Internet of Things smart home wearable is a trend

The CES (International Consumer Electronics Show), known as the “Brand of Global Consumer Electronics”, is held every year in Las Vegas, USA, and lasts for 4 days from January 6th to January 9th this year. This year's CES, the Internet of Things, wearable devices, smart driving, smart home appliances, virtual reality products have become prominent highlights.

According to the list of online exhibitors given by CES, at this year's conference, more than 25% of exhibitors came from China, and more than 1,200 Chinese companies exhibited, the largest number ever. Among them, there are 469 companies from Shenzhen, including Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, Hisense, TCL, Haier, etc., and some smart hardware creation enterprises in Shenzhen are quickly entering the international perspective.

Highlights 1 Internet of Things smart home into hot spots

At this year's show, the Internet of Things was no surprise to become a hot topic.

European, American, Japanese and Korean companies have begun to pay more attention to the Internet of Things market. Samsung Electronics is one of them. Samsung is working hard to build such an Internet of Things ecosystem. “The Internet of Things is not a network of things,” said Yoon Fugen, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, at the CES Show. “The Internet of Things is focused on people. Everyone is at the center of their technology, with people’s lifestyle, With changes in habits, the Internet of Things will continue to adapt and make changes."

According to Samsung's Internet of Things schedule, by 2017, all Samsung TVs will become IoT devices. Within five years, all Samsung hardware devices will support the Internet of Things, which will accelerate the penetration of Internet of Things devices in the market. Yin Fugen emphasized that "people" is the center of data mining for the Internet of Things.

Today, the Internet of Things has become a "new battleground" for technology companies. In addition to Samsung, Intel is also very proud of the Internet of Things. Intel said that it hopes to establish cooperative relationships with Accenture, Dell and many other companies to develop solutions on the Internet of Things platform. This is a trend that has started to lay out the Internet of Things from the upstream. In addition, both Apple and Google have begun to pave the way for the future of the “Internet of Things” by acquiring other home-product manufacturers. Qualcomm has launched 15 IoT devices in more than 30 countries around the world, involving digital glasses, child trackers, and smart watches.

In terms of smart home appliances, Samsung, LG, and TCL introduced Quantum Dot TV in the same period. This technology can make the color of the LCD screen more visible and bright, and it is close to the effect seen in a movie theater. At this CES, whether the Samsung's SUHD TV, Sony's new Bravia TV, LG 4K OLED TV, or the domestic Hisense second-generation ULED TV, have adopted 4K TV.

In addition, smart driving is a hot display area for the Internet of Things in recent years. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Ford have all released related products. It is worth noting that the Qualcomm, which is longer than the chip, has also begun to exert its efforts in smart driving this year. It showcased several Honda, Maserati, and Cadillac concept cars and demonstrated the use of Qualcomm's Android OS, security features, and wireless charging systems.

According to John Kalan, general manager of communications, media and technology at Accenture Consulting, the biggest attraction for CES2015 is the Internet of Things. "The global Internet of Things has enabled smart products and even products and people to communicate with each other. The Internet of Things market has opened up."

The CEO's passionate speech at the CES show described the future of the Smart Internet of Things: When you drive home, the garage door opens automatically, the lighting and heating in the living room opens automatically, and the oven in the kitchen warms up. In a smart home, cars, appliances and all other devices have detectors and internet connections that allow them to think and act on their own. A direct dialogue is established between the device and the device and between the device and the human.

Highlights 2 Wearable devices keep warm

In the context of the Internet of Things, wearable devices have become one of the main characters of this conference. According to some experts, the annual wearable technology market may reach 70 billion U.S. dollars in the next 10 years.

At this year's CES, Sony, Lenovo and other companies have introduced conventional wearable devices such as smart watches and smart wristbands, while some startup companies have introduced wearable smart devices that face the user's waist, feet, and fingers.

In addition, wearable health equipment is also the area with the largest number of booths and visitors this year. Wearable health monitoring devices, home sensors, and corresponding software come one after another; in the healthcare field, a growing number of clinically-applied new products, such as devices that can collect data on patient glucose levels, heart rate, and body temperature, are beginning to emerge.

At this year's CES, a trend in the development of wearable health devices has been released: smart fitness devices have evolved from monitoring simple fitness data to monitoring the user's overall health status. In other words, the concept of tracking fitness status through wearable devices is beginning to gain popularity. People try to track patient data through wearable devices. After equipment becomes the recorder of various human data, how to conduct data mining will become the key.

It is reported that in 2014, the sales of fitness trackers and health equipment exceeded 70 million. The sales of such equipment in 2015 will be 68 million. However, the data collected by these devices has not been well analyzed and utilized.

