Before the start of the all-virtual CES 2021, we detailed the notable trends to look out for at the mega consumer tech event. We had mentioned then that the
This week, the Consumer Electronics Show, more commonly referred to as CES, swapped the potentially super-spreading convention halls of Las Vegas for its first all-virtual event. The format change did not appear to impede the huge-screen televisions, handheld devices, and drones that steadily flow from the world’s largest tech trade show. Soon enough, everyone will be talking about the transparent TVs, rollable smartphones, and personal air taxis that took years of research and development. Yet the 2021 edition of CES was simultaneously of-the-moment, as exhibitors unveiled a slew of high-tech home products adapted for the COVID-19 era.
In many cases, such as an algorithm for indoor air monitors that predicts the risk of virus transmission, presented by Airthings, coronavirus vigilance assumed overt forms. Overall, the home arena mostly grappled with contagion concerns by taking broader aim at cleanliness. Indeed, CES 2021 offered an array of indoor air monitors, from an inconspic
Smart face mask, fever-sensing doorbell: CES 2021 tech promises Covid protection
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Joanna Stern
, The Wall Street Journal
It was bound to happen. Connected masks, air purifiers, germ-killing UV gadgets and more have taken over at this year’s virtual tech megashow.
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Good news, everyone, I’m still breathing. At least, that’s what my smart mask says.
In fact, it tells everyone around me, via a small color-customizable LED light. (I chose purple.) It illuminates when it’s recording my respiratory cycle.
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. 09 Apr 2021
Look, do I have the coolest mask at the supermarket? 100%. Do I need it? 100% not.