As 2020 has had a miscellaneous impact on humankind, 2021 is expected to be a revolutionary year in terms of breakthrough innovations. Organizations have seen accelerated digital transformation in the last few years, making a substantial business change to drive innovation. They are actively exploring and developing new digital capabilities in order to build resilience and prepare for the post-pandemic world. However, as keeping up with fast-moving technology innovations is critical, Analytics Insight presents a list of the top 10 innovations that have taken place in January 2021 so far.
The latest version of the Bespoke refrigerator from Samsung offers customizable food management. The new Bespoke 4-Door Flex model features changeable panels that come with a cohort of colors and materials, allowing consumers to adjust their fridge for form and function. Samsung Bespoke 4-Door Flex also comes equipped with a Dual Auto Ice Maker that makes not only regular cubed ice but also smaller ice bites to suit different preferences for cold beverages.
Oticon, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based hearing aid manufacturer, introduced an AI-assisted hearing aid, called Oticon More, at CES 2021. This is the first hearing aid built with an onboard deep neural network that gives people with hearing loss a better experience. The deep neural network inside the hearing aid is trained on 12 million real-life sounds so that it can process speech in noise more like the human brain does, and gives the brain more information needed to hear sonic details. According to the company, Oticon More scans and analyzes the sound scene around a person 500 times per second, and captures and processes all sound details with more clarity and balance than others on the market.
Bosch, a German multinational engineering and technology company, earlier this week announced its initiatives to combine artificial intelligence and IoT. At CES 2021, the company unveiled to use AI technology to develop small shoebox-sized robots to operate on the moon as part of NASA's Tipping Point program. In collaboration with Astrobotic, WiBotic and the University of Washington, Bosch announced to develop CubeRover robots to navigate the moon's surface autonomously. The project has recently received a US$45.7 million contract from NASA to design the robots lightweight with ultrafast wireless chargers that could help humans and robots to function on the moon.
The global leader in intelligent humanoid robotics and AI technologies, UBTech announced the newest additions to its AI-powered robots at CES 2021. The robots include ADIBOT, UV-C Disinfecting Robots; AMR, an Intelligent Logistics Robotic System; and JIMU GO, the next iteration of robotic STEM kits for kids. According to UBTech, the company's mission is and continues to be, to make everyday life easier for people now and into the future.
Samsung Health seamlessly transforms the home into a personal gym. The new Smart Trainer4 feature tracks and analyzes posture in real-time, similar to a personal trainer. During and post-workout, Smart Trainer provides feedback on form, helps users count their reps, and estimates calories burned. With video and interactive training via Bixby-enabled voice control, Samsung Health Smart Trainer hoists and personalizes the home workout experience.
Kingston, a computer technology company that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products and other computer-related memory products, announced the next-gen 'Ghost Tree' SSD: NVMe M.2 SSD. This newest drive promises high speed for the PCIe 4.0 spec, a proposed maximum throughput of 7,000MBps read and write. Ghost Tree is an M.2 drive that works on the PCI Express 4.0 bus, which means users will require a very late-model AMD AM4 or spanking-new Intel LGA1200 motherboard that supports the 4.0 spec to capitalize on the peak speeds. According to Kingston, Ghost Tree SSDs should launch at capacities of 1TB to 4TB, allowing for a range of needs in a boot or secondary drive.
Samsung Bot™ Care is the latest development in the company's growing robotics lineup. This device is designed to use artificial intelligence to recognize and respond to people's behavior. It can act as a robotic assistant and companion, taking care of the details of the user's life. Samsung Bot™ Care will also learn people's schedule and habits and send reminders to guide them throughout their busy day.
Airthings' Virus Risk Indicator is a digital capability for Airthings' Wave Plus for Business smart indoor air quality monitor. The Virus Risk Indicator coalesces data from Wave Plus for Business's sensors that monitor CO2, humidity, temperature, and airborne pollutants into a proprietary algorithm, measuring the risk level of virus transmission in a building. The indicator also assesses four factors that correlate with airborne virus spread: virus survival rate, body's natural defense, room occupancy, and ventilation rate.
Analogue Pocket is a multi-video game system portable handheld. It is a digital audio workstation with a built-in synthesizer and sequencer. Pocket is compatible with the 2,780+ Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance game cartridge library. It works with cartridge adapters for other handheld systems, such as Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Atari Lynx, and more. It is typically designed for video game preservation with a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and no emulation.
NVIDIA recently announced GeForce RTX 30 series graphics adapters for laptops. Based on the same Ampere architecture and the same GPUs as the company's existing desktop GeForce cards, the RTX 30 series will bring Ampere's features and much of its performance to laptops, just tuned to the sub-150-Watt power requirements that come with a laptop. According to Nvidia, the mobile version of its RTX 3060 is up to 1.3 times faster than a PlayStation 5. The company is planned to launch its mobile series at three different tiers with the RTX 3060, RTX 3070, and RTX 3080 releasing in both Max-Q and non-Max-Q configurations starting on January 26.
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