Point is, the most influential
tech event in the world,
and it kicks off today.
We're talking about the 2022
Consumer Electronics Show tech
expert Mark Saltzman, host of tech.
It out is bringing us a preview of CES.
How you doing Mark?
Hey good morning Eric.
Yeah, it's the 55th annual WOW
Consumer Electronics Show summer
attending in person in Vegas.
Truthfully, I'm one of those many who
decided to cover the show remotely.
Just to you know,
air on the side of caution.
Sure, very cool stuff to have
options, that's for sure.
Let's talk about this life saving
robotics robot from Hyundai.
Is there is our product out there?
I I've heard some chatter about this.
Yeah, why don't we start with that?
Yeah so Hyundai.
Of course a very successful car
company that's evolving into a
robotics company of sorts as well.
You know they acquired Boston
Dynamics a year or so ago,
So what we're seeing here is
called mobility of things,
so it's a it's said to power everything
like passenger pods or people movers
to transport you from one place
to another to robots like that.
That's spot. By the way,
this four legged robot that might be
able to help you around the garage
door and warehouses or as a surveillance bot.
We're seeing health tech applications
and these robots can all talk
to one another as well.
I mean really mind-blowing tech
that Hyundai has unveiled here.
So really evolving as a company
and on a related note,
Speaking of automation,
Fisker is showing their new ocean,
EV or SUV.
That's coming later this year with a lot of
intelligence as well autonomous driving AIDS,
including radar,
which has better resolution to see further in
front of you and distinguish objects sooner.
What that is there is a solar roof.
Which can deliver up to 2000 miles
of range a year with sunlight alone.
How cool is that?
Wow,
it also has a 17 inch rotatable screen
on the dashboard which is a world
first doggie windows in the back.
Especially ideal in hot climates
like near San Diego and it'll
it will be out later this year
starting at under 30K after tax
credits for the fiscal
new ocean. Really cool stuff so
you don't have to charge that
one because of the roof, right?
Yeah, it's so smart. I think
that's just a a glimpse into where
we're going 100% renewable energy.
We're talking, we don't.
We talk a lot about the
streaming services, right?
And the partnerships to make
that ever easier, right?
And sharp broker partnering up. Yeah.
Are we? Did we lose
it be able to pick up?
Yeah, you're gonna be able to pick up
an HD or a 4K TV with Roku baked in,
so you do not need a separate
stick or box or anything.
And of course, Roku is the number
one platform for smart TV operating
systems in the country for the
second year in a row in fact,
so you have a personalized home
screen now you can use your voice
to search across all your services
over 200 live streaming services now,
which a lot of people may not know about.
And even the Roku Channel itself,
which is free, has over.
80,000 free movies and TV shows their
ads supported so gonna be a lot of
bang for your buck with those debut.
I love those products that are
super cool but you don't have to
mortgage your house to afford.
You know what
I mean? Yeah that's that's for sure Mark,
you know that the gamers are always
paying attention to what's new in 2022.
There's an interactive gaming table.
I know he wanted to touch on.
Yeah, this is so awesome from
a company called Arcade.
One up you probably know them
as the company that makes
those arcade game replicas.
Those arcade cabinet replicas.
But now as the name suggests,
Infinity Game Table has use it
with up to five other family
members or friends to play classic
board games digitally on its
24 or 32 inch HD touchscreen.
It could be monopoly Scrabble
battleship Candyland.
These are all built in over 60 of them.
Or you can download other games.
It has Wi-Fi.
What we're looking at here is Harry Potter.
Wizards chess so you can download new games,
but you get 66 with the system
itself play against others over the
Internet if you like as well and it
has haptic feedback so when you roll
the dice in monopoly for example,
you're going to feel that slight
vibration under your fingertips.
Super smart. It's available for 699.
The problem at my house mark is
that with the three between the
three kids that I have will lose one
of the pieces to the board game.
You know the dice or the chips or the pieces.
Everything is right there digital.
I like that
exactly and you're not going
to step on a battleship piece.
And square you know square blue streak.
Yes, that is not good.
Also cool technology when
it comes to simple things.
Just like brushing our teeth, right?
Yeah, and again technology that
used to cost a lot more now,
sort of democratize this
is the Oral-B platform.
It uses IO technology but with the IO4
and IO5 under $100 each this year.
But it does give you that smart
pressure sensor we're looking at
here the Rainbow celebration light
when you brush for two minutes it's
got four different brush modes
and perhaps the coolest feature
is atina wirelessly talked to an
Oral-B app on a nearby smartphone or
tablet and show a 3D tracking of.
Like I'm mapping out of your mouth
and it'll show you where you're
brushing and where you're not by by
using those sensors in the handle,
it'll know where you're.
You know you're spending.
You know it'll say like Eric,
you're brushing too much on the
top left or you're you're not
brushing enough on the lower right.
That kind of stuff very smart
under 100 bucks a pot
you know that that would be also good.
I think for the kiddos are the older
ones anyway. They can have the electric
toothbrushes to make sure that they
are actually brushing all of their
teeth because it's amazing, right?
You know the two minutes they just keep
moms and dads can access.
The app to see if they actually
were brushing for two minutes.
That's awesome. Look, I know you've
been attending CES for a long time.
Boy, that the the entire show has
had to prove how much they know about
everything digital because it's there.
I have to offer a digital right.
They've got to be up on all of that.
I think it was smart for them this
year to have a hybrid approach.
Not everybody is comfortable
traveling just yet, so you know,
it's a shame that some big companies
decided to pull out of in person presence.
But you know, I think it's great that.
It's the best of both worlds if you will.
If you wanna go to Vegas and kick the tires,
which I would prefer,
obviously to actually see these
products with my own eyes and
my and touch them with my hands.
But I like that I'm able to
cover this remotely.
You know I'll be on KFI.
I know you can pick it up in San San Diego
talking about tech all throughout the week,
so there's some benefits for you
know for doing it remotely as well.
And as you can see,
they're they're all showing.
These wears on on websites and
you know virtual press release,
press conferences as well.
It's still going to be the show that
you've gotten used to. In person, right?
They're not holding anything back.
No, exactly yeah,
I've been attending since the 90s.
Yeah, the show has been around for yeah
55 years and it's it's gonna I still get.
I think it still is going to continue
to be the place to see all the breaking
tech that you use on a regular basis.
The smartphone you know,
the DVD player debuted here.
Flat Screen TV's the Xbox,
you know, camcorders, everything.
All these pop culture devices
over the past 50 years made its
initial initial debut at CES,
and that's going to continue
from smart homes too.
Autonomous vehicles robotics.
It's pretty wild stuff.
Mark working people follow
you and tech it out. Yeah,
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We got to run here Mark but real quick
you're 1 device or gadget that you
think is the coolest at the show.
Arcade game table.
The Infinity Game table from Arcade.
One up that to me I'm I'm a gamer,
but my wife like I prefer board games now.
It's like, you know, right?
In the middle sweet spot.
Not just something for Mom,
not just something for Dad.
Not just something for the
spouse or the loved one.
Something for the whole family there.
I like that gaming, do you not?
Yeah, awesome, thanks as always for
joining us Mark sure appreciate it.
Likewise and to you happy and healthy
New Year you as.