CES 2023: Enabling Technologies Including Ixana Wi-R
EET China highlights four breakthrough technologies from CES 2023, featuring Ixana's Wi-R full-body low-power communication as a key enabler for next-generation wearable AR ecosystems.
EET China recaps four enabling technologies from CES 2023, featuring Ixanas full-body low-power communication as a breakthrough for wearable AR ecosystems. The coverage highlights innovations poised to power next-generation consumer electronics.
Ixana full-body communication
Purdue spinout Ixana showcases Wi-R technology for sub-hundred microwatt body-wide communication using electro-quasistatic human body conduction. The wideband solution transmits video from lightweight AR glasses cameras to remote processors without draining wearable batteries.
Other CES innovations
Nanosys demonstrates blue-shifting quantum dots reducing blue light exposure in QLED TVs while maintaining color quality. BeFC unveils paper batteries combining glucose and oxygen for IoT sensors matching coin cell performance. Lumus presents Z-Lens reflective waveguides enabling smaller lighter AR glasses.
Path to commercialization
Ixana offers evaluation kits for preorder targeting wearable manufacturers. All technologies target mass production in 2023-2025, with applications spanning displays, power, optics and body-area networking for immersive computing platforms.
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