CES 2020 Event Highlights

CES – Consumer Electronics Show is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, is where tech companies present to the world what they hope will be the next big technological breakthroughs.

CES 2020 is just over, it’s held in Las Vegas from 7 January to 10 January. During the last 4 days, all the major consumer electronics manufacturer unveils their latest techology and products that are going to hit the market in the next year or upcoming years.

Like every year, CES 2020 is kicking off a new year and all the manufacturers are showing their lineup of products. In this article, we will show you the CES 2020 Event Highlights, included the latest innovative and cool products that have been unveiled in CES 2020.

Ballie - Samsung's cute smart home robot

Samsung showed off a yellow tennis ball-like robot named Ballie. The small robot packs built-in artificial intelligence capabilities, a camera and a mobile interface that intend to help you around the house.

H.S. Kim, Samsung Consumer Electronics President and CEO, introduced Samsung’s latest robot, an over-sized tennis ball called Ballie, which “understands you, supports you, and reacts to your needs to be actively helpful around the house”. “We want Ballie to keep our secrets,” “We want an AI we can trust. We are working hard to bring all of this [to Ballie].”

Samsung thinks Ballie will especially resonate with pet owners, entertaining them during the day and allowing users to watch them remotely via the camera.

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Sony Vision-S Electric Car

Sony revealed a driverless, electric concept sedan at this year’s CES, designed to flaunt the Japanese company’s expertise in a range of mobility technologies.

The electronics giant created the Vision-S prototype vehicle as a way of showcasing its advanced electronics technologies that aim to contribute to “safer and more reliable autonomous driving”.

A total of 33 sensors are embedded into the car – 13 more than Tesla’s Models S and X – which are used to detect and monitor the presence of people and objects both inside and outside the vehicle.

These include its imaging and sensing technologies, as well as on-board software regulated using Sony’s artificial intelligence, telecommunication and cloud technologies.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say that mobile has been the mega-trend of the last decade. I believe the next mega-trend will be mobility,” said Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida as he revealed the concept vehicle.

OnePlus Concept One smartphone - 'invisible' rear cameras

The Chinese phone manufacturer – OnePlus Concept One smartphone has hidden rear cameras.

The Concept One smartphone uses electrochromic glass. This is an electronically tintable glass, which can hide the rear camera lenses behind the flush glass rear of the handset, revealing the trio of sensors only when they’re in use.

Uber and Hyundai release full-scale air taxi

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced at CES 2020 a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride-share network and unveiled a full-scale aircraft concept. Hyundai is the first automotive company to join the Uber Elevate initiative, bringing automotive-scale manufacturing capability and a track record of mass-producing electric vehicles.

The taxi concept was created in part through Uber’s open design process, a NASA-inspired approach that jump starts innovation by publicly releasing vehicle design concepts so any company can use them to innovate their air taxi models and engineering technologies.

In this partnership, Hyundai will produce and deploy the air vehicles, and Uber will provide airspace support services, connections to ground transportation, and customer interfaces through an aerial ride-share network. Both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts to support take-off and landing for this new class of vehicles.

“Our vision of urban air mobility will transform the concept of urban transportation,” said Jaiwon Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Division. “We expect UAM to vitalize urban communities and provide more quality time to people. We are confident that Uber Elevate is the right partner to make this innovative product readily available to as many customers as possible.”