip inserted provokes resistance in some pet owners. Petnow aims to use nose prints for dogs and facial recognition for cats as identification methods, with scans done by pet owners using a mobile phone.
Using ambient light for power
Power has been an ongoing issue with the Internet of Things. Although low-powered devices eek long lives out of batteries, batteries don’t last forever. Dracula Technologies says its extremely thin, organic photovoltaic LAYER device can generate electricity in extremely low light—a level comparable to that emitted by an emergency exit sign. And it can be produced in any shape, eliminating the design constraints created by batteries.
In-toilet urinalysis
Withings, the company that pioneered the internet-connected home scale in 2009, is aiming to get another gadget into the bathroom with its in-toilet, pebble shaped, urinalysis device. The company will sell cartridges intended to monitor specific health conditions.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/04/bmw-reimagines-the-head-up-display/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
Dracula Technologies Aims to Drink Your Indoor Lighting to Power Battery-Free IoT Devices
Samples of IoT and smart home products, including a temperature logger and a remote control, have already flown over to CES 2023.
https://www.hackster.io/news/dracula-technologies-aims-to-drink-your-indoor-lighting-to-power-battery-free-iot-devices-ac42b00848ea
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/05/meetkai-launches-new-room-scanning-tech-and-metaverse-builder/
Tomi Engdahl says:
From NeRFs to translation, AI is coming to an app near you—and it was all on display this week at CES in Las Vegas.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ces-2023-ai?share_id=7399827&socialux=facebook&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=IEEE+Spectrum&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
Did you hear? AnkerWork is going after the wireless mic market
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/07/ankerwork-m650-wireless-microphone/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sbS5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHVFdylDugeYR7Kc4ndEgD3aLmmi49Iqo54zLUphJ-N3jb7bKRytDCjA50G_orBPHLcASTSDS1SFQEcNhIKq79XQ36Jv0JDUkNtOo8zuvg75e9HDtyTd8J8XXkcD7YY9rtjXB4r3DrfzRn5Omi5xktdsymwGSC6YKYP1yDz_jFUs
At CES in Las Vegas this week, AnkerWork announced its brand new AnkerWork M650 Wireless Microphone. It’s a two-microphone kit that can be clipped (or magnetically attached) to your clothing. Perfect for video interviews or improving the quality on zoom calls.
The microphone includes high-quality audio and noise-cancellation technology wrapped up in a compact carry case, which includes a pair of microphones, and a USB-C or Lightning receiver.
The AnkerWork M650 will be available on AnkerWork.com and in retail, starting in March, for $249. That puts it $70 under the DJI version of its comparable kit
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lecia is a massive name in the camera community, offering high-end lenses and sensors that are highly sought after. With that experience, the company is dipping into a market that’s growing at a blistering pace with the Leica Cine 1 laser TV….
https://9to5google.com/2023/01/05/the-first-laser-tv-with-google-tv-now-exists-and-its-leicas-cine-1/
Tomi Engdahl says:
All the tech (and other flashy features) stuffed into the Ram 1500 Revolution EV truck
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/08/all-the-tech-and-other-features-stuffed-into-the-all-electric-ram-1500-revolution/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sbS5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGM9vxT2EODiO44LuLSwIuEhVHrdOeiLkIVbHpI9v5IWA1OdnCUU9gHllbYADoswmLzZB6PmGJY-XG2I3YURvl3FFQh4vuBgiMmAS9bRSdQjxXx59Qz0c9L7MDA4PpQTu_VwiRSAF9IsdOb_4FIJHoUamnjub05AeKrV7-lIHEpU
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/01/09/videopeleista-tuttu-ohjain-tulevaisuuden-autoihin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/01/05/ces-2023-bosch-esittelee-uuden-sukupolven-mems-ratkaisunsa/
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14432-ces-alkaa-bosch-hehkuttaa-uusia-antureitaan
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/01/05/autoihin-nopea-paikantava-5g-moduuli/
Tomi Engdahl says:
RF Power Transmitter Ushers Over-the-Air Wireless Charging into Homes
Jan. 4, 2023
Powercast’s RF power transmitter means to slash RF transmitting technology costs and make convenient, contactless power ubiquitous.
https://www.mwrf.com/technologies/systems/article/21257162/microwaves-rf-ces-2023-rf-power-transmitter-ushers-overtheair-wireless-charging-into-homes?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Expo+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230105007&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Powercast will be at CES 2023 with its Ubiquity RF power transmitter, a device it hopes can make a pervasive presence of RF wireless power in smart homes. With this transmitter, Powercast claims to have lowered the barrier to entry into having multiple RF wireless power transmitters covering every home.
