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CES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye
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CES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye

[ad_1] From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas last week. From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas last week. Some of it aimed to solve big real world problems. Some of it aimed to make your life more fun. And some of it was just a little out there.Associated Press journalists spent last week combing cavernous exhibit halls for the most exciting, interesting and unusual tech innovations. Here's what caught our eye: MOST FUN WAY TO GET TO WORKJournalists had fun zipping around the CES Unveiled event on remote-controlled, electric inline skates fro...
CES 2023: BMW teases a talking car that shifts colors like a chameleon
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CES 2023: BMW teases a talking car that shifts colors like a chameleon

[ad_1] BMW teases a talking car that shifts colors like a chameleon and talks like a human being. BMW AG has unveiled a prototype for a car that talks like a human being, changes colors to suit the driver's mood and has no screens on its dashboard.The German luxury automaker's BMW i Vision Dee, revealed at a splashy kickoff on Wednesday evening for the CES conference here, previews technology that Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said would be put into production in 2025. BMW plans to launch a new lineup of electric vehicles, which it is calling the Neue Klasse, or new class. The BMW concept was very much a show car, with elements that could be challenging to put into mass production at competitive prices. But Zipse told a packed theater at the Palms Casino that BMW "will bring this techn...
Best of CES 2023: Nutrition tracking and a very smart mixer
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Best of CES 2023: Nutrition tracking and a very smart mixer

[ad_1] For those who want to become better home cooks, there was plenty of tech aimed at mostly affluent consumers. From an AI oven that promises to warn you when your food is about to burn to a mixing bowl designed to take the hassle out of tracking calories, food tech was a key theme at this year's CES tech show in Las Vegas.Brad Jashinsky, a director analyst at research firm Gartner, said big companies often use CES to make attention-seeking announcements about products that are currently out of reach for most consumers, but may become more widespread and affordable in the coming years. Samsung's bespoke AI oven comes with a camera inside that it says can warn you when your food is about to burn. It's available in Europe but not yet North America, where a price has not been announc...
CES 2023: Companies tout environmental tech innovations
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CES 2023: Companies tout environmental tech innovations

[ad_1] As countries grapple with how to limit global warming and protect natural resources and biodiversity, more companies are growing their own commitments to building sustainable supply chains and slowing emissions. The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of electric vehicles and smart products at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this year. This particular version of the familiar houseplant was bioengineered to remove 30 times the amount of indoor air pollutants of a typical house plant, according to Neoplants, the Paris-based company that created it. Customers are already joining a waitlist for seedlings still in the nursery. Neoplants founder and CEO Lionel Mora is a passionate former Google employee who sings a bit of a different...
From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels
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From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels

[ad_1] At the CES tech show, the video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products. Getting shot, standing in a downpour, being surrounded by bees: None are ideal, but for gamers, feeling the sensations of each is the goal. At the CES tech show, the video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products. "Lots of consumers are doing games, and they are looking for gaming hardware," Kiuk Gwak of bHaptics Inc. told AFP as he demonstrated his company's vest and gloves at the Las Vegas gathering, which ends on Sunday. The haptic vest replicates the feeling of action playing out in virtual worl...
CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse
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CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse

[ad_1] The metaverse — essentially a buzzword for three-dimensional virtual communities where people can meet, work and play — was a key theme during the four-day tech gathering in Las Vegas that ends Sunday. Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where companies are showing off innovations that could immerse us deeper into virtual reality. otherwise known as VR. The metaverse — essentially a buzzword for three-dimensional virtual communities where people can meet, work and play — was a key theme during the four-day tech gathering in Las Vegas that ends Sunday. Taiwanese tech giant HTC unveiled a high-end VR headset that aims to compete with market leader Meta, and a slew of other companies and startups touted augmented rea...
Stop and smell the metaverse roses: Virtual world on display at CES
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Stop and smell the metaverse roses: Virtual world on display at CES

[ad_1] Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses. Immersive technologies that can better lives, whether helping people treat dementia or learn to pilot fighter jets, is the future of the metaverse, virtual reality startups say. Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses. The company OVR Technology has created an accessory for VR headsets that treats users around a faux campfire to whiffs of smoke and toasting marshmallows. Smell is essential to the metaverse, said OVR Vice President Sarah Socia, because i...
Ukrainian startups bring tech innovation to CES 2023
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Ukrainian startups bring tech innovation to CES 2023

[ad_1] Clinical psychologist Ivan Osadchyy brought his medical device, called Knopka, to this year's CES show in Las Vegas in hopes of getting it into U.S. hospitals. The past year has been difficult for startups everywhere, but running a company in Ukraine during the Russian invasion comes with a whole different set of challenges. Clinical psychologist Ivan Osadchyy brought his medical device, called Knopka, to this year's CES show in Las Vegas in hopes of getting it into U.S. hospitals. His is one of a dozen Ukrainian startups backed by a government fund that are at CES this year to show their technology to the world. “Two of our hospitals we operated before are ruined already and one is still occupied. So this is the biggest challenge,” Osadchyy said. “The second challenge ...
Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot
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Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot

[ad_1] Crowds of investors, media and tech workers have streamed into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the latest tech from big companies and startups. Tech companies showed off their latest products this week at CES. formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, with new developments in video as well as lifestyle enhancements with beverage and makeup gadgets.Crowds of investors, media and tech workers have streamed into cavernous Las Vegas venues to see the latest tech from big companies and startups. The show runs through Sunday. Here are some highlights: VIDEO CALLS WITH A TWISTTired of the same old Zoom calls? Zero Distance thinks it may have the answer.The company's Wehead device helps people at a meeting feel like a remote attendee is in the room with them.The device looks s...
Samsung unveils OLED display with peak 2,000 nit brightness at CES 2023
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Samsung unveils OLED display with peak 2,000 nit brightness at CES 2023

[ad_1] South Korean tech giant Samsung has unveiled a smartphone OLED panel that can achieve a peak brightness of over 2,000 nits at CES 2023. South Korean tech giant Samsung has unveiled a smartphone OLED panel that can achieve a peak brightness of over 2,000 nits at CES 2023. According to GSM Arena, the UDR (Ultra Dynamic Range) 2,000 luminance mark was certified by UL Solutions and it represents the pinnacle of Samsung's mobile display tech. The peak brightness value also matches the newly announced S95C and S90C quantum dot OLED TVs. Samsung Display also secured a UDR 1,500 nits luminance rating on its new panel. Samsung claims the new UDR panel shows more realistic and rich colours that will be especially noticeable in outdoor use. It remains to be seen which Samsung phon...