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 drink and makeup gadgets.
Many investors, media and tech workers have streamed into the cavernous Las Vegas venue to see the latest technology from big companies and startups. The event runs until Sunday.
Here are some highlights:
VIDEO CALLING WITH A TWIST
Tired of the same old Zoom phone? Zero Distance thinks it may have the answer.
The company’s Wehead device helps people in meetings feel like they are far away in the room with them.
The device looks like a machine you might find at an eye doctor, but with a screen on the front. People participating from a distance appear as if in 3D and when they look around or nod, the machine also moves.
Wehead works with standard computer or smartphone webcams.
“If there are several people at the table and only one screen, not everyone can see the screen, and people on laptops, they can’t see everyone,” said Wehead creator Ilia Sedoshkin. “It’s an obvious application.”
“But for people who spend 40 hours a week in their home office, they can’t see other people. So feeling like a real person in the room, using some space on your desk, can give you less loneliness,” said Sedoshkin.
Wehead costs $1,555, with the pro version available for $4,555.
STUPID ROBOTS
From milk tea to passion fruit, ADAM the robot can make your favorite boba tea drink.
ADAM can also be a bartender or barista, but he’s making boba tea for happy CES attendees this week who use digital touch screens to select drinks.
“ADAM is intended as a way to attract guests and a way to make drinks automatically and very efficiently,” said Timothy Tanksley of Richtech Robotics.
The two-armed robot has two adjustable grip handles to create custom drinks. While taking a break from mixing drinks, ADAM can dance to keep people entertained.
ADAM, which can be rented for events or hired full-time, is among a variety of robots on display at CES this week that perform a variety of tasks from disinfecting surfaces to delivering.
NEAN MILK ON DEMAND
During the pandemic in 2020, California resident Luiz Rapacci had a hard time finding his favorite almond milk in the grocery store. She looked up recipes online to make her own, but they were messy and time-consuming.
Almost three years later, Rapacci has arrived at CES to unveil a peanut milk brewer, the GrowUp brewery.
With GrowUp, customers can make nut milk at home in minutes with water and a variety of their choice, from cashews and walnuts to almonds and pistachios, Rapacci said.
The machine costs $599 and is available now for pre-order.
perfect eyebrows
L’Oreal’s Brow Magic brings augmented reality to your brows.
The company’s application scans your face and uses AR to make personalized recommendations for the choice of shape, thickness and effect before applying the primer. Then the Brow Magic device provides 2,400 tiny nozzles to brush and paint your brows.
L’Oreal developed Brow Magic in partnership with Prinker, which makes a device that creates temporary tattoos quickly.
The make-up in Brow Magic, which is expected to launch later this year, can last up to two days and is removed with regular make-up remover.
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