Best innovations of CES 2017
Honda Rider Assist
A motorcycle that can balance itself? It's one of those feats of technology that looks like magic, but is actually real. Honda has built tech that helps motorcycles stay upright, regardless of whether there's a rider onboard. Obviously, the more important application here will be making it less likely that riders tip over, but it's also pretty cool to see a motorcycle standing up in a parking lot on its own. The days of the humble kickstand may be numbered.
Honda has a fix to keep you upright: a self-stabilizing motorcycle, which it unveiled Wednesday at CES in a spooky riderless demonstration.
Honda’s “Riding Assist” tech doesn’t rely on heavy gyroscopes to balance itself. It instead uses tech derived from the balancing systems in its Asimo robot and Uni-Cub electric mobility scooter, developed at its Silicon Valley R&D center.
Razer Project Ariana
TOTAL GAMING IMMERSION AS YOU TRANSFORM YOUR ROOM FOR PC GAMING
The world’s first video projection system designed for immersive gaming, Project Ariana is a cutting-edge video projector which uses an ultra-wide fish eye lens and advanced processing capabilities to take your game beyond your setup, extending it to your entire room.
INTELLIGENT ROOM CALIBRATION FOR PERSONALIZED PROJECTION VIA AUTOMATIC ROOM SCANNING
The only projector that automatically adapts the projection to the size and dimensions of your room, Project Ariana uses a pair of 3D cameras together with a custom calibration software to automatically detect your monitor and environmental factors such as furniture and room lighting, to provide you with the perfect display for your room.
LG Signature OLED TV
Thinner doesn’t equate to better anymore
The new LG W-series is a gorgeous screen according to all reports. It’s ridiculously thin at 2.6mm, yet the company claims this causes no issues with picture quality. It’s impressive that LG managed to shove decent hardware into a frame that small, even if the sheer size of the panels (65-inch and 77-inch) means the company does still have a fair bit of real estate to play with. The fact that the 65-inch screen weighs in at just 17 pounds (the 77-inch is 27 pounds) is impressive, no matter what.
All of LG's new OLED 4K TVs -- which also includes the B7, E7 and G7 sets -- will feature slightly improved panels which offer better color accuracy (they now cover 99 percent of the DCI-P3 gamut), 25 percent higher peak brightness and improved anti-reflectivity. They also support "Active HDR," which plugs in metadata to help with high-dynamic range scenes, and they'll also be able to support Technicolor's "Advanced HDR" technology in the future.
