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Consumer Electronics Show 2019: What’s next in tech, here’s what to watch

Tech in the town

Tech in the town

The Consumer Electronics Show 2019 (January 8-11) will offer a glimpse into new products and services designed to make people's lives easier, fun and more productive, reaching across diverse sectors such as entertainment, health, transportation, agriculture and sports.

CES features 4,500 exhibitors across 2.75 million square feet (250,000 square meters) of exhibit space showcasing artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, smart homes, smart cities, sports gadgets and other cutting-edge devices. Some 182,000 trade professionals are expected.

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The charger cleaner combo

The charger cleaner combo

The Oblio cell phone charging station and phone cleaner by Lexon which cleans the phone with purple UV light while charging, is seen at CES Unveiled, the preview event for CES 2019.

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The smart ring

The smart ring

Jeremy Neyrou of Icare Technologies models the Aeklys smart ring at CES Unveiled. The smart ring gives the user the ability to make contactless payments simply by placing the ring near a payment terminal.

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Hands-free travel experience

Hands-free travel experience

A smart artificial intelligence (AI) Ovis suitcase by ForwardX follows exhibitor Zhaoqiang Chen through the hall at CES Unveiled. The suitcase, with five cameras in the handle and precision obstacle avoidance technolgy, 'walks' beside users providing hands-free travel experience.

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The Lovot

The Lovot

The Lovot, an amalgam of "love" and "robot", cannot help with the housework but it will "draw out your ability to love," is displayed at CES Unveiled, the preview event for CES 2019 consumer electronics show.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to interact with its surroundings, the wheeled machine resembles a penguin with cartoonish human eyes, has interchangeable outfits and communicates in squeaks.

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Waterproof covers

Waterproof covers

Catalyst waterproof electronic device covers are displayed in a fish tank during a press event for CES 2019.

Catalyst Case protects phone or watch from just about anything you can throw at it. The silicone membranes allow to use watch or phone to the fullest—the membrane over the heart rate monitor even allows for inductive charging.

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AI for skin

AI for skin

The Lululab Lele skin scanner is displayed at CES Unveiled. Lululab is a spin-off company of Samsung Electronics, aimed at innovating the beauty industry by connecting all beauty entities with 'skin data'.

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The bread bot

The bread bot

The Bread Bot -- a fully automated bread-making machine that mixes, kneads, proofs, bakes and sells bread like a vending machine is displayed at CES Unveiled.

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