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Toyota's 'woven' city, TVs as smartphones: CES highlights

Published Jan 7, 2020 12:00 am
By Agence France-Presse A smart city from Toyota and a new 5G smartphone from China's TCL were among the announcements Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show preview day. Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda (L) and Danish architect Bjarke Ingel reveal plans for a prototype Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda (L) and Danish architect Bjarke Ingel reveal plans for a prototype "city" of the future at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan during the Toyota press conference at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (AFP / Robyn Beck / MANILA BULLETIN) Here are a few highlights from the events at CES, set to formally open on Tuesday in Las Vegas. Toyota's 'Woven City'  The Japanese auto giant said it would create a "woven city" on 70 hectares (175 acres) at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, to test autonomous driving and other technologies. "Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city's infrastructure," said company president Akio Toyoda. He was joined by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), which will collaborate on the project. The city will be designed for around 2,000 people, including Toyota employees and visiting researchers, with sustainable construction materials, in-home robotics to assist with daily living and sensor-based AI to check occupants' health. Ingels told the news conference the city would have different types of thoroughfare for autonomous vehicles, pedestrians and "micro mobility" vehicles such as scooters and bikes. The smart homes "will take advantage of full productivity, using sense of the AI to do things automatically like restocking your fridge or taking out the trash, or even taking care of how healthy you are," Ingels said. LG goes shopping  LG said its smart televisions were being enhanced to give viewers real-time answers to questions about what is happening on screens from sports to news to films, and even help them find and buy what a particular actor may be wearing. Technology created by startup TheTake aims to provide a comprehensive "shoppable video experience" through new partnerships with smart TV leader LG Electronics and media companies including WarnerMedia, A+E Networks, Crown Media Family Networks, and NBC Universal. Beginning this year, owners of LG's new webOS Smart TVs will be able to shop on-screen for things they spy on participating networks' shows, according to TheTake. "Shoppable video has been talked about since the days of Rachel's sweater on 'Friends,'" said TheTake co-founder and chief executive Tyler Cooper. 5G under $500  Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL offered a glimpse at three new smartphones, one tailored for super-fast 5G networks, and promised all would come in at less than $500 at launch later this year. TCL revealed it is working on a phone with a screen that folds like a book, and a visor headset that gives an experience like looking at a 110-inch television screen. Both of those were prototypes in development. The Sero  South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung went global with a "Sero" television that can pivot from portrait to landscape modes the way smartphones or tablets do in an appeal to generations raised with mobile internet viewing habits. The Sero, which means "vertical" in Korean, debuted in South Korea last year but will be available in other countries in 2020. TV watching back  Chinese TV colossus Skyworth is taking its line-up to the US and Europe, with 8K resolution models that boast artificial intelligence along with cameras that watch the watcher. "We believe adding cameras to TVs will become a new worldwide trend," Skyworth chief executive Tony Wang said while unveiling its latest line-up of displays. Artificial intelligence built into the cameras in TVs can handle video calls, take pictures, and even track body motion for fitness or game applications.
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