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VINFAST Launches The DrgnFly Electric Bike In The U.S. Market

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VinFast Auto (Nasdaq; VFS) officially announces the US rollout of the DrgnFly electric bike at CES 2024. Underpinned by the message “Ride your style,” the DrgnFly offers riders a unique and thrilling experience, contributing to catalyzing the future of accessible, electric mobility for everyone.

The name “DrgnFly” is inspired by the image of the “ascending dragon,” which has deep roots in the proud history of Thang Long, Vietnam. The launch is just one year after its initial showcase underscores VinFast’s unwavering commitment to a sustainable future of green mobility for everyone.

The VinFast Drgnfly launches in the US market with prices expected to start from $2,800 USD, accompanies by a two-year and unlimited mileage warranty. The electric bike is expected to debut in other global markets in the near future.

Designed in collaboration with Esklid Hansen, an innovative Danish studio with multiple Red Dot Design awards, the DrgnFly seamlessly combines a vintage design inspired by the golden era of motorcycles and a commitment to a sustainable future. The DrgnFly design stands out with a V-shaped, elongated frame reminiscent of the image of a flying dragon – “Thang Long,” symbolizing VinFast’s efforts to venture beyond.

Refined from the design to the experience, the DrgnFly has a wide handlebar, balloon tires and an ergonomic riding position, optimizing the experience for riders to confidently conquer every journey.

Crafted from lightweight yet durable aluminum, the frame ensures both resilience and ease of handling. The exposed battery pack seamlessly integrates into the frame, creating harmonious blend of classic aesthetics and electric innovation. With a driving range of up to 63 miles (102 km) and a detachable lithium-ion battery, the DrgnFly is an innovative electric mobility option that is also convenient and accessible for everyone.

The DrgnFly features a 750W engine integrated into the rear wheel and a torque sensor for smooth and instantaneous power delivery with a top speed of 28 mph (45 km/h). Underpinning the DrgnFly’s performance is an advance energy management system, boasting a long travel distance, instant power, and multiple riding modes. The torque sensor adapts to movements with remarkable smoothness, detecting force changes 16,000 times for second, far surpassing traditional cadence sensors used in typical e-bikes.

Ms. Tran Mai Hoa, Deputy CEO of Sales and Marketing,VinFast Global, said: “VinFast’s DrgnFly is not just an e-bike, it’s a lifestyle option for modern users who seek to express their personality. With its unique design and a wide range of smart technologies, the DrgnFly offers a safe yet unique and accessible mobility option for everyone.”

Beyond its striking design and advanced features, the DrgnFly is a connected and smart electric bike. With an embedded 4G connection and a feature-rich companion app, riders can enjoy a range of smart features, including riding modes, remote locking/bike locator (GPS), ride statistics records, and remote diagnostics. Notably, over-the-air (OTA) updates will make sure riders have a consistently optimized vehicle that delivers an amazing experience.

The DrgnFly is the next extension in VinFast’s comprehensive electric mobility ecosystem, contributing to the company’s commitment to making smart electric mobility accessible to everyone, creating a sustainable future for generations to come.

About VinFast

VinFast – a member of Vingroup – envisions driving the advancement of the global smart electric vehicle revolution. Established in 2017, VinFast owns a state-of-the-art revolution. Established in 2017, VinFast owns a state-of-the-art automotive manufacturing complex with globally leading scalability that boasts up to 90 percent automation in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

Strongly committed to the mission of sustainable future for everyone, VinFast constantly innovates to bring high-quality products, advanced smart services, seamless customer experiences, and pricing strategy for all to inspire global customers to jointly create a future of smart mobility and a sustainable planet. Learn more at https://vinfastauto.us.

