CES 2022: Color changing car and WiFi remote control
Written byTimes Magazine
One of CES's biggest annual events on the tech calendar takes place in Las Vegas this week. The pandemic and fears of Omicron's spread have seen visitor numbers drop, and some of the biggest companies, including Meta, Google, and Amazon, pulled out.
But there's still a lot of weird and wonderful technology on the show. Here are some trends and foreign advice from the show. Televisions have always been a big draw at CES, focusing on the big ones as they seem to be getting more and more inches in size from year to year.
But this year, a much smaller accessory - the TV remote control - made the headlines. In 2021, Samsung added a solar panel on the back of the remote control to allow it to charge from the sun while sitting on the chair's armrest.
This year he found a new way to kill the AAA battery market. The new version has a small antenna that can collect radio signals sent by the WiFi router from a distance of up to 40 m (131 ft), so it can be charged even when the sun isn't shining.
Samsung says the device will be found in new TVs and other home appliances, although little detail has been given about its technical specifications. If you've ever been bored with the color of your car, then you might like BMW's idea - change it to your liking.
He shows how to effectively turn the exterior of a car into an electronic paper that, when charged with a small electric current, changes color or creates patterns.
Its iX Flow technology is similar to what powers an e-book reader and covers the car in millions of tiny microcapsules. As of this writing, the project is only conceptual, but it's more than cosmetic - changing light colors in hot weather or dark colors in cold weather will reduce cooling and heating needs in the vehicle, the company said.
However, some reviewers said the system appears to be temperature sensitive, while others have questioned the color options - currently only available in white, black and gray.
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