The world’s biggest tech show this year, CES 2019, introduced a host of promising new startups and went hands-on with new gadgets, from underwater drones, Samsung robot-nurses, rollable TV screens, to smart bread bakers.
It’s a record-breaking year for CES, with an attendance of 182,000 people from across the globe, who came to experience technology innovation spanning 2.5 million net square feet of exhibition space in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ukraine was represented by 10 startups at the event held on Jan. 8–11. Here’s more about them:
Jollylook
Jollylook makes cardboard vintage-like cameras that instantly print taken pictures. These cameras are made of recycled paper, lenses and a cartridge. They are portable and fold away when not in use.
In 2017, the camera collected $377,000 through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. However, the cameras haven’t been shipped to backers yet.
Website: jollylook.photo
Jollylook is a cardboard foldable camera that instantly prints pictures.
Nuka
Nuka makes “eternal” stationery that can be reused again an again: Notes can be written on the Nuka notepad, and then erased, and the steel pencil doesn’t need to be sharpened, doesn’t run out of ink, and lasts more than a lifetime.
Nuka is made of tough materials, and notebook pages can’t be torn or easily damaged.
The Nuka app can also store photographs of notes taken with a smartphone to save them permanently online.
Website: nuka.me
Nuka has created stationery that can be reused again an again. (YURASOV)
RAWR
RAWR makes smart collars for dogs. The collar is connected to an app, which shows the pet’s location, history of movement, physical activity, calorie intake, and pulse.
The collar itself glows with LED lights so that a dog remains visible in the dark. The device is also waterproof.
Website: getrawr.com
RAWR makes smart collars for pets to trace their location, calorie intake, activity.
Photon_LMS
Photon_LMS is a portable photo studio for still photography. It is a block powered by 2700 LEDs and is fully manageable via a smartphone or PC.
The creators say it’s easy to set up and to control the lighting. The price is yet to be announced, but the startup says the whole studio will cost way less than a set of ordinary flashes and accessories for them.
It’s targeted at professional photographers and e-commerce businesses.
Website: facebook.com/pg/photon.lms
Photon_LMS is a company that makes mobile photo studios for still photography.
Whooshi
Whooshi is a gadget makes wired headphones wireless and improves the quality of the sound.
The gadget looks like a small, long box with a clip that holds it onto clothes. It has a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack. The box can receive music via Bluetooth from smartphones and other music-playing devices, and send it to the headphones.
Whooshi also has an app to control its built-in amplifier and equalizer.
Website: whooshi.me
Whooshi develops a device that turns wired headphones into wireless and can amplify the sound.
Funlight
This is a company that makes amusement equipment for parks and malls. The startup develops smart projectors that turn walls into interactive surfaces.
Website: funlight.com.ua/en
Funlight makes smart projectors that turn walls and floors into interactive surface.
Flasty
This startup develops 3D printers of different sizes that can print 40-30-40-centimeter objects as well as smaller 30-20-30-centimeter ones.
Flatsy also makes 3D printers that print food. They’re called CHOCOLA3D and can print edible chocolate, meat, fruit and cheese products as well as bread and biscuits.
Website: flasty.com/en
Flasty develops 3D printers that can print food.
iGlam
This startup makes jewelry — earrings, rings, and pendants — that change their color via the iGlam app and can take a color sample directly from a piece of clothing to match an outfit.
Its battery lasts five hours and can be charged in a case. The ring is made of silver with semi-precious stones.
Website: a.iglam.fashion
iGlam makes jewellery that can change its colors via the iGlam mobile app.
Petcube
Petcube used this year’s CES to present their second generation gadgets: Bites 2 and Play 2.
These are cameras that allow one to observe pets remotely, play with them, and feed them. Their upgraded versions have new designs, better sound quality, a wider viewing angle (now 180 degrees).
They also started to support Amazon’s smart assistant Alexa.
The Alexa support will allow cameras to play music, news and control other connected gadgets.
Website: petcube.com
Petcube makes cameras to interact with pets remotely: play with them and feed them.
Pix
Pix is an urban backpack with a built-in digital display. The display on the backpack has large chunky pixels, but it great for showing simple animated art, images.
It connects to a smartphone and can change the picture shown via a mobile application. Pix’s users can choose to display pictures and animations (like emojis) from the app’s library or create their own art.
Besides images and animations, Pix can be used for playing simple games, displaying widgets, and showing notifications from social media and email apps.
Website: pix.style
Pix designs rucksacks with a pixel screen to change its appearance.
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