From a Graphene Radiator To Blockchain Voting App, CES 2023 Recognized Its Best of Innovation Honorees

The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products.

During CES Unveiled New York, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the CES 2023 Innovation Awards honorees, including those recognized as Best of Innovation honorees. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 28 product categories. The CES 2023 Innovation Awards program received a record-high number of over 2100 submissions.

An independent panel of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers, engineers, and more, reviewed submissions based on innovation and functionality, aesthetic, and design. Those rating the highest across each category receive the “Best of Innovation” designation.

The announcement was made ahead of CES 2023, the world’s most influential technology event.

Many honorees will showcase their product in the Innovation Awards Showcase at CES, located in the Venetian Expo. Last month, CTA announced Innovation Awards honorees during CES Unveiled events in Paris and Amsterdam, including 28 products from France and 12 from the Netherlands. Those designated as honorees, including product descriptions and photos, can be found at CES.tech/Innovation.

CES has partnered with the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) to showcase the critical role of technology in support of the United Nations’ efforts to advance human security around the world. For CES 2023, CTA introduced a new category of Innovation Awards showcasing technologies advancing human rights. The Human Security for All category includes eight new tech subcategories.

Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2023 will take place in Las Vegas on Jan. 5-8, 2023 with Media Days taking place Jan. 3-4, 2023.

Attendees will experience new technologies from global brands, hear about the future of technology from thought leaders and collaborate face-to-face with other attendees. The show will highlight how innovations in sustainability, transportation and mobility, digital health, the metaverse and more are addressing the world’s greatest challenges. Audiences will hear from industry experts during live keynotes, including leaders from John Deere, BMW and AMD.

The full list of Best of Innovation and all honorees will be announced during CES 2023. Best of Innovation honorees announced already include:

• Canon AMLOS
  Company: Canon
  Product Category: Software & Mobile Apps.
• Clean Water Pathfinder
  Company: ACWA Robotics
  Product Category: Smart Cities.
• Cray X
  Company: German Bionic Systems GmbH
  Product Category: Wearable Technologies.
• DFG-aided AI Surveillance Camera
  Company: Microsystems, Inc.
  Product Category: Smart Cities.
• Dot Pad
  Company: Dot Incorporation
  Product Category: Accessibility.
• Flexible Cover Window (FCW)
  Company: SK
  Product Category: Mobile Devices & Accessories.
• Graphene Radiator
  Company: Graphene Square
  Product Category: Home Appliances.
• John Deere Autonomous Tractor
  Company: John Deere
  Product Category: Robotics.
• LG OLED Flex (Model 42LX3)
  Company: LG Electronics Inc.
  Product Category: Gaming.
• LG UltraFine Display OLED Pro
  Company: LG Electronics Inc.
  Product Category: Computer Peripherals & Accessories.
• Meta Music System for Streaming
  Company: Verses, Inc.
  Product Category: Streaming.
• Samsung S3B512C Security Chip
  Company: Samsung Electronics America
  Product Category: Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy.
• SF (Super Fast) Battery
  Company: SK
  Product Category: Embedded Technologies.
• The AeviceMD
  Company: Aevice Health
  Product Category: Digital Health.
• xBloom – World’s First Whole-Bean Capsule System
  Company: TBDX INC
  Product Category: Robotics.
• Xplora X6 Play
  Company: Xplora
  Product Category: Wearable Technologies.
• zkVoting
  Company: Zkrypto Inc.
  Product Category: Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy.

Graphene Radiator By Graphene Square

The Graphene Radiator is a virtual fireplace that generates heat from graphene, the thinnest (one-atom-thick) and strongest material in the world. Recently discovered, its discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (2010). And now, we bring it to use, where heat can be generated more efficiently with less space and 30% less energy.

SF (Super Fast) Battery By SK

SF Battery is the world’s fastest charging electric vehicle battery commercialized. Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV 6 has the fastest charging performance in the world. These cars had been named numerous awards such as 2022 World Car of the Year, German Car of the year. This battery is manufactured by SK On, using Nickel 83% Cathode which is the highest nickel content. With the help of SK On’s fast charging protocol, this battery is charged from 10% to 80% within 18 minutes. Quick charging technology could cause vehicle fires; however, SK On’s has achieved zero number of vehicle fire.

zKvoting By zkrypto / Hanyang University – Best of Innovation Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy at CES 2023

zkVoting is the first public blockchain voting app to utilize ZKP (Zero Knowledge Proof) technology. zkVoting leverages the trusted public blockchain ecosystem and ZKP technology to deliver the first voting platform that ensures absolute secrecy, guaranteed legitimate information without revealing voter identification and ballot content, and is resistant to adversarial coercion. With the intuitive and user-friendly zkVoting mobile app and accurate validation of ballot results, zkrypto is unleashing a new era for legitimate elections.

Xplora X6 Play kids smartwatch By Xplora – Best of Innovation Wearable Technologies at CES 2023

Unlike other smartwatches designed for young children, Xplora’s new X6 Play provides children (4-11) with a safe onboarding to the digital world. The technology encourages a balance between screen time and physical activity while helping families stay in touch.

Cray X Exoskeleton By German Bionic Systems GmbH – Best of Innovation Wearable Technologies at CES 2023

In an era of worker shortages, German Bionic is helping make manual handling jobs safer and thereby more appealing and inclusive, enabling businesses to better retain existing employees and attract new workers for physically demanding jobs. The Cray X is a fully-connected, powered exoskeleton for use in industrial environments such as in the fields of logistics, production and construction. It protects the lower back area by giving up to 66 lb (30 kg) of support per lifting movement as well as providing active walking assistance to prevent fatigue. The human-machine system thereby combines human intelligence with machine power.

xBloom – World’s First Whole-Bean Capsule System by By TBDX INC – Best of Innovation Robotics at CES 2023

xBloom encapsulates the soul of specialty coffee in the world’s first whole-bean capsule. The coffee machine is a combination of engineering, design, and the art of coffee.

xBloom is packed with IOT-connected patented technologies, including auto-grind size adjustment, solid-state pouring system, and smart capsule dock. Roasters are empowered to curate and encode bean-specific recipes into the fully-compostable capsule’s RFID chip to deliver perfect grind size, temperature, and brewing ratios for every cup. Users can experiment with recipes through the xBloom app.

Meta Music System for Streaming By Verses, Inc. – Best of Innovation Streaming at CES 2023

Meta music system is a new streaming music service to meet users’ needs in the metaverse era.

You choose your favorite artists and music, and artificial intelligence helps you personalize artists and music that reflect your style and taste.

The ability to produce own unique artist and make individual music meets the needs of today’s consumers who want to express their personality and have controllability over what they like.