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CES 2021: Here's the Day 3 Tech That Caught Our Eye

All the innovations that stood out on the last day of CES.
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Francis Scialabba

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Welcome to our third and final installment of 2021 CES coverage. The virtual days—they fly by so fast.

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Health Tech

LUFTQI

Today, we’re dedicating this section to all things air: monitoring it, analyzing it, purifying it. Since Covid-19’s primary modes of transmission are airborne and via droplets, startups are jumping at the chance to create air-oriented tech. Here are a few of our top picks:

Portable purification: The LUFT Duo—a portable molecular air purifier by Taiwanese electronics firm LUFTQI—debuted at CES this year after raising over 20 times its Indiegogo funding target. The product is designed for personal use everywhere from offices and restaurants to cars and planes, via a single washable and reusable filter, and is already available for purchase.

  • According to LUFTQI, the purifier uses UVA LED and photocatalytic tech to “decompose pollutants too small for HEPA filters” (like formaldehyde, for example), as well as target molds and pathogens.

On the lookout for risks: Airthings, a Norwegian maker of air quality monitors, announced a new way for businesses to help stop the spread of Covid-19. With Wave Plus, businesses can monitor “virus risk” using factors like occupancy rate, CO2 emissions, temperature, and more. The business subscription comes with a dashboard that measures air quality room by room.

More mask tech: One of LG’s CES debuts this year is PuriCare, a wearable air purifier that resembles a mask. Some of its specs: disposable HEPA filters, a respiratory sensor, dual three-speed fans and a washable face pad. LG also made perhaps the boldest claim at CES: that this device can keep your glasses from fogging up.

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Best of the Rest

Chamberlain

Rounding out our coverge is a handful of category-defying products that caught our eye:

  • Chamberlain, a garage door company, made a $3,000 dog door. As you may have surmised by now, it's no normal dog door. The smart device is fully automated and internet-connected.
  • Sono Motors is a German EV startup, but wait, we have a plot twist. On Wednesday, Sono unveiled the Sion, a solar-powered car with a range of 255 kilometers. Most of that will come from a charging station, but solar panels should provide extra daily range for the vehicle. The company plans to license its technology.
  • The Asus ZenBeam Latte L1 is roughly the size of a coffee cup, but it’s a portable projector.

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