TONIES Celebrates Its One Millionth Tonibox Sold in the US – CES 2024

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Screen-Free Toy Brand Marks Milestone at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) and Unveils Its Newest Tones Figurines

Tonies, the original screen-free audio entertainment system for young children, is thrilled to announce the sale of its one millionth Toniebox in the US. This significant milestone, which coincides with the brand unveiling its latest Tonies figurines at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), is a testament to its growing popularity and success in revolutionizing children’s entertainment and education. The brand offers more than 700 Tonies figurines can be placed on top of the Toniebox for children to enjoy storytelling, interactive play and educational content without screens.

“Reaching one million Tonieboxes sold in the US is a tremendous accomplishment for us,” said Christoph Frehsee, President, tonies USA. “The Toniebox is a child’s first device, long before we should expose them to their own personal screens. It’s like a first companion that helps children discover immigration and make sense of a big wonder with our magical characters and captivating stories – no screens, just pure joy.”

As the children’s audio platform marks its one millionth Toniebox player sold, they are also expanding their extensive collections of Tonies figurines with three new companions at CES – the Mindfulness Tonie, the Potty Training Tonie, and the Yoga Tonie.

  • Mindfullness Tonie: Encourages children to unwind while discovering the wonders of the world and teaching them about meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, and exploration.
  • Potty Training Tonie: Teaches essential life lessons while also sharing cool facts, catchy songs and a humorous story about potty training.
  • Yoga Tonie: Helps children learn about balance, flexibility and overall well-being, whole also teaching them about yoga, mindfulness, confidence and friendship.

“Parents find themselves frequently saying ‘no’ but the Toniebox and world of Tonies is where kids get a big ‘yes’ to endless listening, independent play, recording their own stories, and safely building technological and device management skills,” said Frehsee.

With more than 4,800 digital titles through the mytonies library and app, Tonies figurines range from original productions to content from more than 200 licensing partners worldwide including Disney, Warner, Marvel, Paramount, Hasbro, Universal, Sony Music and many more. Tonies is proud to be the largest Disney audio library for a device-based platform and is available in more than 6,000 retailers including Target, Walmart, Kohl’s and Amazon.

For more information about tonies, visit us.tonies.com.

ABOUT TONIES

Tonies is the world’s largest interactive audio platform for children with more than 5.7 million Tonieboxes and 72 million Tonies sold worldwide. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach. Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries and the content portfolio includes more than 700 Tonies figurines.

Today, tonies is the fastest growing toy company in Europe and a rising star in the United States. Among its many achievements, tonies was named among Fast Company’s prestigious World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021, top ranked in Education. For more information, visit us.tonies.com.

REBOOTER Showcases Breakthrough Mobility System at CES 2024

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REBOOTER is proud to present the innovative power wheelchair X40 at CES in Las Vegas, NV, from January 9 to 12, 2024, highlighting the cutting-edge products and communication mobility technologies.

With 3,275 exhibitors including 1,051 startup companies, the annual CES exhibition is coined as “The most powerful tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovation,” and 63 percent of the people participating in the event have purchase intention.

For emerging startups like Robooter, the CES is a key platform to showcase products, technologies and solutions that are making people’s daily life more convenient.

X40 power wheelchair-The Stylish ride for Every Journey

This year, the spotlight at CES is on the X40, The semi-outdoor, electrically foldable wheelchair. Designed to address the challenges of lower limb mobility, the X40 offers ample legroom and operates smoothly on most surfaces without needing a turning radius. Equipped with a long-lasting battery and easy-to-use interface, it functions smoothly on most surfaces. Ideally suited for assistance from a caregiver or family member, it helps users navigate with ease. The X40 includes an optional compact 10Ah battery, making it conveniently transportable on airplanes, trains, subways and other forms of public transportation.

E40 indoor electric wheelchair: You On-to-Go Companion

With an emphasis on convenience, comfort, and intelligence, Rebooter has designed the E Series to meet the needs of elders and people with disabilities.

