The CES 2017 exhibition has come to an end and now we have time to reflect on its results. The show presented this year has been able to surpass previous tech shows over the past few years. In our opinion, two models of TVs stood out from the crowd, but only one of them turned out to be really special.

Runner-up: Sony OLED

Most of all, the CES 2017 audience was surprised by Sony. The company launched the A1 OLED series alongside a high-end line of Dolby Vision-enabled TVs. Needless to say, her appearance was a complete surprise.

A number of Sony OLED TVs have support for a proprietary audio system that uses the surface of the entire screen as a large vibrating speaker. LG has also noticed this technology - it has been invested in the development of the company's new screens to provide better sound through the use of a wide display surface.

It should also be noted that Sony purchases OLED displays from LG.

Best of the best: LG's ultra-thin OLED TV

LG's new ultra-thin "wallpaper" OLED TV could be CES 2017's biggest surprise, if the company's plans had not been disclosed earlier in November. However, LG did not express any complaints about this, limiting itself to comments on this matter.

Despite everything, the novelty made an amazing impression. It has a thickness of less than 2.5 millimeters, which allows the use of magnets for wall mounting, as well as support for Dolby Vision and Atmos technologies. The company is full of confidence and optimism about the opportunities that OLED technology has opened up - it has allowed LG to capture a significant part of the high-end TV market. Such a result was not possible with the production of plasma and LCD models.

That's why we believed in the success of LG's ultra-thin new wallpaper (translated as wallpaper) - it became the main topic of conversation after CES 2017, despite the fact that many other interesting TV models were shown during the exhibition.

This happened due to the technical uniqueness of the newly minted flagship, which allowed it to literally outshine its competitors. Many have already rushed to call the LG W7 OLED the “best of the best” among the models presented at CES.

Panasonic introduced the second generation of its OLED TVs EZ1000, and Samsung launched a new line of LCD models called "QLED".

New row Samsung TVs interesting not only from the point of view of cunning marketing, but also from the technical side. The company has been able to improve LCD screens in many ways. The design solutions that Samsung has come up with are really impressive. In addition, engineers have made the flagship Q9 model flat.

Panasonic also delighted the public with its new impressive development - EZ1000. However, we can't help but note the fact that the new product will only go on sale with a 65" screen; in addition, we were upset by the lack of Dolby Vision support, the use of an already outdated operating Firefox systems OS, as well as the appearance of the device - it is very similar to the LG E6 (only with an additional speaker).

Finally, while the company has yet to name specific pricing, we suspect Panasonic's new TVs will be too expensive.

CES 2017 has already closed, but we will discuss the novelties of this exhibition for a long time. There is a suspicion that right up to the next CES. Well, or at least until February, when MWC 2017 opens in Barcelona. And in order for you (and us, too) to have something to discuss, we tried to collect all the news from CES 2017 in one material. That is, everything in general. Naturally, nothing worked out for us, since thousands of gadgets were shown in Las Vegas, but we are not ashamed of our work. Since we really collected a lot of different useful and interesting, as well as useless, but still interesting.

TVs

Let's start with LG, which introduced really thin TVs.

Signature 4K OLED W-Series TVs (65" & 77") are 2.57mm or less thick. This means that visually they practically do not protrude above the wall surface. Among other features, we note the ability to work with HDR content of almost all current standards and a separate unit with an audio system, placed outside the TV. It is not surprising: it would be problematic to arrange speakers, connectors and other hardware in such a thin model.

LG Signature 4K OLED W-Series TV

For less affluent guys, LG has a line of Super UHD LCD TVs in store, which includes the SJ9500, SJ8500 and SJ8000 models with LCD displays based on Nano Cell technology. HDR support is also promised, this is the TV trend of 2017. It is known that the thickness of the 55-inch model SJ9500 at its thinnest point does not exceed 6.9 mm.

LG Super UHD LCD TVs

LG also showed a prototype of a 55-inch transparent TV. Why is it necessary - God knows. Probably, this model is suitable for the role of props for the cinema, in which they like to shoot various transparent things under the guise of interior items of the future. Although in the future, we dare to assume, we will not use transparent TVs. How they stopped using transparent laptops, phones and players - all this has already been shown to us more than once, and some models were even mass-produced.

Transparent TV LG (photo Mashable)

The Sony Bravia OLED family includes models with OLED screens and an audio system,using the display surface for sound reproduction. Sony says it was the first in the world to implement this, although LG at CES 2017 also demonstrated a TV (albeit a prototype) with such a chip. In total, three models were shown - 55, 65 and 77 inches, all of which support 4K resolution.

