CES 2022
CES is the world’s biggest Consumer Electronics Show which is held in January in Las Vegas every year.
For every exciting or crazy new product please tell me:
Who is the target?
Do you think it will be popular?
BMW iX - concept only
What is unique about this car?
How do you think it changes colour?
It uses E ink, like a Kindle, so it can change colour
Fluent Pet - $80-$230
What do you think this product is?
The dog learns to push buttons that say the word to communicate with their owner.
What kind of words do you think the buttons should say?
outside
toy
Mummy
Daddy
the dog’s own name
play
Do you think we can include buttons for:
happy / sad / mad
now / later
food / treat
What do you think this product does?
What does 甘噛み mean?
The toy has 12 random styles of biting
A price hasn’t been announced yet
Yukai Engineering, a Tokyo based start up have released a robot soft toy that nibbles your finger like a baby or pet would. The company believes people like this feeling.
LIFE Habitat
What do you think this product is?
What are the pros and con’s of having an inflatable habitat?
weight
cost
safety
The company says:
The material is Vectran Fabric Weave which is tougher than steel
It has NASA approval to withstand micrometeors
300 cubic metres inside so it can house 4-12 crew
It has a partnership with Japan’s Kanematsu Corporation to build the habitats
How would you test the LIFE HABITAT?
LG Media chair - unreleased
LG will partner with a massage chair maker
Speakers will be built into the chair.
The chair can recline
The price hasn’t been announced
What do you think this is?
There’s a camera in the front
The holes are microphones
What will people use this for?
Kohler Smart tub - $8000
What features do you think this tub has?
It releases fog and has ambient lighting
The water overflows into the Hinoki wood base and creates a soothing waterfall sound
Aromas can be released too
You can fill up the bath, set the temperature and depth using this remote, your smartphone or voice command
Just this remote costs $2700