Samsung has unveiled a 12-foot (146-inch) television screen that can ‘grow’ to almost any size and shape.
Called ‘The Wall’, it can be linked to additional units to build a larger screen and there’s no upper limit on how many can be synced together.
The television was revealed yesterday at the 2018 global Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas alongside a host of other gadgets set for release in the coming months.
Bizarre products featured at the event include radiation-proof pants, a smart suitcase that follows you, and an AI mirror that rates your beauty products.
Samsung has unveiled a 12-foot (146-inch) television screen (pictured) that can ‘grow’ to almost any size and shape
Samsung’s modular ‘Wall’ works on the same principle as stadium scoreboards, where the pixels are made up of LEDs.
It doesn’t have to build into a regular rectangle shape, leaving viewers free to pic whatever configuration they choose.
‘As the world’s first consumer modular MicroLED television, “The Wall” represents another breakthrough,’ Jonghee Han, President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, said yesterday.
‘It can be customised to any size and delivers incredible brightness, colour gamut, colour volume and black levels.
‘We’re excited about this next step toward the future of screen technology and the remarkable viewing experience it offers consumers.’
No pricing, or resolution, has been announced, but Samsung says its MicroLED TV will ship sometime this year.
CES is expected to attract more than 170,000 people from around the world over the next three days, and has already seen a number of strange gadgets.
These include ForwardX’s CX-1 – an artificial intelligence-powered smart suitcase that follows its owner around the airport.
The case is fitted with facial recognition technology allowing it to lock onto its owner, and has sensors and four-wheel-drive rollers to avoid obstacles.
For those worried about security, the case features an alert that goes off on a smart-connected wristband if it starts going out of range.
Called ‘The Wall’, the TV (pictured) can be linked to additional units to build a larger screen and there’s no upper limit on how many can be synced together
Also revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday was the HiMirror, a smart mirror that studies your skin to give you beauty tips
Also revealed yesterday was the HiMirror, a smart mirror that studies your skin to give you beauty tips.
The gadget uses facial recognition to chart how effective different beauty products are and whether it’s time to try something new.
A hand-held device connects to the HiMirror, providing an analysis of the skin’s condition and advising how to treat conditions such as lines, red spots, wrinkles, dark circles, hydration and melanin.
The HiMirror uses facial recognition to chart how effective different beauty products are and whether it’s time to try something new
Radiation-blocking Spartan boxer briefs (pictured) were also on display, lined with silver fibres to create electromagnetic shielding for your testicles
Radiation-blocking Spartan boxer briefs were also on display, lined with silver fibres to create electromagnetic shielding for your testicles.
The underpants were designed to protect men who put their smartphones in their pockets from tiny doses of radiations given off by their device.
The bizarre wearable device, designed by French researchers, is said to absorb 99 per cent of mobile phone and Wi-fi radiation.
The Spartan underpants (pictured) were designed to protect men who put their smartphones in their pockets from tiny doses of radiations given off by their device
ForwardX’s CX-1 (pictured) is an artificial intelligence-powered smart suitcase that follows its owner around the airport. The case is fitted with facial recognition technology allowing it to lock onto its owner, and has sensors and four-wheel-drive rollers to avoid obstacles
Also featured at CES is a gadget created by Massachusetts-based BrainCo, which has has come up a special headband monitors and analyses brainwaves.
The device provides ‘neurofeedback’ on whether, for instance, a student is really concentrating on a certain lesson or subject.
The BrainCo headband provides the world’s first opportunity to quantify real-time student engagement in class, the firm claims.
Now the data can be used to improve teaching techniques, and perhaps make lessons a little more interesting.
For those worried about security, the smart case features an alert that goes off on a smart-connected wristband if it starts going out of range