The idea of the Ubiquity transmitter is to make wireless charging a “set-and-forget” proposition, much like Wi-Fi. Powercast’s over-the-air wireless power architecture has two sides:
A transmitter sends RF over the air
A receiver embedded in end devices harvests that RF from the air and converts it into dc (direct current) to both communicate data and power devices.
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES 2023
Check out the latest technology being shown behind the scenes at the Consumer Electronic Show.
https://www.mwrf.com/magazine/51409
Tomi Engdahl says:
Amazon Expands Sidewalk Network to More Third-Party Developers
Jan. 6, 2023
With the goal of motivating more device makers, Amazon’s Sidewalk is spreading its capabilities across a large swath of products.
https://www.mwrf.com/technologies/systems/article/21257541/electronic-design-amazon-expands-sidewalk-network-to-more-thirdparty-developers
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES: 5 New Components that Stood Out from the Crowd
Jan. 6, 2023
A wide range of new components are on display throughout the show floor at CES 2023.
https://www.mwrf.com/resources/products-of-the-week/media-gallery/21257591/electronic-design-ces-5-new-components-that-stood-out-from-the-crowd
Sub-1-mW Processor Brings On-Device AI into Play
At CES 2023, Syntiant said that its latest ultra-low-power AI processor carries out audio, voice, and other types of AI-powered sensor processing in IoT devices while consuming under 1 mW.
Housed in a 2.1- × 2.1- × 0.4-mm, 25-ball WLBGA package and priced at $3.25 each in orders of 10,000 units
Global-Positioning IC Ideal Fit for Battery-Powered IoT
Synaptics rolled out a global-positioning chip for the Internet of Things (IoT) market that it claims will use 80% less power, comes in a package that’s 30% smaller than rival offerings, and offers a 50% improvement in accuracy.
Touting it as the most compact, power-efficient, and accurate Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IC on the market, Synaptics said the SYN4778 helps to prolong battery life, reduce product footprint, and enhance advanced location-based services for wearables, mobile accessories, drones, or other IoT devices.
Low-Power MEMS Microphones Wake on Voice
TDK introduced a new series of ultra-low-power, wide dynamic range digital microphones suited for smartphones, wireless headphones, tablets, smart speakers, laptops, and even voice-controlled remote controls and other IoT devices.
The T5837 and T5838 are pulse-density-modulation (PDM) multi-mode MEMS microphones said to be ideal for environments that shift from very quiet to very loud. Suited for situations where a device potentially has to pinpoint voices from a long way away, the new microphones feature a high acoustic overload point (AOP) of 133 dB sound pressure level (SPL) and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 68 dBA. Both microphones consume 130 µA in always-on mode and 330 µA in high-performance mode.
6-nm Octa-Core Arm SoC Targets IoT
MediaTek expanded its Genio family of high-performance Arm SoCs for the IoT market with the octa-core Genio 700, which is debuting at CES 2023 for smart home, smart retail, and industrial IoT products.
With a focus on power efficiency, the Genio 700 contains a pair of Arm Cortex-A78 CPU cores running at 2.2 GHz and six Cortex-A55 CPUs clocked at 2.0 GHz. It also incorporates Arm’s Mali G57 GPU, 32-Mpixel ISP, and on-chip AI accelerator that can pump out up to 4 TOPs. Based on 6-nm process technology, the IoT-grade SoC supports dual displays with up to FHD60+4K60 of resolution as well as video codecs including AV1, VP9, H.265, and H.264.
