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At CES One Company Was Showing Off… an E Ink Headset?

The Verge

By Sheena Vasani

January 12, 2023

Some inventions inspire awe and then others like Startup Sol Reader’s new E-Ink headset just make you ask, “But why?” At CES, the startup showed off a $350 headset they’re working on that uses e-paper panels for a hands-free experience. I don’t know how I feel about it. It looks cool, but can’t you also “read” hands-free for $20 with an audiobook? Eh, I’ll pass.

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Hipoink Paperless eNote Comes With 10.3-Inch E Ink Display

Good eReader

By Sovan Mandal

January 12, 2023

The Hipoink Paperless e-note device comes with a 10.3-inch E Ink display having a resolution of 1264 x 1680 pixels. It comes with a 24-level cold and warm light setting to offer a soothing reading experience irrespective of the ambient lighting condition. The device comes bundled with a stylus that will let you jot down notes or scribble on the display. It runs the Android 11 operating system and comes with its own app store. That said, there is always the option to side-load your own apps which means you can have the e-book reading app of your choice if you aren’t okay with the default stuff, which is likely to be mainly Chinese.

 

BMW’s Color-Changing CES Concept Points to 2025 Neue Klasse

Futurride

By Kevin Jost

January 11, 2023

At CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the BMW Group shared its vision of future digital experiences, inside and outside the vehicle, with its i Vision Dee—a futuristic mid-size sedan with a new and welcome pared-down design language. The purpose of the Dee, short for Digital Emotional Experience, is to create a stronger bond between people and their BMW cars … With the concept, the company has also refined its use of the color-changing spectacle it unveiled at the 2022 CES with the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink technology. Instead of just the ability to change between black and white, the i Vision Dee’s exterior can now can now select from up to 32 colors—a first time worldwide, says the company.

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Hackers Discover That Vulnerabilities Are Rife in the Auto Industry

Ars Technica

By Jonathan Gitlin

January 11, 2023

If you purchased a new car in the past few years, chances are good that it contains at least one embedded modem, which it uses to offer some connected services. The benefits, we've been told, are numerous and include convenience features like interior preheating on a cold morning, diagnostics that warn of failures before they happen, and safety features like teen driver monitoring … Digital license plates recently approved for use in California were also exploitable. Curry discovered that he could gain super admin access and manage all user accounts and devices, including tracking the cars and changing the messages displayed on the e-ink license plates.

 

Global

 

Behold the Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Twist on CES 2023

The Tech Outlook

By Samridhi Raj

January 12, 2023

With the tagline “Flexibility meets functionality” Lenovo introduced the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist at CES 2023. They claim that it is designed for people who need a laptop as versatile as their workday. In CES 2023, Lenovo exhibited their laptop out there and it has been liked a lot. Lenovo also tweeted to inform the users about the Thinkbook as well as allow users to have a 360° view of the innovative gadget … Secondary display screen: 12-inch color electronic ink (e-ink) panel.

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Customer

 

Pricer Presents Store-in-a-Store Solution at NRF 2023

PRNewswire

January 12, 2023

At NRF Retail's Big Show 2023, Pricer is showcasing shelf-edge automation and communication solutions to meet retail trends and support leading retailers. Designated backroom picking areas are becoming the new paradigm in store operations. At NRF 2023 Pricer is showcasing a Store-in-a-Store solution enabling two coexisting Pricer Plaza electronic shelf label (ESL) environments bringing new levels of efficiency for customer service and order fulfillment.

 

Industry

 

Using Screens to Distract Kids Makes Their Behavior Worse Long Term, New Research Warns

Inc.

By Jessica Stillman

January 11, 2023

"Before the coronavirus, there was something I used to worry about. It was called screen time. Perhaps you remember it," wrote The New York Times' Nellie Bowles in March 2020. "Now I have thrown off the shackles of screen-time guilt," she declared. As her article chronicles, she wasn't alone in giving up the battle against screen time. Pretty much every parent out there did the same. "I beg her to watch whatever children's programming PBS is peddling on Amazon Prime," says one mother of her toddler. "We've all officially lost the battle," says another mother of two small kids.

 

Why Developing Nations Are Defining the Smart Cities of the Future

World Economic Forum

By Peter Herweck

January 11, 2023

In PCMC smart city just outside Pune, India, it used to take an hour to call an ambulance. Now, using integrated data systems for traffic management, health services and transport, emergency services take advantage of “green corridors” to cut through traffic, reaching those in need in half the time. They do this because the city’s authorities gather integrated data in their command-and-control centre, enabling teams to synchronize activities and work more efficiently. As a result, livability standards are increasing, and the energy efficiency of services improved by 50%.

 

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