CES 2022: The 10 most surprising ads of the Las Vegas Technology Fair

The consumer electronic show 2022, popularly known for its acronym, opened its doors again to the public and international media after the last edition made entirely in virtual format.

The thousands of attendees who attended the Las Vegas Convention Center, which this Friday will have the closing ceremony, could appreciate for three days the last developments in the field of technology and consumption for this 2022 and the next few years.

The return of the face -to -face convention was questioned after some large companies such as Amazon and Google canceled their participation for the pandemic risk that the omicron and Delta variant cause largely on the planet.

But the organizers cited their vaccination and chip requirements to defend the realization of the fair, in which journalists, entrepreneurs and lovers of technology participate.

Many renowned companies - and others not so well known - showed since January 5 their bets for cars, telephony, home computers, technological devices that we can take positions and more.

The chameleonic car

BMW presented a new electric car, the BMW IX M60.At first glance, a higher high -end car of the German brand, but with a particularity: the prototype has a body that changes color.A detail that logically catapulted him to popularity in social networks.

The concept car, which is not yet available for sale, was presented on Wednesday on the first day of the Technological Fair that is held annually in Las Vegas, where several automotive companies announced their new products, including an electric SUV of Sony and anotherby Mercedes Benz with great autonomy.

The automotive firm said it was "giving life to the car body" with a coating specially developed for its fully electric IX Flow model, which uses the same technology as the Kindle de Amazon electronic reader.

With the simple act of touching a button, the driver can change the tone from the outside of the car, allowing the color to change between white, black and some tones of gray.

The color change is achieved by applying an electric charge to the microcapsules;According to applied energy, those with white or black pigments will rise, "painting" the body.It is like in electronic ink books: a discharge shows white or black microcapsules.It is not necessary to apply a continuous current to keep the color.

A driver without driver

Also in the motor sector, the historic American manufacturer of agricultural machinery John Deere took advantage of CES showcase to show his first autonomous tractor, that is, that he circulates through the fields without having to have a driver behind the wheel.

With this new development for agriculture, those that are made with one of these units can control it quietly from an application on their mobile phone, from which they will receive real -time video signal and all types of data on the ground conditions andof plantations.

Once the machine is taken to the field, the farmer simply needs to walk around her to make sure everything is in her place and can turn it on just by touching her phone.

Equipped with twelve cameras and artificial intelligence, the machine stops automatically as soon as it perceives an obstacle and sends a signal.

It will be available in North America, confirmed the company's technological director, Jahmy Hindman.

The new Samsung projector

South Korean manufacturer Samsung took a large part of the attention during the first day of the event by showing the public for the first time its new and elegant freestyle projector with a resolution of 100 inches and 1080 pixels.

When it is not used as a projector to transmit content, The Freestyle also provides an environmental lighting effect thanks to its environmental mode and its translucent lens lid, since it can be screwed directly on a lampa support.

Among its characteristics, it is important that it can rotate up to 180 degrees and is easily transportable (something that had traditionally been a problem in this type of devices).

The Freestyle is also an intelligent speaker that analyzes music to combine visual effects that can be projected on the wall, soil and anywhere else.

A dog identifier

In this edition, pet solutions and devices made a hole in the companies of the companies.In the software and app category, the Petnow firm showed its revolutionary system to identify dogs through its nose.

It is an artificial intelligence algorithm (AI) that has the ability to detect, capture and catalog the mascot snout, as if it were its fingerprints.The application can help locate lost or abandoned dogs.

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TCL smart lenses

The TCL brand released both its vision for the future of smart lenses with augmented reality, Nxtwear Air, which function as an external screen equivalent to watching a 140 -inch television.

Nxtwear Air, as well as its Nxtwear G predecessor, offers two 1080p micro OLED embedded in a couple of glasses in glasses.

The stereo speakers are integrated, but if they do not want to disturb all those within the reach of the ear, they must connect bluetooth or cable headphones.This year's model also comes with two interchangeable magnetic plates that adhere to the front of the frames to change the style of the glasses.

At the moment, the Chinese company revealed that these particular lenses will arrive at some point in the first quarter of the year;although he did not ensure the price or the markets in which it will be marketed.Keep in mind that Nxtwear G went on sale limitedly in Australia last year at a price of $ 899 (about $ 680 EE.UU.).

A virtual gym in your home

The virtual reality had its resurgence with the arrival of the Pandemia, since we have all stayed at home.For those who are not ready to return to their boxing or aerobox sessions in the gym, liteboxer VR appears available for the virtual reality hull Oculus Quest 2.

The company, developer of the training platform with which you can box at home, announced its VR version at the Las Vegas Technology Fair.As can be seen in the promotional video, the user plans a virtual platform in front of you and you need to hit specific points in the correct interval to obtain higher points.

There is even a live coach that serves as a complement along with licensed music, to maintain the rhythm of exercise and physical form.

So far, liteboxer VR is only available at a price that costs $ 19 per month, but there is a free seven -day test.It will go on sale at the Quest store application store, owned by Meta, as of March 3.

The tablet with flexible ASUS screen

While folding phones are still looking to win market, the computer manufacturer Asus ventured in Las Vegas to reveal its first laptop with this type of screen.

The ZenBook 17 Fold looks like a typical tablet, but the first of its differentials is the 12th generation I7 processor and the Windows 11 operating system unlike the traditional ones that Android use.

Its 17 -inch touch screen has a resolution of 2.5k in a square -looking ratio of 4: 3.Includes a support foot on the back so you can hold it and have a portable screen, or you can fold in half and sit like a typical laptop, although with a continuous screen from top to bottom.

Bird Buddys: The smart feeder

The lovers of the birdos received from CES 2022 the pleasant surprise of an intelligent bird feeder driven by AI that notifies users every time one stops, sending a notification through the Bird Buddy application.

Winner of the 2022 Innovation Award, this bird -to -together feeder with built -in cameras allows users to capture photos and create AVE video clips, while the application gamifies the experience by recognizing birds, currently more than 1000 species, and organizing them in a collection "Similar to Pokémon Go ".

The company said in this regard that it expects the data collected by its users to lead to a significant change in conservation efforts by tracking bird migrations and populations around the world.

LG's "washing machine tower"

The South Korena LG technology presented a more intelligent and fluid way of washing clothes with its new washing machine and dryer, and LG Washtower.

The new laundry solutions have the improved artificial intelligence technology Direct Drive (AI DD) of LG, proven steam technology and a series of functions that make wash and dry the clothes is more convenient than ever than ever.

The new washing machine incorporates steam technology, a tested and true method to get clean and fresh clothes.For greater user comfort, the Smart Pairing function sends information from the washing machine to the dryer recommending the optimal drying cycle to eliminate most conjectures.

The front load LG Washtower uses AI DD to deliver clean and fresh clothes, while the dryer takes advantageSee in CES 2022.

In addition, with its lowest total height, it helps save space through a design without ducts that requires less free place with the posterior wall.

The fourth generation of selfie drones

Air Neo, the Airselfie Fourth Generation Air Chamber, offers a completely autonomous experience (without controller) to capture aerial images and videos with the simple click of a button.

This particular and small drone is easy to use, take off and land directly from your hand, and you can fly it safely without a controller or any flight experience, which means that your smartphone can remain in your pocket.

Autonomá Autofly navigation modes are the key behind Neo, which allows content creators to record all types of clips by meansZoom, Wide and Video.

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