CES 2011: The World’s First Wirelessly Powered Tesla Car

Over 100 years since Nikola Tesla first began playing around with wireless power, and I believe if he could see what I saw today he’d be clapping in his grave (although wondering why it took so damn long). Today atCES, Fulton Innovation unveiled the world’s first wirelessly powered Tesla car. As you can see from the image below, the electric car is parked about 4″ over an eCoupled-enabled pad. Once the car is fully charged, it will run for 180 miles....

2 min · 298 words · Ryan Christian

CES 2022 only managed to make tech standards messier and more confusing

CES 2021 saw newthe introduction of standards like HDMI 2.1 and Mini-LED, you know, things that’ll give us serious headaches when we plan to buy a new TV.But did you think those were tough to understand? Well, wait until you read about this year’s standards. Here we go: Wi-Fi 6 Release 2 Don’t you love it when a tech standard breaks its standard series and randomly introduces a new update?...

6 min · 1140 words · Kirsten Wilson

CES 2022: It’s real! Sony’s getting into the EV market

At CES 2022, Sony made its ambitions clear: it’s going to launch its own EVs. In 2020, Sony took everyone by surprise when it showcased a fully baked concept EV, the Vision-S sedan. At this point, nobody knew whether it was seriously considering this move, or just testing the waters. At the time, Sony partnered up with various automotive companies for the creation of the Vision-S sedan, road-tested the vehicle, and released a series of videos (here,here, andhere) demonstrating the car’s design and development process....

3 min · 446 words · Richard Gonzalez

CES 2022: John Deere’s autonomous tractor brings robot takeover to our farms

When you thinkCES, you might be picturing cool gadgets, smart home appliances, and fancy cars (well, if there are any that haven’t pulled out). And you’d be right. Kinda. Because one of the most exciting things on offer isJohn Deere’svery first autonomous tractor. You read that right. An autonomous tractor. This is a version of Deere’s 8R vehicle and includes a TruSet™-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system, and far, far more....

3 min · 532 words · Katrina Lyons

CES 2022: The gadgets I don’t need, but my house MUST have

Last year, I wrotethis piece about all the CES gadgets I NEEDED. Foolishly, I thought I’d visit the mega-show (or any other events) in 2022. But here I am, sitting in my home, and facing another lockdown. Now I’ll be spending more time indoors, there’s only one thing that’ll soothe me: gadgets. So here’s a list of all the cool shit at CES 2022 that really want (but don’t really need)....

5 min · 877 words · Thomas Jones
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