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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week didn’t let the COVID pandemic or the cancelation of many exhibitors dampen the excitement of the biggest tech show of the year. As with past years, this year’s CES showcased exciting new tech that may or not become actual products.
CES can give us a glimpse into the future to show us the tech that can change our lives. And show us what’s possible from the world of tech.
These products from CES can be useful and fun for our daily lives.
BMW iX Flow With Color-Changing Paint
When you buy a car, you may no longer be constrained by the color of the paint when you drive your new car off the lot. The BMW iX Flow uses eInk to change the color of the car. That’s right, the eInk you see when you view the screen of an ereader is now being used to change the color of a car’s paint.
This video from BMW shows how the e ink changes the color of a car:
Perhaps you want to make your car white at night to improve visibility or on a hot summer’s day to keep the car cooler. Or maybe you want to change the color to fit your mood.
Worried about finding your car in a parking lot because you can’t remember the color it was when you parked? No worries, you can make the paint flash to find the car easily.
The car can also change color to alert you to needed maintenance or alert you to an issue. For now, the colors are limited to white, grays, and black. The car is in the concept stage so you won’t see it at your local BMW dealership quite yet.
Ameca Life-like Robot
CES revealed that robots are approaching Westworld-like realism with Ameca, a life-size robot from the British company Engineered Arts. This robot can converse with people and show expression based on the nature of the conversation.
The robot was a big hit at CES, interacting with people in a human-like manner. The video in this tweet shows how Ameca can move fluidly, interact with others, show facial expressions, gesture realistically, and even use humor:
Ameca is a humanoid robot with uncanny realism #CES2022 pic.twitter.com/8hsIXxVAto
— Rich DeMuro (@richontech) January 6, 2022
Ameca is currently available for rent or purchase. You can contact Engineered Arts for more information.
Samsung Freestyle Projector
Want to watch your favorite shows on the go? Watch TV and movies in style with the Samsung Freestyle projector. This portable projector weighs only 1.83 lbs./830 grams so you can take it almost anywhere to turn your space into a theater.
This projector has an auto-leveling feature and can detect the surface onto which it’s projecting to show the best picture. It can turn 180° and project an image up to 100 inches/254 cm at any angle.
You can connect your smartphone or tablet to stream content to the projector and use voice-control to operate it. And in case your walls aren’t painted white, Smart Calibration will adjust the Freestyle projection according to the color of the wall.
This video from Samsung introduces the Freestyle projector:
https://youtu.be/6lnY8oqVh3A
You can pre-order the Freestyle from Samsung until January 23 for $899.99 with a free carrying case.
Asus Zenbook Foldable Laptop/Tablet
Asus introduced its Zenbbook foldable laptop/tablet at CES. This 17.3 inch/44 cm tablet folds to 12.5 inches/31.75 cm for portability. The Zenbook weighs 3.53 lbs./1.6 kg without the keyboard and 4.39 lbs/1.99 kg with the keyboard.
Use the touchscreen and/or the ErgoSense Bluetooth keyboard, with or without the integrated kickstand. The Zenbook also folds into book mode so you can use it as an ereader.
This video from Asus introduces the Zenbook:
You can find out more about the foldable Zenbook at the Asus website.
Movano Smart Ring
The Movano Smart Ring is a health and fitness tracker you wear on your finger instead of your wrist. This ring measures your body’s metrics to analyze your heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and other vital signs, then provides feedback on your health in the accompanying app.
This smart ring can track your sleep and even suggest the most fertile times of the month based on changes in body temperature.
Movano’s Smart Ring will be available in black, silver, copper, and gold colors. No release date or price was announced. You can find out more about the Smart Ring at the Movado website.
L’Oréal Colorsonic
The longer COVID isolates us, the better chance we have of seeing people’s true hair color. According to L’Oréal, the at-home hair color business grew by 6% during COVID.
At CES, L’Oréal introduced a new gadget designed to make coloring your hair at home easy and mess-free. The Colorsonic is a wand with a brush that mixes and dispenses hair color so you can color your hair at home. Choose from 40 different colors to use with the Colorsonic.
