by Einat Paz-Frankel, NoCamels.com
For the first time in the show’s 40-year history, Israel has
brought an official delegation to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking
place in Las Vegas this week. Drawing in 160,000 attendees globally, CES
is the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow. The International CES has served as the proving ground for
innovators and breakthrough technologies, considered the global stage where
next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. This much hyped
conference is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the
technology trade association representing the $211 billion U.S. consumer
electronics industry. Israel has roughly 500 consumer electronics and digital media
companies whose offerings span a range of innovative solutions. They are active
in the mobile device industry, smart home and smart TV, video and
gaming, wearables, automotive, Internet of Things (IoT) field, and many
other arenas. Proving Israelis are on everyone’s lips at the
conference, Zuta Labs, the Israeli developer of the smallest mobile
printer in the world, has just been announced as the winner of the ‘Best
of Innovation Award’ in the computer accessories category.
Take a look at some of the coolest Israeli products and gadgets
at the conference:
MUV Interactive
MUV Interactive‘s Bird transforms any surface into a
touchscreen through its wearable fingertip sensor, which uses light projection
on a range of surfaces. The interactive display of smartphones, tablets,
laptops, etc., can be brought to life simply by connecting these devices to a
projector, turning anything from a table to a blank wall into an active
touchscreen.
ZUtA Labs
Thought your printer would never fit in your pocket? Think
again. ZUtA‘s
pocket printer is a teardrop-shaped robot printer that can be placed on any
page and scurries back-and-forth, printing as it goes along. Instead of having
the paper feed through the printer in order to print, the small robot runs on
the paper and prints while doing so.
The printer, designed by Israeli firm Nekuda, works on Bluetooth
and wireless networks, which means it can interact with smartphones, tablets
and laptops. The company claims it’s the first mobile printer – the smallest
printer in the world that can print on any size of paper, anywhere you are.
That’s probably why Zuta Labs won the Best of Innovation Award in the computer
accessories category at this year’s CES.
StoreDot
Charging your smartphone shouldn’t take a whole hour. StoreDot‘s FlashBattery is a
Smartphone battery that charges in 30 seconds. The product frees millions of
people from worrying about not having enough battery life. This device’s
colorful display is also eco-friendly, compared with technologies that use
toxic and polluting substances, such as cadmium selenide.
Humavox
Another Israeli charging gizmo is that of Humavox. With the growing number of
devices, charging has become a daily hassle. Now, Humavox provides a simple
charging solution called ETERNA. Its wireless charging solution is elastic enough
so it can take on many shapes and forms, while fitting into endless types
of devices and products. Humavox’s charging station, designed by another
Israeli company named Nekuda,
looks like an elegant vase – no cords whatsoever.
Green Ride
As more and more cities limit the movement of cars within their
boundaries, more and more urbanites are
Sensibo
Sensibo’s system turns every ‘dumb’ air conditioner
into a smart air conditioner. It works with every air conditioner that can be
remote controlled and makes it smarter and more efficient. Sensibo’s pod is
attached to your AC unit, which can then be controlled by your smartphone – or
a number of additional devices. Sensibo can also cut your electricity bill
because it senses whether or not you’re home.
Silentium
Traditional noise reduction methods use foams and barriers. But
they suffer from a major drawback: when implemented as sealing material, they
block the airflow. Silentium’s
Active Noise Control solution, on the other hand, allows for airflow. The
company’s Quiet Bubble is a spatial noise reduction solution that provides a
personal quiet zone around the user’s head. The technology allows significant
noise reduction in a specific area around a person’s head, so that noise can be
reduced without the use of headphones. In addition, unwanted sounds such as
known audio and video signals can be reduced, thus creating an individual audio
zone. The system can be integrated within the headrest on a pillow.
HumanEyes
HumanEyes is
a panoramic video camera, which can record 3D movies of 360 degrees by means of
several video cameras, whose output is combined into one video. The system
comprises a small, portable video recorder with independent power source for
recording simultaneous, synchronized video streams from multiple, integral
camera sensors.
The video data are recorded on a small memory device, from which
the data is subsequently transferred to a personal computer, on which the data
is processed in order to generate a 3D, stereophonic video file. The generated
file is intended for viewing by a helmet with an integral HD screen that senses
the viewer’s movements and adjusts the viewed area accordingly, thereby
recreating the experience of a person viewing the original scene.