New 4K TV family Sony Bravia OLED

For less demanding customers, Sony has Bravia XE94 and XE93 models with LCD screens. and not so impressive design. They are known to work under Android control TV with voice control. (By the way, Sony today is one of the few apologists for Android TV: LG TVs use webOS, and Samsung models- Tizen platform.)

However, Google said that Huawei is working on Daydream-compatible VR glasses.

Huawei VR glasses compatible with Daydream

Lenovo, HP, Acer and Dell VR Glasses Shown to Support Microsoft's Windows Holographic Platform. So far, these are raw prototypes, so there is not much to say about them.

HP and Acer glasses (photo by Engadget)

CES 2017. All exhibition premieres. Part two

The Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest consumer electronics shows in the world, has come to an end in Las Vegas. As always, it shocked with its ambiguity: despite the fact that CES is primarily addressed to consumers, it is difficult to imagine someone in their right mind who would buy anything from what was announced at the exhibition. On the other hand, CES traditionally features a lot of startups that show absolutely crazy things and technologies. has prepared its own list of the strangest products since the first major event of 2017.

Wild, wild CES

In Las Vegas, the minds of CES visitors tried to stir up the creators of completely unexpected gadgets with support for the designated functions. For example, Simplehuman did not reinvent the wheel and boasted of a wastebasket that differs from its counterparts in support voice commands. Simply called Sensor Can with Voice Control, the basket responds to both voice control and user movements. You can buy it already in March 2017 at an undemocratic price for a trash can of $180.

Representatives of the Withings company, which is part of the large Nokia and specializes in wearable electronics, have not lagged behind in creativity from their colleagues. This time, French pros from the Finnish holding delighted the guests of the exhibition with a smart comb made in collaboration with L "Oreal.

It differs from a regular comb by the presence of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, a gyroscope, a microphone, an accelerometer, a pressure sensor and other services. At retail, smart Hair Coach combs for $ 200 apiece are promised to be shipped as early as mid-2017.

Finally, the list of the strangest new CES products is the Willow smart breast pump, which syncs with the app on your smartphone and helps you pump milk (and track its amount) in real time. The innovative breast pump fits right into your bra and works wirelessly. By the way, the container into which milk is filtered is attached to it, and Willow can work without recharging for up to two days.

The developers assure that analogues to many of the developments presented at the exhibition do not yet exist in nature. But it is worth considering: are the originals needed?

Go yourself

The Consumer Electronics Show 2017 gave a whole galaxy of interesting newsbreaks to lovers of unmanned vehicles. NVIDIA introduced the Xavier supercomputer, which can be equipped with almost any car.

The system is based on the 512-core Volta GPU, and its action showed on the example of an unmanned vehicle Lincoln. The main advantage of Xavier developers called artificial intelligence, capable of learning and subsequent autonomous decision-making.

NVIDIA will create its own drone in collaboration with Audi. Already in 2017, the Audi A8 equipped with the Traffic Jam Pilot autopilot will appear on the market, and by 2020 a full-fledged drone will be launched into mass production: it will look like submitted at CES concept car Q7.

Not all presentations of unmanned vehicles went like clockwork: Faraday Future, which positions itself as Tesla's main competitor, excelled. They plan to put their unmanned vehicle FF 91 into mass production as early as 2018, and a presentation of some of its functions was to take place at CES.

Everything went wrong almost immediately: after pressing the button, the FF 91 should have automatically parked, but this did not happen. After some time, the car nevertheless performed the long-awaited maneuver, and the hitch was explained by poor signal transmission.

The exhibition showed a lot of concept cars of the future: Toyota, Nissan and Chrysler were especially powerful. The concepts presented by them are distinguished not only by artificial intelligence, but also by futuristic design. All these concepts are still far from mass production, which does not prevent them from looking beautiful in the pictures.

The most realistic and interesting innovation in the world of cars was the head-up display from Navdy. The device is mounted on a torpedo behind the steering wheel and displays a holographic projection of various indicators and can act as a navigator. By the way, this is not a novelty: it has been sold in the USA since the end of 2016.

After the end of CES, he spoke in his usual manner on Twitter: he promised install new version autopilot on Tesla today. And you don't have to wait for this autopilot - just buy a Tesla.