The Rebooter E40 is a sleek, fordable indoor electric wheelchair that seamlessly combines performance, portability and style. Designed for easy daily use with comfortable leg space and a small turning radius, it is powered by a robust 20AH lithium-ion battery, covering an impressive 14.3 miles on a single charge. With smooth maneuverability on various floor surfaces, it’s lightweight design makes it easy for transportation in cars, airplanes, and more.

E60 all terrain electric wheelchair: Smooth rides Wherever You Go

For outdoor adventures, the E60 series showcases advanced technologies. The E60 and E60-A models are equipped with 10-inch omnidirectional wheels, while the E60Pro and E60Pro-A feature larger 12-inch wheels, conquering obstacles up to 3.1 inches in height. Their suspension system and high-performance omnidirectional wheels allow free movement in any direction, enhancing navigation in complex terrains and a variety of outdoor environments.

A Message from CEO, Jianguo Li

“Robooter leverages technology to enhance the lives of billions with lower limb disabilities. Our acclaimed X40 power wheelchair, featuring omnidirectional wheels and remote control capabilities, demonstrates our commitment to innovative solutions. Since our inception in 2016, we have been at the forefront of using AI and robotics to empower independence. Our philosophy of ‘compassionate technology’ drives us to innovate solutions that slow mobility loss progression, reduce complications, and elevate the experience for all users. Robooter- where technology meets compassion.”

Utilizing technology improve the lives of the billion people with lower limb disabilities, we have developed a range of products including electric wheelchairs, mobility aids, and living assistance devices. Our aim is to provide intelligent solutions for rehabilitation and mobility.

Pocket Kado Cashes In Dream Miles For NSF SleepTech Award at CES 2024

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Pocket Kado, named as a winner in the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) 2023 SleepTech Award and was featured by NFS at CES in Las Vegas, a trade show that showcases the entire tech landscape.

The SleepTech-Award recognizes the year’s most innovative efforts in advancing sleep technology, and is a feature of NSF’s ongoing work to encourage and celebrate efforts that rapidly incorporate sleep science and insight into accessible health products and services.

The SleepTech Award is given in two categories: Sleep Health and Wellness and Sleep Disorders and Conditions. NSF named Pocket Kado as the winner in the Sleep Disorders and Conditions category, and Embr Labs as the winner for the the Sleep Health and Wellness category.

Pocket Kado is an adorable virtual pet app that helps enhance sleep quality and break phone addiction, one of the most prevalent barriers to proper sleep. Available on Android and iOS, Pocket Kado has innovated traditional CBT-I, the gold-standard treatment for insomnia, through gamification.

Unlike some virtual pets, Kado, the app’s animated koala, won’t have you incessantly tapping away at your phone. Instead, Kado’s own routine will mirror yours. By ensuring that he’s sleeping properly, you’re reinforcing your own sleep pattern. The longer you stay off your phone, the more rewards – or Dream Miles – you can earn and spend on keeping Kado happy.

“We are elated to receive the NSF SleepTech Award for Pocket Kado, a product of our multi-year collaboration with leading sleep experts. This award is especially meaningful as we share NSF’s mission to make quality sleep accessible to everyone. With this honor, we aim to foster further collaboration between technology companies and clinical scientists, as our understanding of sleep evolves.” – Khoa Tran, CEO of Pocket Kado.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Revery Labs, the maker of Pocket Kado, is a mental health gaming company on a mission to make wellness accessible to everyone.

Kodiak Unveils Industry-First Semi-Truck Designed For Driverless Deployment

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Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, announced the world’s first driverless-ready semi-truck designed for scaled deployment. It is equipped with all the necessary redundant safety-critical hardware, including breaking, steering, and sensors, as well as the software required for driverless operations at scale.

Kodiak’s sixth-generation truck further enhances the overall reliability of the technology by building on Kodiak’s five years of real-world testing that includes 5,000 loads carried over more than 2.5 million miles. This new truck will be used for Kodiak’s drivers operations, which it plans to initiate between Dallas and Houston 2024. The vehicle will debut at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Kodiak’s LiDAR partner Luminar’s booth in the West Plaza (outside beside the Diamond Lot) at booth number WP-10.

