The Best Of CES 2019
New kids in the digital
tech wave
LOOK
MA, I CAN RECORD ON THESE
What’s the one device
that seems to have been untouched by the digital tech wave? Binoculars! They
really haven’t changed much over the years. Until now that is. NexOptic
DoubleTake really takes the Bino paradigm and spins it digitally. The eyecups
are replaced by a 5-inch HD LCD display (thus you can share what you’re zooming
in to with others too), has a quad-core processor to zoom in to things fast and
not blur, a 12-megapixel image sensor and 2.5x and 10X true optical zoom. Plus
you can shoot photos and even record a 4K video.
IS IT A
PHONE? IS IT A LAPTOP?
Lenovo’s Yoga S940 has an
identity crisis. It works like a laptop, thinks like a laptop but looks like a
phone. It’s got an inverted notch, has the camera within the notch, curved
glass on the side, almost bezel-less, extremely thin and has front facing
speakers. That sounds more phone than laptop. Still, it’s got all the other
chops needed to make it a high-spec machine. Unfortunately, the starting price
of USD 1,500 doesn’t put it in the economy phone category.
SAVING
THE PLANET, ONE ANIMAL AT A TIME
We are what we eat. We
are also destroying the planet with what we eat. Out of control meat
consumption, livestock rearing and the insane amount of resources it’s
consuming is one of the biggest challenges we face. The solution? Meat grown in
a lab. Yes, food engineering has finally done the impossible where the meat
also has an iron-carrying molecule haem to give it the perfect taste and
texture. It’s called Impossible Burger 2.0 and most of it comes from
plant-based stuff and soy.
NO MORE
OF THAT AMAZING VIEW
I’ve always loved the
Dell XPS 13 laptop series. Especially last year, when they went near bezel-less
and made the screen truly pop. Unfortunately, that also led to a serious design
flaw. They had to place the webcam below the screen. That led to some of the
most weird video call scenarios where one was able to examine the deep, dark
insides of every XPS user’s nostril. But that is now history. The new XPS has a
thin webcam that is placed at the top where it should be. The rest of the specs
and its look are also super top-notch with not a nostril hair in sight.
QUELLING
THE MONSTER
Snoring is unhealthy,
even more so for the person who is sleeping with the deep bassproducing
monster. Philips seems to have the perfect solution. A very comfortable cloth
band that goes around the snorer’s chest and analyses breathing patterns. When
it detects snoring it gently vibrates and breaks the snorer’s pattern. So much
better than poking a finger into the person’s ribs to get them to stop their
nightly sound nightmare.
THE
THRONE JUST GOT A SERIOUS UPGRADE
You don’t really need
your shit pot talking back to you, do you? Well, actually the answer is yes,
you do. The Kohler Numi 2.0 smart toilet looks awesome, plays songs when you
ask it to, gets news, notes down stuff, features a bidet, a seat that’s warm
and automatically lifts up when you walk near it. Think about all of this while
you sit on your cold, hard, unsmart potty.
THE
WALL JUST GOT BIGGER
Nope, not Donald Trump’s
imaginary Mexican wall that will solve all world problems – this is a wall that
shows you the real picture. Samsung showcased a very cool build-it-yourself
modular Lego-style TV, The Wall, where you keep adding blocks of display to
make it bigger and bigger. All the way up to 219 inches. It’s a MicroLED TV
that can be assembled in any size or shape you want. Of course, the sticker
shock isn’t micro at all. It may still cost lesser than the hot air wall that
the Trumpster wants to build.
Rajiv Makhni is managing
editor, Technology, NDTV, and the anchor of Gadget Guru, Cell Guru and Newsnet
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