Updates for CES 2024: AI predictions, inclusive gaming, airborne transportation, and Martha Stewart

The Consumer Technology Association is hosting CES 2024, a multi-day trade event that is anticipated to attract over 130,000 attendees and feature more than 4,000 exhibitors in Las Vegas. This event will showcase the latest advancements and devices in various fields such as personal technology, transportation, healthcare, sustainability, and others. Artificial intelligence will be prominently featured, demonstrating its expanding applications.

From the latest announcements to the wackiest smart gadgets, the Associated Press keeps a rolling report on everything we find interesting on the CES floor.

GYROGLOVE WORKS TO HELP those with hand tremors

Roberta Wilson-Garrett used to be a morning person, jumping out of bed at the crack of dawn. Until, that is, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s six years ago.

Now her hands are twitching and shaking, making the morning when her medication is about to run out especially difficult. It takes hours for him to get ready for the day. All of his coffee mugs now have a lid.

Boston-based medical technology startup GyroGear unveiled a hand-stabilizing glove at CES 2024 that it hopes will help people like Wilson-Garrett regain control of their lives.

“It makes my life normal again. Things that you take for granted, I no longer take for granted,” Wilson-Garrett told the AP on the show floor as her right hand shook. “It gives me back a piece of my old life when I have the glove on.”

When Wilson-Garrett slipped on the black glove, her right hand relaxed and she was able to hold a pen and write her name.

The GyroGlove is available now for $5,899.

ADVANCEMENT of artificial intelligence through prediction

Can generative artificial intelligence inform your future? A forecaster unveiled at CES this week by South Korean manufacturing and IT services giant SK Group gives us a glimpse.

SK’s AI Fortune Teller, powered by high-bandwidth memory technology, claims it can tell users’ fortunes by reading their emotions. The machine takes a picture of your face and naturally asks you to choose a card from the deck on the screen. Artificial intelligence instantly analyzes facial features and produces a Tarot card-like print with a short, forward-looking message or advice.

This AI predictor will not be available to consumers outside of CES, but will be on display at the Las Vegas show to help showcase SK’s latest technology and sustainability developments. Other attractions promoted at the interactive “SK Wonderland” exhibit include an all-electric dancing car and a train that can run on hydrogen energy

HYUNDAI’S NEW FLYING TAXI PLACE AT CES

The new flying taxi concept, named S-A2 by Hyundai, was presented at CES 2024.

The South Korean vehicle manufacturer sees the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle as a commuting solution for heavy-traffic urban areas.

Hyundai claims the vehicle can travel 190 km/h at an altitude of 1,500 feet (460 meters) while operating as quietly as a dishwasher.

The S-A2 is based on Hyundai’s S-A1 concept, which debuted at CES in 2020. Company officials say they are working to get the vehicle ready to meet aviation standards set by nations around the world.

‘SMOKE-FREE’ INDOOR SMOKING

GE Appliances wants to change the way you smoke food with a new $1,000 indoor smoker.

About the size of a toaster oven or microwave, the GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker can hold a brisket cut in half, 40 chicken wings or three racks of ribs. It still uses wood pellets for the smoky flavor, but its technology traps the smoke inside, making it “perfect for people who live in urban environments,” such as apartment buildings, said Whitney Welch, a spokeswoman for GE Appliances.

AVAILABILITY OF GAMES INCLUDED

In the gaming industry, the focus on accessibility is increasing. Just in October, Sony released the Playstation access controller.

To discuss the gains so far and the road ahead, CES 2024 featured a four-player panel titled “The Evolution of Accessible Gaming.”

For accessibility consultant and broadcaster Paul Amadeus Lane, who moderated the panel, gaming has been a lifelong passion, but when he was in a car accident that left him unable to use his fingers, he first thought his gaming days were over.

“It was like I had lost a good friend. But then that good friend met again when I found out about all these accessibility features,” Lane said during the panel.

AbleGamers founder Mark Barlet said people with disabilities are 56% more likely to be socially isolated, and tackling that is what drives his organization. Plus, he says, it’s smart business.

“Twenty percent of the population has some form of disability, and you start looking at game companies competing for eyeballs – suddenly you’re talking about, ‘Hey, would you like to sell more games?’ it becomes a really powerful conversation.”

When asked what advice they would give game developers, panelists Liz Schmidlin, director of user research at PlayStation, and Michele Zorrilla, senior user experience researcher at Insomniac Games, echoed a similar statement: Start accessibility conversations early in the design process. .

Barlet added: “Good accessibility is good design.”

YOUR OWN PERSONAL ROBOT MASSAGE

Artificial intelligence has been seen at CES 2024 powering smart home hubs, cars, televisions, medical devices and even nail printers. Now it gives a massage.

Created by France’s Capsix Robotics, iYU uses artificial intelligence to perform a real-time body scan and recommends the best user experience for the user. The robotic arm then performs various massage techniques.

DO YOU WANT A PHYSICAL KEYBOARD FOR YOUR iPhone?

It’s a new product, but the functionality may sound familiar – Clicks Technologies’ iPhone keyboard has been a hit at CES 2024.

According to founder Johnathan Young, the smartphone accessory is aimed at three main audiences: iPhone users with dexterity or accessibility issues, a younger generation that wants to stand out, and people who miss the smartphone keyboards of yesteryear.

Prices range from $139 to $159.

GET YOUR VOICE BACK

Dutch startup Whipp aims to use artificial intelligence to help millions of voice-impaired people speak with their natural voice again.

While many current technologies focus on speech-to-text or text-to-speech, Whipp uses voice-to-voice AI, resulting in near-real-time speech conversion.

Users can recreate their own voice by providing recordings of their current or previous voice and adding a personal touch to their own communications.

At the CES 2024 trade fair, Whispp launched an assistant voice and call application powered by artificial intelligence.

MARTHA STEWART, TECHNOLOGIST

On Tuesday, businesswoman and media personality Martha Stewart took to the kitchen stage at the Samsung CES booth to make “Martha-tini” and mashed potatoes using the company’s SmartThings technology.

As a bonus, the famous cooking, entertainment and home improvement celebrity revealed how she got hooked on tech culture.

“Well, I got my first computer in 1982. An IBM. I still have it. … and all my friends and I sat up all night trying to figure out what a computer could do for us.”

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