Kodiak’s sixth-generation truck includes redundancy across all safety-critical functions, including a redundant braking system and redundant steering, redundant power, an Kodiak’s custom-designed high-integrity Actuation Control Engine (ACE) system.

Kodak’s sixth generation platform uses hardware that has proven safety performance in existing commercial applications. The Kodiak Driver, Kodiak’s vehicle-agnostic self driving system, including its redundant driverless-ready hardware platform, is designed to be safer than a human driver. Kodiak plans to roll out its sixth-generation truck to multiple vehicle types.

The sixth-generation truck features twice the GPU processor cores, 1.6x greater processing speed, 3x more memory and 2.75x greater bandwidth to run software processes compared to Kodiak’s first-generation truck. With this launch, Kodiak’s driverless truck design is now feature-complete across both hardware and software.

“We’re the first and only company to have developed a feature complete driverless semi-truck with the level of automative-grade safety redundancy necessary to deploy on public roads,” said Don Burnette, Founder and CEO of Kodiak. “Over the course of 2.5 million miles, we’ve successfully demonstrated that our self-driving trucks can withstand the harsh environment of long-haul trucking from both a platform integrity and a software perspective. This truck fundamentally demonstrates that we’ve done the work necessary to safely handle driverless operations. While we continue to work with leading truck manufacturers, the technology we developed is deployment-ready, uncoupled from OEM timelines and truck manufacture-agnostic, which allows to move fast while keeping safety at the forefront.”

Sixth Generation: Safety Critical Redundancy

Braking: While traditional trucks feature redundant braking systems, Kodiak is taking it one step further in the interest of safety. Kodiak’s pneumatic braking system consists of three individual brake actuators simultaneously controlled by Kodiak’s proprietary software. Should any of the braking actuators fail, the backup systems can prevent loss in control and bring the truck to a safe stop.

Steering: The dual-redundant steering system includes two redundant ZF actuators controlled by Kodiak’s safety system. Based on Kodiak’s safety analysis, should the primary steering actuator experience any type of failure, the steering system seamlessly switches, switches to the secondary actuator to maintain full control without compromising the vehicle dynamics and move the vehicle into a safe state.

ACE System: Like Kodiak’s fourth-generation and fifth-generation trucks, the sixth-generation truck includes the Kodiak ACE, a proprietary, custom-designed, high-integrity safety computer. The ACE is responsible for ensuring that the Kodak Driver can guide the truck to a safe “fallback” out of the flow of traffic in the unlikely event of a critical system failure.

Power: The sixth-generation truck includes a redundant power system, which powers the computers, sensors, actuators and all other electric systems. The power system is split into two fully isolated subsystems that ensure all safety systems can execute a safe fallback should either fail.

Jackery Unveils Revolutionary Green Energy Innovations at CES 2024

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Jackery, a global leader in innovative portable power and outdoor energy solutions, proudly announces its much-anticipated presence at the prestigious Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024. With great excitement, Jackery invites attendees to witness the debut of two groundbreaking products: the Solar Generator Mars Bot , the Jackery Solar Generator for Rooftop Tent and showcase of complete Plus series.

New Product Highlights:

The Solar Generator Mars Bot emerges as an epitome of sustainable technology, merging cutting-edge robotics with solar energy innovation. This futuristic outdoor companion redefines the boundaries of portable energy solutions, boasting an array of intelligent features designed to enhance the outdoor experiences. Whether it’s adventure, exploration, home back-up or rescue scenario, the Solar Generator Mars Bot promises to elevate every moment.

Additionally, the Jackery Solar Generator for Rooftop Tents marks a new era in off-grid living. Compact yet powerful, this innovative product harnesses solar energy efficiently, catering to essential power needs for outdoor enthusiasts. With seamless integration and reliability, it empowers individuals to embrace off-grid adventures without compromising on comfort or convenience.