Gaming laptop frenzy

Acer opened the parade of wild laptops with its Predator 21 X, which was presented at IFA 2016 in Berlin. Here it is worth recalling that we are talking about a 21-inch laptop with a curved display. Apparently, the company sensibly assesses the potential of this car and does not refuse to release it, so at CES they announced the price of the Predator 21 X and the release date: in February it will be available for nine thousand dollars.

The laptop has a resolution of 2560 x 1080 pixels, processors Intel Core i7 seventh generation and two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 in SLI mode. In the top configuration, it will receive up to 64 gigabytes random access memory, up to four 512 GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration, and HDD with a capacity of 1 terabyte. Do not forget about the full-size mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches and the ability to replace the number pad with gaming keys.

All this has gigantic dimensions (568x314.5x83.25 millimeters) and a weight of eight kilograms.

Following Acer, Razer introduced its new product. Concept laptop Project Valerie received as many as three displays with a diagonal of 17.3 inches and a total resolution of 12K (11520 x 2160 pixels). The manufacturer did not disclose detailed characteristics, it is only known that Project Valerie has one NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 installed. The release date of the device and its price are also still unknown.

Samsung also jumped on the gaming laptop train in 2017 with its first gaming laptop, the Samsung Notebook Odyssey. In general, it is no different from any other representative of this segment, only the very fact of the announcement is interesting. The Notebook Odyssey will be available in 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch versions with the same specs as every other 2017 gaming laptop (and exactly the same appearance). Price and release dates are still unknown.

Surface and iMac clones

Quite a lot of strange and unusual devices were presented in the monoblock segment. For example, HP announced the Envy Curved AIO 34, which has a stand that hides a Bang & Olufsen soundbar. It has a 34" curved display, i7-7700T quad-core processor, AMD graphics card Radeon RX 460 and 16 GB of RAM. The computer will go on sale at the end of February for $1,730.

In addition, HP has released the second generation of the Sprout Pro G2 monoblock with a 3D scanner. It has its own projector, touch area and Intel RealSense cameras, which, in fact, scan objects. Compared to the Envy Curved AIO 34, it has a worse 23.8-inch Full HD display and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics. Its sales will begin in March 2017, the price is still unknown.

Distinguished at CES 2017 and Dell, which released its own clone of Surface Studio - however, in the form graphics tablet and not a monoblock. The manufacturer calls Canvas the world's first horizontal smart work surface, but in fact it is a large touchscreen IPS display with a diagonal of 27 inches and a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels.

In addition, Dell has equipped Canvas with a Surface Dial analog called Totem, which allows you to change the size and color of brushes while drawing, flip through pages of documents, and perform other actions. Canvas has a starting price of $1,800 and will go on sale in March.

According to the classics

It was not at all interesting to watch the announcements in the field of ultrabooks. Each manufacturer considered it his duty to make a transformer a la Surface or a “shifter” in the spirit of Lenovo Yoga. This is how the HP Specter x360, the Dell Latitude 5285, the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, and many other faceless devices with terrible naming were born.

Smartphone manufacturers did not bypass the exhibition either. But since all the big names are getting ready for MWC, Asus, ZTE and other companies have performed at CES. For this reason, budget and simple phones were announced. The "sticky" ZTE Hawkeye, created in collaboration with members of the Z-community, stands out among them. It has an eye tracker that allows you to control your smartphone by moving pupils and can stick to surfaces. As a bonus, you can add Xiaomi Mi Mix in a white case, but nothing else has changed in it.

TVs at CES are another story altogether. Since they are very popular in the West, companies are constantly showing something new. So, LG announced the flagship OLED TVs Signature W7 with a thickness of 2.57 millimeters. The price and start date of sales is unknown, but there is a feeling that they will be very expensive.

Samsung continues to develop the technology of metal quantum dots (Metal Quantum Dots) and released a new generation of QLED TVs. They show brightness in the range of 1.5-2 thousand nits, while last year's models this figure was only 1000 nits. Sony's A1E series TVs are the company's first models to use an OLED matrix. In general, the big players have been less focused on curved screens and technologies like HDR and are making just good 4K OLED TVs.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption HTC is ahead of competitors Sony and Oculus and is going to offer the second generation virtual reality glasses to the mass consumer in April

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held annually in Las Vegas since 1967, usually provides a glimpse into the future of consumer technology.

It is not missed by any self-respecting large company in the field of electronics. It is here that the latest innovations are presented and the most important deals are concluded.

