Unexpected innovations presented at CES in Las Vegas

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Time.news – “People snore because the airways are closed and this pillow tries to open them by turning the head”. It is one of the devices awarded in the health and wellness category at CES 2023, the largest electronics fair in the world, the stage where the most innovative inventions on the planet are exhibited at the beginning of each year, currently underway in Las Vegas.

Another accolade went to software that uses artificial intelligence to identify a dog by nose. In fact, it is estimated that in 2020 in Spain alone, 162,000 dogs and 124,000 cats were lost or abandoned. Hence the need. But that’s not the only innovation for animals: there’s Bird Buddya smart bird feeder that records every time one lands on it. In addition, it uses artificial intelligence to recognize more than 1,000 species, which is why its creators compare it to Pokemon Go, Paìs points out.

Linklet is a neckband which has a wide angle camera at one end and five microphones and when the user wears it, other people can view the same thing in real time through a video call. All while keeping your hands free. This can be useful, for example, for teaching cooking lessons online, showing someone how to fix a device, or recording while sightseeing. The device was awarded in the wearable technology category.

Together they were also awarded a patch that attaches to the chest and monitors body temperature, a device for measuring the heart rate, respiration and activity of dogs e a bracelet called Myeli that allows you to send an alert and location to emergency contacts if you’re in danger. VideoWindoW instead transforms entire glass facades into huge transparent screens that can play recordings. These windows, designed to be installed in airports for example, can also control glare.

Finally, a giant robot that uses machine learning was awarded to differentiate plants from weeds and spray the latter with herbicide. This machine, called See & Spray and awarded in the robotics category, promises to reduce the use of herbicides by up to 80%.

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