Powerful Existing Product Line:

Jackery continues to push the boundaries of innovation with the showcase of the Plus series. This lineup includes the Solar Generator 2000 Plus, Solar Generator 1000 Plus, Solar Generator 300 Plus, and Explorers 100 Plus, representing a diverse range of portable power solutions with different capacity levels. These additional further solidify Jackery’s commitment to providing versatile and reliable energy sources for a multitude of lifestyles and purposes.

Strength in Innovation and Legacy:

The introduction of these groundbreaking innovations underscores Jackery’s unwavering dedication to pioneering portable power technology. As Jackery commemorated its 11th anniversary in 2023, it reflects on its journey of continuous evolution and innovation. From humble beginnings to becoming a global leader, Jackery remains steadfast in its mission to empower individuals and communities through accessible and sustainable energy solutions.

For an immersive experience and an exclusive preview of these revolutionary innovations, visit Jackery at Booth #9815, North Hall, LVCC, during CES 2024 from January 9 to 12. Join us in embracing sustainable energy solutions.

LG Display Showcases Latest Proprietary OLED Innovations At CES 2024

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LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced (on January 6, 2024) that it will unveil its latest OLED products based on proprietary technology that revolutionize customer values at CES 2024.

The company will operate two booths at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), with its main booth in the North Hall and an exclusive booth dedicated to automotive displays in the West Hall.

Under the theme of “A Better Future,” signifying the company’s various display solutions based on cutting-edge OLED technologies that can revolutionize consumer lifestyles, LG Display will present its latest large-sized OLED technology and next-generation automotive display solutions optimized for Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

At the main North Hall booth, LG Display will present various large-sized OLED technologies that surpass the limits of OLED picture quality and boast improved performance, including TVs, gaming monitors, and Transparent OLED’s.

Here, LG Display is set to unveil its latest OLED TV panel that pushes boundaries of OLED picture quality once again, featuring a significant enhancement from the innovative “META Technology,” an important milestone reached after a decade of OLED innovation.

The company showcased its proprietary ‘META Technology’ last year, which combines ‘Micro Lens Array (MLA),’ which maximizes the light emission from organic materials, with a brightness-enhancing algorithm to achieve the highest level of brightness of any existing OLED TV panel.

In addition, LG Display will also present its comprehensive lineup of gaming OLEDs spanning form 20 to 40 inches, including the high performance 27-inch QHD gaming OLED panel that features the world’s first 480Hz ultra-hight refresh rate for an OLED display. By generating a remarkable 480 frames per second, the 27-inch 480Hz QHD gaming OLED panel provides the optimal gaming experience with its smooth and sharp visuals, even during fast screen transitions.

The 34- and 39-inch panels offer an ultra-wide (21:9) aspect ratio for an immersive experience while the 31.5-inch panel supports a clear UHD (3840×2160) resolution that makes it not only suitable for gaming but also for office work and content consumption.

LG Display’s gaming OLED panels include millions of self-emitting pixels without a separate backlit source to boast high refresh rates and resolutions, as well as a fast response time of 0.03ms. In addition, the company has incorporated ‘META Technology’ into its OLED gaming displays to further enhance the overall image quality while minimizing external light reflections during darker scenes.

Furthermore, LG Display will present its full lineup of Transparent OLED’s, including the 30-, 55, and 77-inch displays, to present new shopping experiences to retail spaces by creating unique applications through the use of mid-sized and ultra large Transparent OLED panels.

As the world’s only manufacturer of Transparent OLED, LG Display maximizes OLED’s self-emissive nation to achieve a transparency rate high enough to seamlessly replace glass windows, portray accurate color expression, and provide flexibility that boost space utilization.

Transparent OLEDs are also suitable for indoor use thanks to their lower heat generation compared with conventional LEDs, while their versatility allows for installation in almost all spaces and interiors such as windows, walls, and floors of various sizes.