Every CES, Razer reveals some far-out concept (like this year’s Project Sophia) that grabs the headlines and excites its fanbase, but never materializes into a real product. That changed when Razer’s Project Hazel, an RGB-illuminated smart face mask, gained enough fanfare to force Razer into actually selling the thing.
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cadillac-Halo-Concept-InnerSpace-011-1152×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cadillac-Halo-Concept-InnerSpace-011-1280×800.jpg” />Cadillac may not have an electric pickup to show at CES 2022 – but hey, let’s not count anything out – but it does have a strange concept car of its own. The Cadillac InnerSpace joins the automaker’s Halo Concept Portfolio as another vision of what future electrification and self-driving tech might bring, though it’s how it implements GM Ultium … Continue reading
E-Ink technology has proven itself useful in many applications since its advent in 1997 — from digital whiteboards to laptop displays, even personal accessories. At CES 2022, that technology finally made its way to the automotive industry as BMW unveiled an e-ink vehicle exterior that can change colors depending on weather and traffic conditions, or just the driver’s mood.
In answer to your first question, no, this futuristic feature is nowhere near production ready despite appearing at the show on a live demonstration vehicle, dubbed the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink.
The electrophoretic coloring material itself is applied as a vehicle body wrap but works just like it e-ink displays do in your Kindle. The wrap is embedded with millions of microcapsules each containing a negatively-charged white pigment and a positively charged-black pigment. Depending on the setting, applying an electrical charge to the material will cause either the white or black pigments to rise to the top of the microcapsule, changing the vehicle’s color in moments.
While the current iteration can only swap between a pair of colors, the palette could eventually be expanded to display a rainbow’s worth of differing shades. “This gives the driver the freedom to express different facets of their personality or even their enjoyment of change outwardly, and to redefine this each time they sit into their car,” Stella Clarke, Head of Project for the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink, said in a prepared statement. “Similar to fashion or the status ads on social media channels, the vehicle then becomes an expression of different moods and circumstances in daily life.”
E-ink exterior displays could also prove useful in more practical applications such as changing colors depending on the weather to increase a vehicle’s battery life (and therefore, range) in cold climates or reduce the need for air conditioning in balmy weather.
The best part of CES is walking over to the Razer booth to see what outlandish concept the gaming hardware brand is showcasing.
If you’re deep into Google’s platforms—and I mean, you’ve got an Android phone, a Chromebook, and a Google TV set up in the living room—Google’s CES 2022 announcements might sound like a payoff to you for sticking with the ecosystem. The company revealed details for some of its most anticipated features, including a…
When we were shopping around for our family car last year, one of the first things I put down on my list of must-haves was Android Auto support. Google’s in-car platform has become essential for my drive, even if I’m heading down the street to run a quick errand. At CES 2022, Google revealed more features coming to…
First there was Sadako and the VHS tape that killed you if you watched it in The Ring. Then there was the 2013 found-footage horror anthology V/H/S, which was followed by three sequels. Now, Netflix is premiering Archive 81, in which a series of video cassettes are going to drive a man insane… and he may be the…
At this point, it’s a bit of an open secret that Google likely pays Apple billions of dollars each year to remain the default search engine that crops up on people’s iPhones and Mac computers. Now, a new class-action suit is alleging that the tech titans’ dealings go even farther than that. An antitrust case against…
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Banned-key-on-keyboard-1280×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Banned-key-on-keyboard-1280×720.jpg” />As technology has advanced around the world, we’ve seen several instances of governments stepping in to ban certain things. When something is banned, the motivation behind those bans can sometimes be confusing, or the real reason can become obfuscated behind misleading stories. Here’s the real reason why certain technologies have been banned in certain areas of the world. Some United … Continue reading
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