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NEWS SUNING VP WELCOMED AT IFA Suning Vice President Zhang Jindong, touring IFA this weekend, exclaimed that he was impressed by the quality presentation of brands and the numerous innovations displayed at this year’s show. Mr Zhang was hosted at the show by Messe Berlin CEO, Dr Christian Göke and IFA Executive, Jens Heithecker. As the largest commercial retailer in China, Suning. com claims to shoulder the responsibility of “Leading the industrial advancements in creating a higher quality of life for all.” At the recent CE China show, organised by Messe Berlin in Shenzhen, Suning.com and the Messe Berlin entered into a major “partnership”, signing a three-year strategic cooperation agreement ETRI INTRODUCES EPUB3 EBOOK ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION @ IFA The Korean-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), present at the IFA Global Markets Korean Pavilion, has announced the development of the SEA platform – to create eBook readers. The SEA Platform consists of three system: an e-Book conversion tool that automatically converts e-Books of PDF format into EPUB3 format e-Books; an e-Book authoring tool that allows to author e-Books containing various multimedia elements through user-friendly interface; and a universal e-Book reader system. ETRI’s mission is to “help the humanity realise a ‘Smart World’ where people, technology, and the environment are interconnected to create a more abundant, convenient, and safe life” STATION-Berlin Hall S1 Stand 162.3 UX Design Awards 2017 The winners of this year’s competition for excellent user experience are: UX DESIGN GOLD AWARD 2017 ORGAN AS A SERVICE Intuity Media Lab GmbH, Cellbricks GmbH Design: Intuity Media Lab GmbH UX DESIGN AWARD 2017 KINEVO 900 Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Information and analytics market leader, IHS Markit, announced the winners of the IHS Markit Innovation Awards. Voted from among the many innovative CE products on show at the Showstoppers event at IFA, the awards showcased upcoming technology companies that could be driving CE trends of the future. The winner in the Robotics Design: UX Team Carl Zeiss Meditec AG RESOUND LINX 3D & RESOUND SMART 3D APP ReSound GN Design: ReSound inhouse Designteam led by Henrik Nielsen VIRTUAL REALITY ‘BASKETBALL’ Deutsche Telekom AG Design: Telekom Design and Drones category was Astrobot Kit from Ubtech Robotics, the first Jimu robot kit to offer three form categories: humanoid, anthropomorphic wheeled vehicle, and treaded mobile robot with grab and lift action. Ubtech was also runner-up in the category with customised service robot Cruzr. The winner in the AR, VR and Gaming category The winners of the UX Design Awards 2017 were pronounced on the weekend at a special ceremony on the central stage “Innovation Engine” area (IFA Next) in Hall 26a. Following intensive deliberation, the jury bestowed three UX Design Awards, four UX Design Concept Awards and one premium UX Design Gold Award among the 48 projects nominated for the competition. UX DESIGN CONCEPT AWARD 2017 ACTIVE WELLNESS 2.0 UX Faurecia Autositze GmbH Design: Faurecia Design: Frank Urban, Thomas Dessapt, Yi Zhang BMW I INSIDE FUTURE / BMW CONCEPT HOLOACTIVE TOUCH BMW Group Design Design: BMW Group Design was Nuheara Ltd IQbuds, whose intelligent wireless earbuds allow users to dictate what they hear around them, and to connect with their digital devices. The winner of the Fitness, Wearables and Health Devices category was the ReSound LiNX 3D, the third generation of the first hearing aid made for the iPhone. The product INFOZEPTGENERATOR Lindgrün GmbH Design: Lindgrün GmbH LONDON’S ONLINE POLICE STATION Metropolitan police with Globant Design: Globant – Clemence Debaig, Micha Nicheva, Joshua Stehr, Spyridoula Oikonomou, Chris Dane, Sophie O’Kelly, Ben Moran, Raymond Christodoulou IHS Markit’s Dinesh Kithany presents awards to the Ubtech team IHS Markit Announces Innovation Awards Winners at IFA offers clear speech understanding and 360º sound location. The Mobile Accessories winner was ZAGG International’s Rugged Messenger Keyboard for the new 9.7” iPad; and the Personal Entertainment winner was the Libratone ZIPP, a 360º wireless speaker promising a fullroom sound experience in any space 4
NEWS Georg Walkenbach Managing Director, Beurer Beurer Announces Alexa- Enhanced Products German personal health manufacturer Beurer has announced it will launch products integrated with Amazon’s Alexa service from November. Speaking at IFA 2017, Beurer’s Managing Director, Georg Walkenbach, said his company was working at “full speed” on developing issue-specific functions that will allow the user to Leading Taiwanese ICT companies are presenting their technological innovations in collaboration with TAITRA at IFA. Products on show have been honoured with the prestigious Taiwan Excellence Award, which acknowledges outstanding accomplishments in the fields of Research & Development, Design, Quality and Marketing. Robotelf is exhibiting Robelf, a family-oriented, smart robot, capable of providing children and the elderly easy access to technology. Robelf recognises household members and moves freely between rooms. It also notifies the owner when it detects intruders. When no one is home, Robelf patrols the home and can be controlled remotely. It can also serve as a tutor and a recipe aide in the kitchen. conveniently retrieve their saved values, such as blood pressure, daily activity, sleep duration or weight, using voice control. Walkenbach said: “Alexa, how many hours have I slept today?” or “Alexa, is my blood pressure healthy?” are just a couple of questions that Alexa will be able to answer in a matter of seconds in the future. Beurer also unveiled its new brand identity at IFA. MSI, a leading laptop producer for professional gamers, is introducing its latest Fireball at IFA. It comes equipped with the newest chips from Nvidia and Intel, and has a super-fast display (120 Hz, 3ms, 4K-Ultra-HD). Acer is presenting its marketready pet collar, which monitors a pet’s health and enables users to locate a missing pet in real-time via a smartphone. Also from Acer, a 360º camera for the The five categories – active, babycare, beauty, medical and wellbeing – each have their own range logo and range colour. Walkenbach said: “The new colour world also supports this and adds another focus to the product classification with fresh, modern colours, as well as memorability for the consumer” Hall 4.1 Stand 212 Taiwan Brings Winning Products to IFA The Taiwan Excellence Award is the highest accolade for Taiwanese products car dashboard, which pairs with a smartphone and saves information in the cloud that is accessible at any time. Vivotek is revolutionising the retail sector with its IP-camera technology. This intelligent software recognises and analyses flow-paths in all kinds of retail environments, providing indispensable data for optimising store layouts, promotional evaluation, and staff planning Hall 25 Stand 301h www.ifa-international.org IFA International • Tuesday 5 th September 2017 5