All-in-One 28-nm Radar Chip for Safety-Critical ADAS
At CES, NXP Semiconductors rolled out a 28-nm single-chip radar IC for driver-assistance and autonomous-driving systems. Based on 28-nm RFCMOS technology, the SAF85xx unites a highly integrated RF front-end consisting of four 77-GHz transceivers and a radar processor that features a mix of Arm Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M7 CPU cores plus 4 MB of on-chip SRAM. Built on NXP’s S32R platform, the single-chip device offers Tier-1s and OEMs new flexibility in building short-, medium-, and long-range radar systems for modern cars, said NXP.
The SAF85xx doubles the RF performance and speeds up radar signal processing by up to 40% versus NXP’s existing generation. With a wide bandwidth of 5 GHz, the SAF85xx chip can serve as a corner or front-facing radar sensor, assisting with safety-critical driver-assist features, such as automated emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, cross-traffic alert, and automated parking.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Curved Automotive Displays with High Contrast Using TDDI
Jan. 3, 2023
Synaptics’ TDDI and LED dimming technology delivers improved automotive displays.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/video/21256328/electronic-design-curved-automotive-displays-with-high-contrast-using-tddi?utm_source=EG+ED+Auto+Electronics&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS221229031&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Automotive display creation becomes more challenging as they move from conventional rectangular displays to curved, form-fitted solutions that incorporate touch interfaces. In this video (above), Synaptics’ John Brady shows off the company’s Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI). The system employs a chip that handles the display and touch interface. It can be mounted on the display itself
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Transparent EMI Shielding Film Balances Transparency and Conductivity
Dec. 29, 2022
Meta will demonstrate numerous applications for its Nanoweb transparent conductive film at CES 2023.
https://www.mwrf.com/materials/article/21257114/microwaves-rf-ces-2023-transparent-emi-shielding-film-balances-transparency-and-conductivity?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Expo+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230104116&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
At CES 2023, Meta Materials will be exhibiting its Nanoweb transparent EMI shielding film, which offers an optimal combination of transparency and conductivity. In addition to EMI shielding, Meta will also be demonstrating a range of applications:
Nanoweb heaters for deicing/defogging of ADAS sensors (cameras, radar, LiDAR)
Nanoweb antennas and electrochromic lenses for AR eyewear
Nanoweb 5G reflector films for managing outdoor and indoor signal propagation
In addition, Meta is developing two new battery materials to improve performance, safety and sustainability for Li-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and other applications. NPORE nanocomposite ceramic separators have <1% heat shrinkage to help prevent battery fires. Metal/polymer composite current collectors made with the company’s PLASMAfusion technology reduce weight by 80% compared to solid copper foil, extending vehicle range. The devices act as a fuse to inhibit thermal runaway and improve sustainability by reducing copper content. Meta’s materials are compatible with all Li-ion battery formats and chemistries.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
After years of hype, 5G took a back seat at CES 2023, as the industry focuses on laying the groundwork for self-driving cars, AR, and IoT in smart cities
Where was 5G at CES?
/ After years of hype, 5G was seemingly a no-show at CES 2023. But it’s not exactly gone.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/7/23541118/5g-ces-2023-qualcomm-iot-wireless
When it wasn’t being overshadowed by covid resurgences, CES, for the past few years, has partially functioned as a big 5G pep rally. But as cars, smart home standards, and so many screens took center stage at this year’s show, 5G took a back seat.
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg gave a very similar keynote speech in 2019 and 2021, showing off all of the things 5G would supposedly enable: remote surgery, self-driving cars, augmented reality, and so on. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert was slated to deliver the 2022 keynote before omicron put a stop to that. But in 2023, 5G was hardly a footnote on the speaker roster.
Why? It’s not as if all of the things we were promised with 5G have come to pass. I don’t remember getting into a fully autonomous vehicle to get to my robot-performed surgery. At best, what we have now is a slightly faster version of 4G. So why did the pep rally stop?
For starters, we’re all sick of hearing about it. And CES has a unique way of rallying around a technology one year and then leaving it for dead the next.
