CES 2026 Preview: E-ink Smartphone, Allergen Detector, and More

In a couple of days, Las Las vega will certainly be swamped with designers, execs, financiers, and participants of journalism– including me– for the yearly Consumer Electronics Show, among the biggest technology occasions of the year.

If you can fantasize it, there’s a great chance it’ll get on screen at CES 2026 (though undoubtedly, a lot of this technology will not always make it to the mainstream). There will certainly be a series of AI toys, AI notetakers, and “AI friends,” exoskeletons and humanoid robots, and health and wellness technology to track your hormonal agents, mind task, and …bathroom activity

This year’s occasion will certainly have keynote addresses from the Chief executive officers of technology titans consisting of AMD and Lenovo, and countless cubicles from business covering tradition brand names to brand-new start-ups.

I’m thrilled to come across unforeseen brand-new technology while straying the program flooring. Yet as I get ready for this year’s occasion, below are a few of the gadgets that have actually currently captured my eye.

Earphones that can review your brainwaves

Electroencephelography, or EEG, has actually been utilized in health care for years to keep track of neural task. It typically entails an individual putting on an entire headgear of electrodes, yet reduced variations of the technology are currently being incorporated right into customer gadgets and might quickly await individuals.

Numerous neurotech business making use of EEG will certainly go to CES this year. As an example, Neurable (a firm we have actually had on our radar for years) will certainly exist with its over-ear EEG headphones, which aid individuals develop their emphasis and are currently readily available for preorder. Naox will certainly likewise bring its in-ear EEG technology to consumer-oriented earbuds. And Elemind, one more company we’ve covered, intends to aid you copulate its headband. With wearables currently keeping an eye on crucial indicators, rest, and task, 2026 might be the year our brainwaves sign up with the listing of biosignals we can track every day.

A tooth brush to ferret out health and wellness concerns

Automatic massage therapy roller to sooth aching muscular tissues

RheoFit‘s A1 massage therapy roller primarily appears like what would certainly take place if a foam roller and a massage therapy chair had a child. The tool instantly rolls itself down your back and provides 2 changeable surface areas: one more difficult product that simulates a masseuse’s knuckles, and a gentler choice that’s indicated to really feel even more like an open hand.

This will certainly be the 2nd year the RheoFit A1 gets on screen. To figure out whether it deserves the United States $449 cost, I’ll need to attempt it out on website.

Minimal e-ink smart device to eliminate interruptions

Prior to in 2015’s CES, a number of gadgets were awarded a new certification indicated to compensate technology made to be much less sidetracking. While the majority of exhibitors will certainly maintain contending for our interest, a couple of are using a need for tranquil and clearness.

Minimal technology business Mudita, for example, will certainly be revealing its e-ink smart device, which started delivering in 2025. The phone is made to decrease display time with its black and white, paper-like screen, and the os is made to run without Google. Like various other not-as-smart phones (such as the Wisephone or Light Phone), the Mudita Kompakt provides the fundamentals– messaging, maps, electronic camera, etc– without continuous alerts.

Food irritant detector to prevent anaphylaxis

Some brand-new technology shocks individuals with an experience they really did not recognize they desired. Others intend to provide the remedies you have actually fantasized around. For me, French start-up Allergen Alert falls under the 2nd group.

The start-up, among the detailed exhibitors at a very early press occasion on 4 January, is creating a mobile system to evaluate food irritants in genuine time. I have actually been consuming gluten-free for a lot of my life (not voluntarily), and I recognize exactly how quickly irritants can creep right into a meal with simply a spray of flour, or a dashboard of soy sauce– particularly when you’re taking a trip or dining in restaurants. For lots of people with serious allergic reactions, a tool such as this can be a lifesaver.

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