The world's largest tech show, the Consumer Electric Show (CES) kicked off last Wednesday, Jan. 5, in Las Vegas. Many major tech companies are present (but also many absent due to the emergence of the omikron variant of the corona virus). Hub Beta-based EZ Factory is also present as one of the seventy NL companies present, with the valuable EZ GO app they developed.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Dutch (NL Tech) Pavilions are open at CES 2022, where they will showcase tech solutions for a responsible future alongside a 100% circular, XL 3D-printed art display. The NL Tech Pavilions are dedicated spaces designed to foster collaboration, build valuable partnerships and introduce breakthrough NL tech solutions that solve global challenges across a wide range of tech categories, including sustainability and resilience, AI, robotics and quantum computing, health and wellness, smart cities and smart homes, smart mobility and vehicle technology, data security and big data.
"The NL Tech Pavilion at CES 2022 includes two pavilions for the first time, demonstrating and mapping the immense growth of the Dutch tech ecosystem in recent years," said HRH Prince Constantijn of Orange, special envoy of Techleap.nl and the Netherlands. "To solve the urgent challenges we face today, we need to design solutions for the world we will live in tomorrow. Our start-ups and scale-ups have answered the call to accelerate change together.
The NL Tech Pavilion highlights the theme of "tech for a responsible future" through art and design with the addition of three, 100% circular, XL 3D printed partitions on display as the centerpiece of the NL Pavilion in Eureka Park. XL 3D printing pioneer, Aectual has translated the Dutch story of innovation and sustainability into a 3D printed storyboard that references the Netherlands' 2022 CES theme: "Tech for a Responsible Future" and depicts topics such as clean energy, data security and climate change. The Netherlands continues to use innovation to combat climate change and sea level rise, as water is a central theme in the design, as is the blue of the European Union flag. In addition, the Dutch-American relationship is depicted by a traditional Dutch canal house meeting the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. Watch a short video on how Aectual brought the design to life here.
These NL companies present are from all over the country and are active in different sectors. For example, the Rotterdam company RanMarine has developed a self-steering robot shark that purifies water. And Nowi Energy from Delft has invented a chip that allows sensors, for example, to draw energy from their immediate environment, such as from light, heat or Wi-Fi signals. This allows them to last for decades without having to recharge them.
Already 14 Dutch prize winners
The CES traditionally awards prizes before the actual show to a select number of inventions of "outstanding design and engineering," so-called CES Innovation Awards. The award winners were announced yesterday: of the entries, 14 NL companies received an Innovation Award - the highest number ever. These award winners can count on a lot of attention at the CES.
NL Tech Pavilion companies participating in CES 2022 include:
Theme SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETENCY:
● Blue Heart Energy: a thermoacoustic engine that improves the performance of heat pumps. It requires no refrigerants, is quiet, can be used in existing homes and provides 50% cost savings for the end user.
● Caeli: high quality satellite data in real time for air quality and climate monitoring that is understandable, accessible and visible for cost and time savings. Available daily and globally.
● Circularise: facilitates a shift to a circular economy by digitizing and tracking materials in complex supply chains on a public blockchain without compromising confidentiality.
● Dayrize: the world's first technology that holistically and quickly assesses the environmental and social impact of any consumer product, enabling brands and retailers to reduce costs, generate additional revenue and build brand value.
● Expivi: interactive, 3D product configuration and personalization platform for e-commerce that uses AR to help brands provide consumers with an immersive shopping experience, with customizable and personalized products.
● Ferr-Tech: leader of Ferrate(VI) applications for revolutionary wastewater treatment. With its "green chemistry" FerSol, Ferr-Tech makes water treatment sustainable, efficient and circular. (CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● Hydraloop: Integrating clean-tech, decentralized water recycling solutions into residential and commercial properties to solve a growing global freshwater supply shortage. Winner Best of CES2020.
● Incooling: cooling the planet, one server at a time.
● Nowi: a semiconductor company that specializes in developing power management technology to harvest energy for consumer electronics and IoT devices. (Scaleup and CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● Ocean Grazer: Energy storage system for (offshore) wind farms and other renewable energy sources. (CES Innovation Award winner)
● Orbisk: AI-powered, fully automated monitoring of food waste using image recognition technology. Enables hotels and restaurants to reduce food waste by up to 70%, improving sustainability and profitability.
● Tapp.online: Making paper smart and interactive by integrating sensors, printed batteries and microchips. 100% recyclable paper measures, remembers and transmits temperature, shock and humidity data throughout the supply chain.
● TXTOmedia: Automatically transforms an organization's existing text-based support content into dynamic instructional videos and large-scale interactive media.
● WasteShark: an autonomous aqua drone that cleans up pollution from waterways and collects water quality data. (CES Innovation Award Honoree)
HEALTH AND HEALTH:
● AirBliss+: The most comfortable, smart anti-pollution mask for consumers and businesses.
● Absolute Audio Labs: powerful high-resolution speech and audio for hearing aids and hearing aids. (Scaleup and CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● AlphaBeats: an app that turns your smartphone or wearable device into a biosensor; AI-powered biofeedback signals amplify your favorite music - as you relax, music fidelity increases.
● CAREANIMATIONS: solutions that allow healthcare providers to provide patients with reliable, easily accessible and easy-to-understand personalized information about medications and related diseases to improve adherence.
● Dutchbudz: next-generation wearables optimized for wind- and soundproof voice communication, hearing assistance and professional HD audio. With dual drivers, fusion of air and bone conduction, hearing aid DSP and biometric sensors.