The brush oscillates 300 times a minute to deliver the color evenly. All you have to do is brush your hair and Colorsonic does the rest. You can even use Colorsonic for touch-ups between coloring.
This video from L’Oréal shows how the Colorsonic works:
According to L’Oréal, the Colorsonic is coming in 2023.
eufy Dual Video Doorbell
Why have one video camera on your doorbell when you can have two? The eufy Dual Video Doorbell has two video cameras so you can see not only who is at your door, but also whether a package has been delivered.
A motion sensor can alert you to the delivery of a package and whether any porch pirates may be lurking at your door.
The doorbell is battery-powered so you don’t need any wires, and also serves as a Wi-Fi booster to extend the range of your Internet connection.
The eufy Dual Video Doorbell will be available in February for $260. You can sign up to get an email notification at the eufy website.
TCL NXTWEARAIR Smart Glasses
Have a screen right in front of your eyes with the NXTWEARAIR Smart Glasses from TCL. These glasses function as a second screen that connects to your smartphone, tablet, or computer. When you wear these glasses, it’s as if you’re watching a 140 inch/355.6 cm screen at a distance of 13 feet/4 meters.
Use these smart glasses for an immersive movie experience, no matter where you are. You can enjoy them for gaming when you need a break, without anyone realizing you’re gaming instead of working. And you can use them for privacy when you’re trying to get work done on a plane or a train.
These glasses weigh only 2.65 oz/75 grams and have interchangeable front lenses.
TCL hasn’t announced either a launch date or pricing.
Your Thoughts
Which of these tech products are the most exciting to you? Would you like a car that can change the paint color? Would you like to interact with a lifelike robot?
Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!
Asus Zenbook Foldable Laptop price?
Hi Jesse, Unfortunately, no launch date or price has been announced by Asus.
Hi Carolyn,
These are all so cool and I am glad I stopped by.
The BMW color changing feature is pretty interesting how they have thought about it, I loved the dual video door-bell feature ( very useful to see whats at the doorstep).
The Samsung projector would be a good-to-have, the current projectors are so rigid and expensive. This one looks compact and easy to carry around.
Thanks again for the round-up.
Hi Praveen, I’m always glad when you stop by The Wonder of Tech! Yes, there were plenty of products announced at CES 2022, but I thought these were the most fascinating. The tech behind these products could someday become commonplace and really change our lives!
Impressive, color changing, I never though that this will be even possible. Not sure, how the police in some countries will react on this. Fold-able laptop can be probably very useful for some designers.
Hi Carl, Good point. If your car were to be stolen, the police report would look quite strange. “BMW iX Flow reported missing. Not sure of the color: white, gray, or black…”
Hi Carolyn,
You didn’t mention the TLC glasses, I found them very interesting and will soon have several competitors. The cool thing about them is having a mini projector and speakers, imagine using it with google maps… Amazing, just walk and follow the path, so it would be cleaner and with your hands free instead of using your cell phone to check the route all the time.
Hi Ricardo, I agree with you, the TCL smartglasses are indeed fascinating tech from CES 2022, and they are described in the article at the end. I hope when the price is announced they’re affordable for all!
Actually those videos on youtube those tech companies display are wonderful. I do ask myself where do they get this brain and imagination from? because the impact of this technologies that are innovating daily is tremendous.
Hello Ubong, Good point, how do these developers keep coming up with such innovative ideas? And then turn them into products that can change our daily lives. Tech certainly is a fascinating field!
Hi Carolyn
I keep up getting impressed with tech innovation. Who in the world comes up with an idea for a color-changing car? 🙂 I also love the Samsung Freestyle projector, but not sure about the quality of it when it comes to the specs.
Hi Thomas, Yes, tech innovators certainly are creative, making us yearn for things we didn’t even know we wanted!
Good point about the projector, pre-ordering is always a bit risky before reviews are posted. I hope that it turns out to be high quality because the concept is so exciting.