However, in recent years, the most sensational gadgets in Las Vegas are brought not by huge corporations, but by startups.

This year, thanks to crowdfunding, there are likely to be even more such discoveries.

Now the creators of the new products must convince retailers hunting for the next best seller that the marvels of technology they promised in the video promotional videos are amazing in practice.

Dozens of young companies will be able to participate in the exhibition officially opening on January 5 thanks to the financial support of their governments.

France, Israel, Ukraine and Holland brought their national stands, which proudly showcase the achievements of local talents.

However, Beijing has turned out to be the most prolific in this respect: more than 1,300 exhibits will come from China.

“Every year at CES, I meet people working on technologies that change our lives. You can see literally all areas of high technology here,” said Robert Scoble, one of the world's most famous tech bloggers and forecasters, in an interview with the BBC. Silicon Valley.

There is, of course, nonsense here that does not deserve attention, so the main task is to be able to distinguish a development that certainly promises a future hit from possibly failed projects.

We have selected for you some of the exhibits that may be the most popular this week.

In this area, three are fighting for the palm virtual assistant: Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana, and Google Assistant.

OnVocal will show off wireless headphones that can be connected to Alexa, and GE has already touted its new desk lamp that doubles as a speaker powered by Amazon's voice assistant.

Sonos also intends to add this feature to its wireless speakers, though it doesn't appear to be ready to show the results of that effort just yet.

However, it is too early to dismiss Alexa's competitors.

Microsoft is known to be working with Harman Kardon on a speaker with great acoustics, and Microsoft has also been experimenting with adding Cortana components to other types of products, including toasters.

And Google is using at least one of the devices in Las Vegas - the Aviva speaker - as a platform for its cloud artificial intelligence.

As suggested by one of the experts who want to join this race of gadgets with voice control may be more.

French startup Bixi is promoting gesture control technology - it will offer a novelty that will allow you to control smartphones and tablets without touching them, just with a wave of your hand.

The Austrian company offers a novelty: on top of the touchscreen, this tablet has another screen, with a flexible surface on which small bubbles appear, lining up in refreshing Braille text.

Year of the robots?

We are still far from the era of robots hardly distinguishable from humans. While they remain fictional characters in television series.

However, at trade shows like CES, we have a chance to see prototypes of these devices that are getting smarter.

London-based Emotech will showcase this kind of innovation.

Emotech will introduce Ollie, a desktop bot that has its own smart assistant that recognizes different family members and adapts to the character of each of them.

Scientists from University and King's Colleges London and from the University of Edinburgh participated in the creation of Ollie, and an investor from China joined the financing of the project, investing $ 10 million in the development.

In Las Vegas, modular robots will also be presented, consisting of different parts with different functions. This concept, which allows consumers to change the characteristics and functions of the device, is supported by several companies.

An example of a modular robot is Modi, created on the principle of Lego constructors. The set includes several small cubes that allow you to create devices with different functions - a motor, a lamp or an infrared sensor.

Another example is Unibot, which is a robotic vacuum cleaner that can be turned into a mobile camera video surveillance, as well as air conditioning, purifying and moisturizing the air.

Older people will certainly meet with approval Cutii - a robot that resembles an iPad on wheels. It is assumed that this device will become an inseparable companion for the elderly.

In general, there will be a lot of robots at the exhibition, and very different ones - tirelessly picking up balls on tennis courts, removing cat litter from a tray with filler without any emotions, as well as their smarter counterparts who can measure their strength with you at the chessboard.

Don't forget to check out Laundroid as well. A Japanese company has secured a $60 million investment from a number of firms, including Panasonic, to mass-produce a giant robot that neatly folds clothes.

This device was first shown at last year's CES and apparently made an impression, although some called the idea ridiculous.

And if in 2017, according to plans, the mass production of Laundroid begins, it will be very interesting to see how the robot will satisfy its owners.

Health and wearable electronics

This year, one of the most popular trends in the field of health is new technologies that help pregnant women and those who want to conceive a child.

Take Ava, for example, a smart-sensor bracelet that is said to alert women to the best time to conceive.

Or a tracker for future dads called Trakfertility. It will help, firstly, to calculate the concentration of spermatozoa, and then - using the application associated with it - will tell the owner how to increase their number.

And if, after a couple of glasses, you are suddenly tempted to get close to the wrong partner, the Milo Sensors smart bracelet can, as its authors say, become the first wearable device in the world that measures the level of alcohol in the blood.