● Founda Health: Founda enables healthcare to collaborate and innovate by offering a platform that exchanges data between healthcare IT systems and external applications. Last mile integration into the clinical workspace without startup costs.
● Picoo: Picoo is the first outdoor gaming console, offering screen-free, interactive gaming for children ages 6-12.
● LifeSense Group: Digital incontinence health solutions using wearable sensors and smart textiles.
● Lumaflex: Give your body a boost. Improve performance and speed recovery through the power of light. FDA approved red light therapy, muscle recovery and pain relief.
● LoCoMoGo: the toy train that teaches kids how to code through play.
● Nostics: instant, accessible and reliable tests for viruses and bacteria, including a three-minute Covid-19 test.
● NOWATCH: the world's first "awareable. NOWATCH measures your stress 24/7 via EDA and predicts your mental state an hour in advance. Its unique sleep, stress and activity algorithms increase your health and performance.
● Scentronix: creating unique perfumes for each person. Algorithmic Perfumery is the AI-supported personalized perfume platform.
● Sencure: enabling a new generation of medical wearables that are smaller and more accurate through chips and assistive technology.
● Steambox: the self-heating lunchbox. Enjoy a hot meal anytime, anywhere. Rechargeable | Smart | Steam.
● TAEM.io: Gamified app that maps talents, skills and culture, boosts productivity and growth, encourages engagement and team wellness wherever you work. The ultimate Future of Work tool for a healthy workplace.
● Tover: founder of the Tovertafel, the world's only scientifically proven dementia care system. An innovative tool that uses serious games to improve quality of life, care and staff happiness. (Enlarge)
SMART Cities AND SMART HOMES:
● Insmart: HVAC maintenance reinvented using NB-IoT remote monitoring technology, making predictive maintenance affordable and reducing energy costs for consumers.
● PeopleFlows: Introducing the Privacy-by-Design Mobile-Data-Vault, allowing individuals to unlock their digital future and maintain control of their data.
● Tekle Holographics: our holographic solution brings images and videos to reality in a fast and inexpensive way. The use of holographic graphics in business offers unlimited possibilities. The metaverse is already here today.
● Urban Mobility Systems: a developer and manufacturer of BEVs (battery-powered electric vehicles) and electrification systems for construction equipment that enable zero-emission transportation and construction. (Scaleup and CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● VideowindoW: Transform any glass facade into a transparent video screen for dynamic glare control. Add experience, reduce CO2, increase sales. (WINNER CES Innovation Award - Best of Innovation)
SLIM MOBILITY AND VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY:
● Brekr: Model B, a highly customizable electric bike with a classic, robust design.
● Hardt Hyperloop: a world where distance doesn't matter - a 10,000-kilometer hyperloop network that crosses national borders. (Enlarge)
● E-LIFT: your one-stop shop for personalized, customizable charging stations. Driving the future of mobility and energy.
5G AND INTERNET OF THINGS:
● Addoptics: manufacturing micron precise and nanometer smooth optical components using 3D printing technologies and optical molding.
● Capte: end-to-end multi-industry IOT solutions focused on helping transportation companies with mixed fleets of multiple brands transition to clean energy vehicles, while keeping TCO low and passenger satisfaction and driver performance high.
● Dimenco: Simulated Reality - interacting with 3D objects in a virtual environment, without the need for wearables. (Scaleup and CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● EZ Factory: a software platform for digitizing and visualizing checklists, autonomous maintenance tasks, audits and work instructions to optimize the operational effectiveness and efficiency of plant floor operations.
● InPhocal: a unique, concentric laser beam that reduces the need for ink and is 2.5 times faster than printing. (CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● TokenMe: Design and development of durable, high-precision sensors and wearables with long-lasting battery life. The anonymous data can be used for contact and asset tracking and virus infection analysis (e.g., Covid-19).
AI, ROBOTICA AND QUANTUM COMPUTER:
● Avular: Accelerating the creation of advanced mobile robots and drones. Our product, The Essentials, significantly simplifies robot development and is the world's first solution of modular hardware and software building blocks. (Scaleup and CES Innovation Award Honoree)
● BrainCreators: digital inspectors that reduce costs and improve consistency with unparalleled speed. Human inspectors can now train their digital counterparts in our award-winning AI-powered software. (Enlarge)
● EdgeFlow (by EdgeLeap): an entirely new way to discover trends with AI "Insight Finding Robots" instead of search engines to help companies stay at the forefront of new product development.
● Datacadabra: delivers intelligent digital assistants that empower humans to perform complex tasks in the economic, social and sustainable transformation facing humanity today.
● DeltaProto: introducing a proven breakthrough process for making proto-PCBA by patented pick & place co-bot. No setup time and assembly possible in minutes.
● Lalaland.ai: AI models with real emotions. E-commerce brands can make their models as diverse and unique as their target audience.
● Mission Control Lab: creators of Inventure Kits (invention + adventure), educational STEAM boxes with all materials inside.
● SenseGlove: gloves with force and haptic feedback that allow professionals to physically interact with virtual objects for VR training and research purposes.
DATA SECURITY AND BIG DATA:
● Red Kubes: an enterprise-quality Kubernetes-based platform with developer self-service and ready-to-use built-in applications for a turnkey experience.
About CES
The CES takes place annually and is usually a meeting place of more than 170,000 companies and investors from some 160 countries. For the first time, the delegation will include 20 scale-ups in addition to 50 startups. The CES is the largest technology fair in the world and takes place every year in Las Vegas. Its first edition was in 1967. Among the innovations unveiled at CES are the VCR, CD player, HDTV, Xbox and Blu-ray DVD.
