-
High-Quality Public Restrooms – On Demand
There is nothing quite like the panic of needing a restroom in a busy city, only to be met with locked doors and strict “Customers Only” signs. At CES 2026, Floyd Freeman, co-founder of Boulder, Colorado-based Flush Locks, explains how he and his team are turning this urban friction point into a revenue opportunity for…
-
No Hassle, Continuous Gut Monitoring for Proactive Health
At CES 2026, the concept of the “smart home” moved deeper into the most private room of the house. While ViodiTV has previously explored the evolution of “health from the hip” with companies like Olive Diagnostics and the high-tech wellness concepts from Toto, a new player, Throne Science, is looking to make gut health monitoring…
-
The Rise of Local AI in a Fun & Educational Way
Privacy and power. In the world of semiconductor design, these are often the “Sophie’s Choice” of engineering—you can have one, but usually at the expense of the other. However, as Dr. Diana Zhu, Head of U.S. for RiseLink Technologies, explains the above interview, a new generation of edge AI silicon is proving product designers don’t…
-
A Smart Cane Improving the Mobility Experience for the Visually Impaired
At CES 2025, Gokhan Mericililer, CEO and co-founder of WeWalk, unveiled the Smart Cane 2, a device designed to transform the traditional white cane into a high-tech mobility companion for the visually impaired. By integrating advanced sensors and AI, the company aims to modernize a tool that has remained largely unchanged for over a century.…
-
Space Communications Via Laser Beams
In the noisy exhibition halls of CES2025, we stumbled upon the emerging world of optical (laser) satellite communications. As the space economy grows, the “pipes” used to send data back to Earth—traditional radio waves—are becoming congested. In the above interview, SangHoon Oh, Ph.D., Research Director for SpaceBeam, explains how their new optical ground stations unlock…
-
Extending Wi-Fi to Hard-to-Reach Places #CES2025
Wi-Fi HaLow is a potential game-changer for broadband service providers needing to extend their signals to hard-to-reach places. It’s a long-range Wi-Fi technology based on the IEEE 801.11ah standard. Example applications range from single-family residences with massive yards to homeowner associations with sensor needs, to commercial and industrial buildings to the unique IoT needs of…
