CES 2019 boasted disruptive tech, eye-popping gadgetry and some unexpected travel accessories.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the place to go to find out what the next lifestyle disruptions will be, what the next cool must-haves will look like and whether there really is a future for driverless cars and Google glass.
And CES 2019 did not disappoint in delivering the big news: Glass is back. This time, however, those spectacles talk to Alexa, read the weather, provide directions, take photos and video, and display the news in a stunning 3-D hologram-style specter through the lenses, for $1000.
The Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses made a spectacle at the show, with a whole room dedicated to Amazon Alexa-connected products that could do everything from talk to your bike to pump breast milk on command.
Uber, too, chose the show to announce its latest endeavor beyond driverless cars: Pilotless air transportation. Yes, Uber Air is on course to disrupt the way we get from skyscraper to skyscraper.
UBTECH Robotics, a global leader in intelligent humanoid robotics and AI technologies, strutted out its Walker prototype – a robot with arms and legs that take this machine from a talking head to almost human on the robot evolutionary scale. The bipedal humanoid robot now includes fully functional arms and hands with capabilities for a number of business-assisting functions.
Meanwhile, LG, always a big name at CES, did not disappoint. It rolled out its latest concept in redefining the television box: the 65-inch OLED display on flexible glass that rolls up and down, giving you that state-of-the-art 4K screen when you want it and making it all but disappear when you don’t.
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