More from CES 2024: all the TVs, laptops, smart home gear, and more from the show floor
At CES, Eureka Park is where you’ll find a ton of smaller startups and tech companies working on next-gen ideas. It’s also where you’ll generally find a handful of companies trying to innovate the way we pee. Toilet humor aside, there’s a lot of valuable information stored in urine — which is why it’s an area of interest for the health tech community. Here’s a look at three urine-related tech startups that caught my eye.
AMD held its “advancing AI PCs” CES yesterday, and now Intel is ready to also talk about AI-powered PCs. You can watch the entire keynote over at Intel’s website, where it kicks off at 5PM PT / 8PM ET / 1AM GMT. Stay tuned to The Verge for all the latest news from Intel at CES.
I would totally use the new Asus ZenScreen Fold that’s on display here at CES 2024 — if the price were right. I’d hook up my Steam Deck and work laptop. Asus did not tell me if the price was right. Any bets?
Imagine no more: one of Samsung Display’s two new folding flip phone concepts at CES 2024 does that: the Samsung Display Flex In&Out.
The other is the Flex Liple, which I hear stands for “light” and “simple.” Since they both ditch the cover screen, perhaps it’s a way to manufacture less expensive flip phones, too.
Rabbit’s not shipping its new AI-powered R1 device until March, but the company just launched it officially today at CES. I got a few seconds with founder Jesse Lyu’s device, which didn’t do much thanks to crappy hotel Wi-Fi. But it’s a really nice-looking little device! The buttons feel good, the orange glows super bright, and the whole package is surprisingly light.
Rabbit’s vision is huge, and sprawling, and will be hard to pull off. But I love a good gadget, and I dig this thing.
Glasses-free 3D, anyone? Samsung is previewing a 37-inch 4K gaming monitor at CES 2024 that can automatically switch between 2D and 3D. It includes eye and head tracking tech to analyze your position and gaze to create the 3D experience without destroying the colors and brightness.
You can use it to watch 3D movies or play VR games since it’s also compatible with SteamVR. Samsung says more details are to come later this year.
The company announced at CES today that its “Premium Teeth Resin” has been registered with the FDA and enables 3D-printed dentures with “life-like aesthetics” that mimic “natural teeth translucency and opalescence.”
Dentists can order the resin now for $550 per kilogram.
I’m not even a little embarrassed a robot helped me walk around CES 2024. I kind of want to do it more!
The WiRobotics WIM is a $2,500-ish belt pack with fold-out roboarms that gently lift your legs up and down as you walk. It made me feel lighter, and only weighs a few pounds itself. The company says it reduces walking energy by 20 percent. Maybe when I’m older.
While CES is known for wacky displays, laptop concepts, and TVs galore, the show’s opening keynote this year is from L’Oréal. The beauty company kicked off the show talking about how AI, augmented reality, and gadget innovations can democratize beauty tools and lead to greater sustainability by saving water and electricity.
It also showcased some of its existing tech, like its HAPTA lipstick applicator for folks with limited mobility, a wearable headset that can deliver scents based on your emotions, and a Giorgio Armani skin profiler. L’Oréal also had Eva Longoria come out to talk about its Colorsonic at-home hair dyeing gadget because celebs — they get gray hair just like us.
Want to have private convos in public, perhaps without disturbing fellow airplane passengers? That’s the idea behind Skyted’s muzzle here, and it kinda works.
Right now it still looks like a respirator with a belt pack for the electronics, but I could hear the founder’s slightly muffled voice over the din of the CES show floor when I wore wired headphones connected to the mask. That price, tho: $400 wired, $600 Bluetooth in Q4 of this year.
If you own Jabra’s Elite 8 Active or Elite 10 earbuds, expect to make some better-sounding calls in March after an over-the-air update announced at CES 2024. The Elite 10’s update will help identify background voices, making it easier for users to take calls in busy coffee shops or co-working spaces.
Meanwhile, the ANC on Elite 8 Active will work better in windy conditions — thanks to improved wind detection technology.
