10 Cool Tech Products from CES2020

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold

Each year among the tens of thousands of people and technology products that come and go through the Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show, there are a handful of innovative products that emerge with real promise to develop and change the way people live.

Here are top picks of the products from CES 2020 which includes TIME’s Best of CES 2020,

1. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold

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Foldable displays are the new hotness, and Lenovo is showing off its take on the trend with the ThinkPad X1 Fold. The Windows 10 device is more laptop than tablet, despite the tablet-like design. That foldable 13.3-inch display supports stylus input and Windows Ink for more intuitive pen-based operation. Want to get some actual typing done? Just pop the magnetic keyboard on the bottom half of the X1 Fold and type away, or just leave it there, close it up like a normal laptop, and get on with your day.

2. LG OLED ZX Real 8K TV

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LG’s new OLED ZX Real 8K TV is a shot across the bow when it comes to the competition’s 8K sets. The 77- and 88-inch displays exceed the Consumer Technology Association’s definition of what constitutes an 8K Ultra HD TV, and boasts some impressive upscaling features thanks to its α9 Gen 3 AI Processor 8K. The set’s integrated voice assistant support also makes it easy to find whatever you want to watch without channel surfing or flipping through apps. It’s just one of multiple sets LG launched that support “Real 8K” resolution.

3. BMW i3 Urban Suite

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BMW is trying to rethink the rideshare experience by adding a bit more class (and removing a few seats). The BMW i3 Urban Suite is a modified BMW i3 made for a more luxurious rideshare experience, one that includes perks like a hanger for coats, heated cupholders, and a literal desk lamp. There are also some pleasant privacy-centric features like simulated acoustic sealing and a display that supports smartphone mirroring when you need a second screen. Think of it as the next evolution of the limo.

4. Suunto’s Sports Smartwatch

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Battery life has never exactly been a strong suit of WearOS watches, but Suunto’s first real sports smartwatch arrives with Qualcomm’s Sports Mode for its widely used Snapdragon 3100 chip. The result? A 48-hour battery life in regular use – damn impressive for WearOS – and 12 hours of continuous GPS training. Sure, that looks ever so slightly next to the 120 hours you’ll get from a Suunto 9 in GPS mode, but because it’s a proper smartwatch you get Google Pay, Assistant and third-party apps alongside heart-rate tracking, 70 sports modes and offline maps.

5. Colgate Plaqless Pro Toothbrush

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This electric toothbrush doesn’t just give you personalized data about your brushing habits — importantly, it also targets exactly what areas you need to concentrate more on.

This electric toothbrush, Colgate’s most advanced (not to mention most expensive at around $300), will be the first in the market to detect biofilm buildup on your teeth. We’re all used to following built-in two-minute timers in most electric brushes, but with the Plaqless Pro, the amount of time you spend brushing your teeth all depends on how much buildup there is to remove.

There’s a light ring around the toothbrush that shines a blue light on areas that require more attention, and you should only move on once it switches to a white light. The brush pairs with the Colgate Connect App, which provides instant feedback, personalized data, and tips so you can enter your next dentist’s appointment with confidence.

6. Segaway S-Pod

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Remember Professor Xavier from X-men? Segway’s S-Pod is, essentially, a two-wheeled self-balancing stroller that can hit speeds of up to 24 miles per hour. Unlike other Segway products, you control the S-Pod with a joystick instead of your body, making for a more relaxing jaunt around town. The S-Pod is outfitted with smart safety features, too, like automatic braking on turns and exterior lights that double as turn signals.

7. Hydaloop Water Recycler

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With water conservation and sustainable technology set to take centre stage in the coming years, Hydraloop’s water recycler is a no-brainer of an invention. The large appliance, which filters and purifies grey water from baths, showers, and washing machines, employs a series of six maintenance-free filtration techniques and can recycle up to 85% of the water used in the home for re-use in toilets, pools, and irrigation systems (your toilet and kitchen sink are safe from filtration, so don’t fret).

8. Vizio Dockable Soundbar

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The dockable soundbar: Vizio has come up with a soundbar that solves a common installation annoyance: After you’ve gone through all the trouble to wall-mount a TV, there’s no easy way to hang up a soundbar underneath it. The Vizio P-Series Elevate soundbar can clip into the bottom edge of Vizio’s new OLED TV sets so you don’t have to mess around with mounting brackets. Now, all we need is for the TV industry to standardize the idea.

9. SanDisk 8TB external SSD

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This new prototype is an 8TB external SSD with SuperSpeed USB transfer good for up to 20 Gbps. This happens to make it the biggest external SSD ever made yet the package is small enough to fit in a pocket, which means you can effortlessly cart around approximately 1,600 full-length films and eight million photos whilst out and about. Although only a prototype, for now, it will likely lead to the real product in the future. Speaking of a former SanDisk concept that in now commercially available, the company also unveiled at CES the 1TB SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C flash drive, which comes to market later this year. The addition of a USB-A port also means the $250 tiny key 1TB drive with a read performance of up to 150MB/s should be compatible with almost any type of computer.

10. Bosch 3D Display

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3D tech could be about to enter our cars. Bosch has unveiled a new 3D display that doesn’t need glasses to be experienced and supposedly helps drivers interpret information on their dashboard – like traffic data and the entertainment system – a whole lot faster than regular dashboard screens. So how does it work? Well, it uses passive 3D technology, an autostereoscopic process, several slanted lenses that go over a normal display causing the light to refract in different directions to give both the driver and passenger a 3D display, no matter where they’re sitting in the car. It’s pretty darn cool, but it’s not actually in any vehicles just yet. But who knows, maybe one day.

This post features WIRED, BusinessInsider & TIME.com

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