More than any of the above, the time has passed where wireless CEOs feel they need to sell 5G to the general public (and, of course, their shareholders). It’s not a niche new service anymore; it’s the default option (in the US at least). Basically every new phone sold on their shelves is 5G compatible, and mid-band 5G finally exists on all major carriers in large parts of the US. The next time you walk into a wireless store to buy a new phone or sign up for a new service, you’ll have a very hard time leaving without a 5G device and plan, regardless of whether you really wanted them.
So now we have 5G phones in our hands, 5G networks are here, and… not much has changed. Maybe web pages load a little faster — hardly robot surgery. What gives? The thing is, rolling out 5G is a long ongoing process. The hype made it seem like all the good stuff was just around the corner, but truthfully, it was (and still is) years and years away.
We’re only now entering the phase of 5G development where the industry moves beyond mobile broadband improvements (all that talk of blazing-fast wireless data you’ve been hearing about ad nauseam) and focuses more on laying the groundwork for things like self-driving cars, augmented reality, and expanding IoT in smart cities and industry. You know, all the stuff we were promised 5G would do. According to a couple of network executives that I talked to at the end of 2022, moving network functions closer to the end user will play a big role in unlocking these new capabilities.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Arduino Announces Nicla Voice at CES
The Syntiant NDP120 ultra-low-power accelerator will bring on-device voice processing.
Arduino Puts a Syntiant NDP Machine Learning Chip on Its New Nicla Voice TinyML Development Board
https://www.hackster.io/news/arduino-puts-a-syntiant-ndp-machine-learning-chip-on-its-new-nicla-voice-tinyml-development-board-79b64fbc7fef
Featuring a Syntiant NDP120 ultra-low-power accelerator, this new dev board looks to bring on-device voice processing to your next project.
The Arduino team has officially launched the next entry in the compact Nicla development board family, this time focusing on tinyML voice processing at the edge with an integrated Syntiant Neural Decision Processor (NDP): the Arduino Nicla Voice.
“With Nicla Voice’s ready-to-use combination of sensors and processing power,,” the Arduino team says of its latest launch, “you can prototype and develop new solutions that leverage voice detection and voice recognition, or interpret any other audio input – from machines that need maintenance to water dripping, and from glass breaking to alarms that must get through headphones’ noise-canceling features. We can’t wait to hear what you’ll create with it!”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Satelliittiyhteys tulee myös Androidiin
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14436-satelliittiyhteys-tulee-myoes-androidiin
Apple esitteli iPhone 14 -sarjan myötä toiminnallisuuden, jossa puhelin osaa esimerkiksi kolarissa lähettää sijaintitiedot automaattisesti GPS:n kautta. Qualcomm kertoo nyt, että sen uuteen Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 -alustaan lisätään käytännössä sama toiminnallisuus. Prosessoria käytetään uusimmissa Android-lippulaivamalleissa.
Qualcomm kertoi Las Vegasin CES-messuilla, että uusi Snapdragon Satellite -tekniikka mahdollistaa ensimmäistä kertaa satelliitti-pohjaisen kaksisuuntaisen viestimisen Android-älypuhelimissa. Viestit kulkevat Iridium-verkon kautta, jonka kanssa Qualcomm on solminut sopimuksen.
Toiminto tuodaan uusimpiin puhelimiin päivitysten avulla ja sen luvataan aloittavan vuoden toisen puoliskon aikana. Datansiirtoon käytetään L-taajuuksia.
Tomi Engdahl says:
FBI vaatii paljon sormenjälkianturilta – tulossa älypuhelimeen
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14438-fbi-vaatii-paljon-sormenjaelkianturilta-tulossa-aelypuhelimeen
Avaamme älypuhelimemme useimmiten kasvoillamme tai sormenjäljellämme, mutta nykyiset anturit eivät yllä kaikkein kovimpiin tietoturvavaatimuksiin. Ranskalainen Isorg on nyt ottanut tärkeään askeleen matkalla kovemman tietoturvan sormenjäljen tunnistusta älypuhelimissa.
Isorg on suurikokoisten orgaanisten ja painettujen biometristen piirien pioneeri. Nyt yhtiö kertoo saaneensa FBI-sertifioinnin Bio1Print30:lle. Kyse on laaja-alaisesta optisesta sormenjälkitunnistimesta sovelluksiin, joissa parannettu mobiiliturvallisuus ja nomad ID -todennus.