The transition of the mobile health industry is very similar to that of the weather forecasting industry. Eventually, various predictions will be made through complex computational models. Lifetime's founder and computational biologist, Lean Coladi, said, “The future of wearable technology is not focused. The wearable device itself is more reflected in the analysis and use of data."

"If the device just tells you that your sleep is very bad, these are useless for you," said Koladi. "But if you can give a reason for the poor quality of sleep, then this advice is very good." Valuable."

According to reports, LifeQ company analyzes data collected through wearable devices through its own computational biology model to analyze and predict the future health status of users.

Currently, such as Fitbit, Misfit, and Intel's Basis, are all doing similar things, and Google Fit, Microsoft Health, and Apple Health promise to store the personal health data collected via the device. In the future, smart wearable devices are not just simple recorders. More importantly, they can provide health solutions.

Highlights 3 China's hardware startups are concerned

Since the Mobile Communications World Congress (Barcelona) was held in March, almost all mobile phone manufacturers did not launch heavyweight products at CES. Mobile phone manufacturers are not the protagonists. The Chinese Home Appliances Corps, such as Changhong, TCL, and Haier, mainly display smart TVs at CES. More is just micro-innovation.

Therefore, at this year's CES, startup companies based on smart hardware are most concerned, and many of them come from Shenzhen. A large number of domestic smart hardware brands showed up at CES. iHealth, Broadlink, AntVR, and Oerlikon have established well-established booths in domestic smart hardware circles.

According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 20 Shenzhen smart hardware startups participating in the 2015 CES show, including smart wearable rib technology and Oerlikon for smart homes, as well as drones, billionaires, and zero degrees of drones. Intellectual control and so on.

At the Xinjiang UAV stand, the latest prototypes of the Inspire1 drone and a console head were introduced. It is reported that the price of the new drone Inspire1 is 2899 US dollars, handle Yuntai will be available in the second quarter of this year, is currently not priced.

At the CES show floor, the annual "Global Top Brands" list was also announced. In this selection, a total of two smart hardware single awards were set. Among them, “The World’s Best Creative Invention Smart Brand Award” was won by Pearlty, and another single award—“Best Smart Health Innovation Award in the world” was upset by the domestic team. Mak opened and won.

It is understood that the start-up team from Shenzhen Michael opened only two years, only took the angels investment, the smart cup that can remind you to drink Cuptime had created a miracle of online crowdfunding in 2013, has been listed in the same domestic product sales after listing In the first three positions, the smart weight scale lemon series also created sales records for similar domestic products.

In addition to Shenzhen Hardtop, crowdfunding platform Jingdong crowdfunding also made its debut at this CES.

According to the relevant person in charge of Jingdong crowdfunding, the three major manufacturers participating in the exhibition are also leading companies in the domestic intelligent hardware industry. The Wukong i8 intelligent thermostat, MS1 portable Wi-Fi stereo, and OXIS ink screen are all Jingdong crowdfunding platforms. The highly acclaimed intelligent hardware products have also become the scientific and technological trend indicator in their respective subdivided fields.

The head of Broadlink, an exhibitor of the participating brands, also stated that “the products have been widely acclaimed by domestic users on JD.com’s crowdfunding platform and have always hoped that their products will go abroad and help consumers around the world to improve their living comfort. This time can participate in CES helps us to open up overseas markets."

Regarding the development of the intelligent hardware industry, Cai Xupeng, director of the Huawei Innovation Center, said in an interview with Nanfang Daily that the smart hardware market began to accelerate in 2013 and volume in 2014 and 2015 will usher in blowouts.

However, there are also views that smart hardware is not as imaginary as it is and the homogenization phenomenon is very serious. Xue Shengwen, senior research fellow at China Investment Advisors, told reporters that the domestic smart hardware industry is still in its early stages of development. "Products mainly focus on smart watches, functional glasses and smart bracelets, and have a high level of product homogeneity and a low market share. At the same time, wearable devices have less application services than smart mobile terminals, and their competitive advantage is not obvious. ”

Experts point of view Shenzhen is becoming "the capital of hardware entrepreneurship"

The industry generally believes that Shenzhen, as a world-renowned hardware entrepreneurial paradise, is undoubtedly a good opportunity for this wave of smart hardware boom.

Shenzhen has the advantage of "first in the country" in smart hardware. First, there is a good financial environment for venture capital; second is the hardware infrastructure, integrated supporting capabilities for electronic components and manufacturing, and third, R&D and design advantages, strong R&D and industrial design strengths; and fourth, superior Internet software environment.

The strongest industrial design capability in China is a key reason why Shenzhen has become a paradise for hardware entrepreneurship. Different from the Internet and software and App, industrial design has more important significance for hardware. Wearables must first be good-looking, stylish, and exquisite. Deep industrial design analyzes the user's needs and experience the operating environment.