9 Highlights from CES 2020: Metropolis’s Picks from the Innovation Awards
From road traffic safety to the female orgasm, a slew of contemporary issues found possible solutions at CES this year.
As in past years’ editions, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year exhibited an attention to tech wearables, which can involve fields as disparate as fashion, accessibility, wellness, textile design, and more. Interdisciplinary collaboration was behind many of the highlighted releases below. Pictured: demonstrating a new wearable product at one of CES’s Marketplaces, a presentation area grouped by market or product type. Courtesy CES
It’s no question that technology is deeply embedded in our everyday habits and routines, and its potential sphere of impact only continues to grow as new products are released to market. At the Las Vegas Convention Center and other venues from January 7–10, over 4,400 exhibitors and presenters covered the breadth of topics from blockchain and esports to sustainability and wearables at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The three-day conference, which was inaugurated in 1967, showcases clever solutions to common issues, from visual and hearing impairment to the acidification of aquatic environments.
In particular, products that offer elegant solutions that address accessibility demonstrate the promise of interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration to design more inclusively and for more diverse populations. The full cohort of CES Innovation honorees from this year are listed here, but Metropolis highlights nine new releases below, with a keen attention toward their intended inclusivity and developers’ ingenuity.
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Code Jumper by American Printing House for the Blind
American Printing House for the Blind and Microsoft devise Code Jumper, a clever solution for children from ages 7–11 to learn programming in an inclusive and engaging way, irrespective of visual capability.
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Code Jumper by American Printing House for the Blind
American Printing House for the Blind and Microsoft devise Code Jumper, a clever solution for children from ages 7–11 to learn programming in an inclusive and engaging way, irrespective of visual capability.
Courtesy CES
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Meeting Owl Pro by Owl Labs
Meeting Owl Pro could be the standard for video conferencing in the workplace with its visual and voice recognition capabilities to automatically focus its camera on the speaker. This product can help remote attendees feel more present in the distant space and in conversation.
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Meeting Owl Pro by Owl Labs
Meeting Owl Pro could be the standard for video conferencing in the workplace with its visual and voice recognition capabilities to automatically focus its camera on the speaker. This product can help remote attendees feel more present in the distant space and in conversation.
Courtesy CES
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OrCam Hear by OrCam Technologies
For those requiring hearing assistance, OrCam Hear features has the capacity to separate voice source and enhances the user’s ability to distinguish between different voices in a crowd. The lightweight and offline device is able to detect body gestures to help the user isolate specific voices.
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OrCam Hear by OrCam Technologies
For those requiring hearing assistance, OrCam Hear features has the capacity to separate voice source and enhances the user’s ability to distinguish between different voices in a crowd. The lightweight and offline device is able to detect body gestures to help the user isolate specific voices.
Courtesy CES
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Bluefin by mmh Labs
The ocean’s chemistry significantly conditions aquatic life and biodiversity. Bluefin is a thin, non-invasive wearable that attaches to fish, helping scientists remotely monitor ocean temperature, pH, and salinity.
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Bluefin by mmh Labs
The ocean’s chemistry significantly conditions aquatic life and biodiversity. Bluefin is a thin, non-invasive wearable that attaches to fish, helping scientists remotely monitor ocean temperature, pH, and salinity.
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Baci-baci by Lora DiCarlo
Female sexual dysfunction, though fairly prevalent, is not commonly addressed. Baci-baci is one possible remedy that targets mouth stimulation to achieve orgasm.
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Baci-baci by Lora DiCarlo
Female sexual dysfunction, though fairly prevalent, is not commonly addressed. Baci-baci is one possible remedy that targets mouth stimulation to achieve orgasm.
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ROOMY by dear architect
Children’s vibrant imaginations come to life with ROOMY, designed by South Korea–based startup dear architect. Through augmented reality, children can build their own animated furniture models.
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ROOMY by dear architect
Children’s vibrant imaginations come to life with ROOMY, designed by South Korea–based startup dear architect. Through augmented reality, children can build their own animated furniture models.
Courtesy CES
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H2-BP (Wristband type blood pressure monitor) by Charmcare Co. Ltd.
Charmcare’s H2-BP is a sleek medical device that monitors blood pressure. Users are also able to gain a holistic understanding of their health stats through a corresponding mobile application.
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H2-BP (Wristband type blood pressure monitor) by Charmcare Co. Ltd.
Charmcare’s H2-BP is a sleek medical device that monitors blood pressure. Users are also able to gain a holistic understanding of their health stats through a corresponding mobile application.
Courtesy CES
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24GHz IoT RADAR by Bitsensing Inc.
Bitsensing tackles the intractable issue of road traffic safety with IoT RADAR. The smart device collects data on traffic and monitors the various activities of surrounding vehicles on the road, while also offering navigation capabilities for users.
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24GHz IoT RADAR by Bitsensing Inc.
Bitsensing tackles the intractable issue of road traffic safety with IoT RADAR. The smart device collects data on traffic and monitors the various activities of surrounding vehicles on the road, while also offering navigation capabilities for users.
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Atmosic M3 Battery-Free Bluetooth 5 SoC by Atmosic Technologies
Atmosic Technologies envisions a world where phones’ batteries don’t die when we need it the most. The Atmosic M3 Battery is a low-power solution that uses bluetooth to connect devices, having the potential to provide eternal battery life.
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Atmosic M3 Battery-Free Bluetooth 5 SoC by Atmosic Technologies
Atmosic Technologies envisions a world where phones’ batteries don’t die when we need it the most. The Atmosic M3 Battery is a low-power solution that uses bluetooth to connect devices, having the potential to provide eternal battery life.
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