Sertifiointiluokka on FBI:n luokittelussa FAP30. Merkittävää on se, että Bio1Print30-anturin ydinteknologia on yhteensopiva älypuhelinten näyttöjen kanssa. Sertifioinnin myötä se voidaan heti ottaa mukaan valtion biometrisiin todennussovelluksiin. Sen tarkoituksena on estää luvaton pääsy kriittisiin tiloihin tai rajanylitykseen. Sen avulla näyttö voi kaapata digitaalisen kuvan koko sormenjälkikuviosta yhdellä skannauksella. Lisäksi Isorg Bio1Print30 integroi yrityksen oman ASIC:n, joka mahdollistaa nopean ja helpon integroinnin.
Isorg on ainoa orgaanisten sormenjälkitunnistimien valmistaja, joka on saanut FBI-sertifioinnin.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
The EFF, iFixit, Consumer Reports, and other advocacy groups say many buzzy tech demos at CES failed to address how customer data is collected and protected
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/08/ces-worst-products-safety-privacy/
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
SteamDB: Valve’s Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January 7 and recently exceeded 33M concurrent online users
Steam hits 10 million concurrent in-game players in record-breaking weekend
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/9/23546139/steam-10-million-concurrent-players-record-breaking-valve-gaming
/ Over 33 million people were logged into Valve’s gaming platform this weekend, breaking additional record for concurrent online users.
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BMW unveiled a new concept car at CES, boasting e-paper skin that turns paintjob into exterior screen.
BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway This concept car’s e-paper skin turns paintjob into exterior screen
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bmw-ivision-dee?share_id=7401008&socialux=facebook&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=IEEE+Spectrum&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook#toggle-gdpr
Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. But then the electric BMW began changing colors and facial expressions, talking at me in intimate detail, splashing a digital avatar of my face on its side window, and filling its windshield with HUD projections worthy of Minority Report.
The “Dee” in this radical concept sedan stands for “Digital Emotional Experience.” That includes its eponymous, sultry-voiced virtual assistant. The body’s 240 laser-cut, Kindle-style “e-ink” panels let the BMW transform instantly to one of 32 exterior colors. Excited by low current—15 volts and less than 100 milliamperes
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ADAS more prominent than self-driving cars at CES 2023
ADAS is back in driving seat at CES 2023
https://www.edn.com/adas-is-back-in-driving-seat-at-ces-2023/
The autonomous vehicle gospel, abuzz on Consumer Electronics Show (CES) floor in the past years, has quietly passed the baton to an older and steadier technology: advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS). The automotive design ecosystem—mainly comprising car OEMs, tier 1’s, semiconductor suppliers, and software developers—clearly seems to aim at ADAS applications, though press releases mention autonomous driving as well.
The announcements made at CES 2023 mainly focused on assisted and automated driving and presented these developments as part of the eventual roadmap to autonomous mobility.
In other words, highly automated vehicles have become the key focus for the automotive industry, and eventually, they could pave the way for autonomous driving in the future.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Laptops, displays, and AR and VR hardware are getting more and more pixel-dense. 8K is on its way. As is the first consumer solar car (aimed to release in 2025) and hearing aids sold over-the-counter.
The Best Tech of CES 2023 Some of Spectrum’s top finds at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ces-2023-best-tech?share_id=7400932&socialux=facebook&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=IEEE+Spectrum&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
CES 2023 was a successful return to form for the world’s biggest consumer electronics show after two difficult years. The time away has clearly changed the vibe of the show, which is a tad less glamorous than before. Some companies shifted to new locations, or to smaller booths, giving scrappy upstarts a chance to grab the spotlight.
The metaverse has a good show
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.hackster.io/news/data-leak-at-ces-c06a1e967b3f
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES: 5 New Components that Stood Out from the Crowd
Jan. 6, 2023
A wide range of new components are on display throughout the show floor at CES 2023.
https://www.mwrf.com/resources/products-of-the-week/media-gallery/21257591/electronic-design-ces-5-new-components-that-stood-out-from-the-crowd?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Expo+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS230106134&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.identpull=omeda|7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R