Joking aside, the medical sensor industry is growing by leaps and bounds and will soon be able to turn over billions of dollars, analysts say.

The end goal is to create something reminiscent of the tricorder from the television series Star Trek. If you remember, it was a miracle device that made it possible to diagnose any ailment.

A startup from Israel will demonstrate a gadget in Las Vegas that promises to almost bring this idea to life.

The TytoHome sensor makes it possible to measure the heart rate, check the condition of the throat, lungs and others without leaving home. internal organs- and automatically send all this data to the doctor.

Without a doubt, the new items will delight fitness fans as well. To say that the demand for gadgets of this kind has reached its peak and is declining would be a mistake. Apple App to the Fitbit fitness tracker became the leader of Christmas sales, which proves that people are still actively buying this product.

However, gadgets with built-in airbags can add intrigue.

ActiveProtective is promising to showcase a prototype smart belt for the elderly that, when dropped, will deploy an airbag, preventing a hip fracture.

The novelty of the company Inemotion, which produces clothing for skiers, works on a similar principle. The airbags built into it will help to avoid fractures and injuries on the ski slope.

The French company Wair has developed a scarf, under which a mask with an air filter is hidden.

However, the question remains whether such gadgets will be able to go beyond their niches and bring enough profit to their creators.

As for smart watches, there will certainly be more of them - as well as applications developed for them. It is possible that in Las Vegas we will see Android Wear 2.0, that is, the second generation of the operating system. Google systems Android, built for smartwatches and other wearable devices.

However, if you have already held your breath, then so far in vain, since this sector has not become a hit, as many predicted.

And now we need to hold our breath - we are promised to demonstrate the world's first vibrating skinny jeans, which will help their owners, who have laid a route on the map, determine which way to turn without looking at the screen.

TVs

If you asked experts 10 years ago what kind of screens we would look at in our living rooms, they would most likely mention TVs, in which organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) are the main functional element in the matrix.

However, their predictions would not be entirely correct.

Hopes that the production of OLED TVs will become cheaper have not materialized. And their colors were not as bright as those of color LED LED TVs.

In addition, some viewers complained that the dark colors on the OLED TV displays also let us down, so some details of the picture are hard to make out.

However, OLED TVs continue to be popular due to their stunning brightness and depth of picture, as well as ever thinner screens.

Panasonic has hinted that it will show an advanced OLED display in Las Vegas, where blacks in the darkest scenes will have a lot of hues. Sony is said to have similar news.

There is also hope that prices for such TVs may go down.

Samsung is expected to pompously showcase QLED, an LCD display technology that uses quantum dot rather than LCD liquid crystal LEDs for backlighting. The brightness of such an image, as promised by Samsung, will exceed all expectations.

But we will soon have to get used to another acronym - HDR, which stands for high dynamic range.

We are talking about the principle by which, for example, the human eye works, and which is a kind of optical system sensitive to a wide color gamut. The picture on such a screen will be especially bright and detailed - especially when depicting scenes where there are both bright lights and shadows.

Smart homes and other Internet gifts

Now it is possible to add sensors to a wide variety of products without spending much money and energy, endowing them with the function wireless transmission data. This literally led to an explosion of ideas - sometimes, however, not the most reasonable ones.

And is it really necessary that the air freshener be controlled by a smartphone?

It is much more important when smart machines make everyday life more convenient without much effort. Many companies have decided that the first step is to improve refrigerators so that they can sterilize themselves when they need to, as LG's model does.

Electric car Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the AVTR concept car in Las Vegas, inspired by James Cameron's film Avatar. The rear overhang of the electric car is covered with 33 "bionic valves". Special spherical wheels allow the AVTR to move not only in a straight line, but also sideways or diagonally.

The battery provides mileage without recharging up to 700 km. The power of the electric motor is 470 hp.

The electric car does not have the usual control tools - they are replaced by an illuminated bio-joystick on the central panel.

Sony Vision-S electric car

Sony unveiled the Vision-S electric car prototype in Las Vegas. Its platform and design was developed by the Austrian Magna Steyr. Also involved in the work on it were Bosch, Continental, Qualcomm, Nvidia and ZF.

The Vision-S sedan is equipped with two 272 hp electric motors. each. Up to 100 km / h, the electric car can accelerate in 4.8 seconds, its declared maximum speed- 240 km / h.

The electric car is equipped with 33 sensors (13 more than the Tesla Model S), which do not provide fully autonomous movement, but allow for lane changes and parking.

