Nuance Audio: The glasses that can help you hear better

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EssilorLuxottica, the global leader in eyewear and lenses, has unveiled a pair of glasses that can assist people with mild to moderate hearing loss. These glasses, named Nuance Audio, combine stylish design with cutting-edge hearing technology. The glasses are available in two fashionable styles with frames that conceal the hearing devices. It makes sense for EssilorLuxottica to showcase this product following its acquisition of Nuance Hearing, an Israeli start-up that developed the innovative technology.

The glasses allow users to adjust the sound volume through the frames, an app, or a small remote. You can customize the sound for different situations (such as large crowds or quiet conversations.) Nuance Audio will not include a self-administered hearing test. Instead, the amplification is aurally tuned via an app setup. You'll hear pink noise for about 30 seconds to gauge your general ear physiology. The app will then ask you to speak for 30 seconds to gauge your volume needs.

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Meet Ultrahuman Home: A smart wearable maker’s entry into the smart home market

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Ultrahuman, an Indian startup that makes smart wearables, is entering the smart home market with a new device called the Ultrahuman Home. This device can track the “health” of your home by measuring various factors like light, air quality, noise, humidity and smoke. It can also give you tips on how to improve your environment through the Ultrahuman app.

The Ultrahuman Home is a sleek, square gadget that looks like a Wi-Fi router or an Apple TV. It has sensors that can monitor the conditions of your room and send you data and insights on a new “home” tab in the app.

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ASUS ZenScreen Fold OLED: A foldable monitor for multitaskers

ASUS ZenScreen Fold OLED on top of a laptop (Photo: ASUS)

ASUS unveiled its first foldable OLED monitor at CES 2024, aimed at multitaskers who want a portable second screen. The ZenScreen Fold OLED monitor has a 17.3-inch display that folds up like a book for easy transport, thanks to a waterdrop-style hinge that minimizes the screen crease. It also has a slim profile of 9.7mm when unfolded and weighs only 2.65 pounds, making it ideal for working on the go.

The monitor promises a stunning visual experience with its OLED screen, which has a resolution of 2560 x 1920 and supports 100 percent of the DCI-P3 colour space and the DisplayHDR True Black 500 standard. This should offer vivid colours and deep blacks on the screen.

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Infinix shows off colour-shifting e-ink tech for the back of the phone

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Infinix might not be a known smartphone brand in this part of the world. However, the Transsion Holdings brand introduced an interesting smartphone concept at CES. It introduced an E-Color Shift technology for smartphones. This technology uses E-Ink Prism to let smartphone back panels change and keep colours without using power. You can customize your phone’s back cover with different colours, the time, moods, and other information in a matrix style.

"This way, users can show their personality and uniqueness through their phone designs, beyond simple colour changes. This makes their device look new and attractive,” said Infinix Mobility Deputy General Manager Liang Zhang. We'd like to see more smartphone makers experiment with e-ink this way.

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