It’s that time of year when CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, blows into Las Vegas. Let’s sift through the weirdly cool and practical products that may help your business in 2026. It’s not a solar-powered smart birdbath, but it might be practical if you love birds and photographing them.
If your business involves photography or video, the Planck Creator SSD will be useful. Ready to dive into heavy-duty AI and multi-modal applications without dealing with your cloud? The MLX-A1 Edge AI box will do it for you, on-site, even at your desk.
Intel Core Ultra series 3 will be available in laptops within the next 3 months. Some models will extend battery life up to 27 hours. If you’re looking for extra productive laptops with long battery life, keep your eye out.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus chipset is expected to be in the hands of laptop manufacturers in the first half of this year. Do you need laptops with high-end features at a mid-range price? Laptops with this chipset may fulfill that need.
Spacebank unveils its RoboviewX AI platform, designed for businesses needing to expand their robotics and AI control. For retail businesses looking to upgrade their POS, Clover Flex Mobile POS features end-to-end encryption and the ability to track sales and take payments anywhere.
Do your field technicians need to view documents hands-free? MemoMind AI smart glasses help them do that. Does your business build connected products? Blues device to cloud system helps improve the process.
Author: Kris Keppeler, a curious writer who finds technology fascinating. Follow her on X (Twitter) @KrisNarrates, on Medium.com @kriskeppeler, and LinkedIn.