IFA International 2019 Review Edition

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TO YOU BY
NEWS
TACTIGON SKIN (Still to come)]
TACTIGON SKIN: GESTURE
CONTROLLER WITH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A startup incubated at PoliHUB in Milan,
Next Industries presented a wearable AI
innovation that allows users to control
their digital devices simply through body
movements. Designed to help facilitate the
shift to Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial
revolution, Tactigon Skin’s (T-Skin) ergonomic
design makes it as elegant and light as a
bracelet, but with the power to control
laptops, speakers or even drones using a
Bluetooth low energy interface. Along with
magnetic and pressure readings, the device
measures linear and angular motion in realtime
to provide precise movement accuracy.
“I wanted to realise a simple, tiny and fashion
design device,” said Next Industries CEO
Massimiliano Bellino. “I wanted it to be used
both at work during business meetings and at
home to play with my child.” Users can freely
download several applications for the device
so it can be used across various formats such
as 3D, CAD, gaming and augmented reality
2018 China Household
Appliances Innovation
Award winners
CE CHINA TO HOST CHEARI
AWARDS FOR FIRST TIME
The 15 th China Household Appliances
Innovation Award, organised by longstanding
IFA partner China Household
Electric Appliance Research Institute
(CHEARI), will be presented at CE China
2019 in Guangzhou for the first time.
The CHEARI Awards event was hosted at
IFA in Berlin since 2009. Through the global
reach of IFA, it aims at promoting cuttingedge
Chinese home appliance innovations to
a worldwide audience.
Now global IFA event CE China, is providing
another stage on which to put innovative
products under the spotlight.
The number and quality of participating
projects and brands reached a new high this
year. Up to now the event has attracted a
wide range of leading home-appliance brands
including A.O. Smith, Bosch, Changhong,
Dyson, Gree, Hisense, Joyoung, Midea,
Robam, Sony, Siemens, Skyworth, TCL and
Vatti, covering refrigerators, washing and
drying machines, air conditioners, water
heaters, range hoods, gas stoves, air purifiers,
vacuum cleaners, microwaves and other
products.
Founded in 1964, CHEARI is a national-level
authoritative scientific research institution
specialising in household-appliance research,
engineering, standards, measurement,
testing, certification and other services
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