Robot-bun Ballie

South Korean Samsung introduced the Ballie robot, which is designed to help people in their daily lives. Ballie looks like a small ball a little larger than a tennis ball. He can ride for his master, watching him with the help of cameras and making special sounds.

The robot is conceived as an assistant in fitness classes. It can be used for home security, task scheduling, remote control of mobile devices. Ballie will be able to play with a dog left at home without an owner, start a robot vacuum cleaner when necessary, change TV channels, record a video. Samsung promises that over time, Ballie's features will expand through artificial intelligence training.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold foldable laptop

Chinese Lenovo introduced a laptop with a flexible screen ThinkPad X1 Fold. It is made from a combination of light alloys and carbon fiber and is protected by a leather sheath. Weighing just over 0.9kg, it easily converts from a small device to a 13.3-inch tablet.

When you connect the tablet to a Bluetooth keyboard, the device becomes a full-fledged laptop. When it is folded, one of the screen halves can also be used as a numeric keypad. For desktop use, it is possible to connect two displays, install them on a special stand and connect a full-sized keyboard and mouse to them.

Sales of the new device at a price of $2499 will begin in mid-2020.

Bosch virtual sun visor

German Bosch has introduced a virtual sun visor for cars. It is a transparent LCD display with smart cameras that analyze the location of the driver's eyes and the amount of sunlight entering the car through the windshield. As a result, the LCD panel darkens the areas through which the sun's rays blind the motorist.

Bosch assures that such a visor improves the driver's visibility compared to a traditional sun visor and thus improves road safety.

Virtual keyboard for mobile devices SelfieType

South Korean Samsung introduced virtual keyboard SelfieType for mobile devices. It was created on the basis of artificial intelligence - by analyzing the movements of the fingers that the user makes when typing, she turns them into pressing on a QWERTY keyboard. SelfieType does not require additional devices to project the keyboard onto the surface: a selfie camera in a smartphone or tablet is enough to track hand movements.

So far, SelfieType technology allows you to type text in instant messengers or text editors.

Prototype air taxi S-A1

Uber and Hyundai Motor have unveiled a jointly developed full-scale model of a flying car that can be used as an air taxi. The flying Hyundai will be fully electric and will be able to cover a distance of up to 160 km. It will be able to take off and land vertically, carry four passengers at a time and fly at speeds up to 320 km/h.

The electric propulsion of the four engines makes the S-A1 much quieter than traditional helicopters. This makes it ideal for urban use.

Virtual People Neon

Samsung introduced the Neon project, which allows you to create 3D models of artificial people - avatars. They are able to move, talk, express emotions and act as virtual assistants.

Believable digital avatars will be created by scanning real people, but will be able to generate their own facial expressions, movements and gestures. new technology it is supposed to be used, including in films and on television, as guides or personal assistants.

Toilet paper robot RollBot

Toilet paper manufacturer Charmin, owned by Procter & Gamble since 1957, unveiled a self-balancing Rollbot robot at the show, which, on a signal from mobile phone can deliver toilet paper to where its owner is.

Rollbot became one of the most highly specialized robots at CES 2020, reflecting one of the trends of this year's exhibition: an increased focus on how new technologies can help people in their daily lives.

At the same time, the company introduced the SmellSense sensor - it allows the user to remotely assess the proportion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in the toilet after another person has been there.

Y-Brush Speed ​​Toothbrush

The French company FasTeesH has introduced an unusually shaped electric toothbrush Y-Brush. Y-Brush resembles a boxing mouthguard with lots of tiny nylon brushes. Their vibration allows you to brush your teeth in just 10 seconds.

The price of a new toothbrush will be $125, which is less than some conventional electric toothbrushes on the market.

Exoskeleton Guardian XO

Sarcos Robotics unveiled the Guardian XO exoskeleton. A person in such a robotic suit can carry loads weighing up to 90 kg. Replaceable batteries allow you to lift weights for 8 hours without recharging.

Delta Airlines' loaders will be the first to test the new exoskeleton. It will also be tested by the US military. The Guardian XO is expected to go on sale in late 2020.

Segway S-Pod Transport Pod

The American company Segway introduced a prototype of a mobile chair S-Pod. The new vehicle weighs about 150 kg and is capable of traveling at a speed of 40 km/h. Without recharging, the chair can travel up to 70 km.

The chair is controlled by a joystick located on one of the armrests. The start of S-Pod sales is scheduled for 2021.