OC Tech Firms Make Their Pitch at CES Show

Orange County companies presented a variety of new products and business developments for the just-ended CES tech show in Las Vegas, which was held both in-person and online. Here is a brief sampling of notable announcements coinciding with the world’s largest consumer electronics trade event:

Syntiant

Irvine-based chip technology company Syntiant said its tiny units will be recharged through a collaboration with wireless power and charging company Energous Corp. (Nasdaq: WATT) of San Jose.

The agreement is aimed at developing and implementing Energous’ WattUp wireless power network technology for artificial intelligence deployments “across a wide range of consumer and industrial applications,” Syntiant CEO Kurt Busch said.

Syntiant also used CES to announce a new reference design for voice-enabled earbuds, allowing consumer device makers/brands to develop earbuds embedded with the company’s artificial intelligence processing technology.

Another new development with a Danish firm called CeramicSpeed is showing progress in the industrial Internet of Things market with the introduction of Syntiant’s NDP120-embedded wireless sensors that will use artificial intelligence to learn, detect and respond to operational anomalies with minimal power consumption, according to the company.

Pricing for 10,000-unit quantities of the NDP120 is $3 per unit.

Mobix Labs

Irvine-based chip startup Mobix Labs was on hand in Las Vegas to discuss its products.

The recent developments include the just-introduced new line of True Xero high-speed cables and transceivers, an array of high-quality, high-performance products for use in a wide range of applications such as consumer, personal computing, virtual reality, professional audio-video, enterprise and cloud computing data centers.

Built on the company’s technology platform combining the high-speed and power of a fiber optic cable, the True Xero line of active optical cables are said to offer a variety of cost-effective assemblies.

Razer

 Irvine-based Razer Inc. introduced various new products for its gaming customers.

They include all-new Blade gaming laptops, a fully modular gaming desk concept known as Project Sophia and the Razer Smart Home App that allows users to have a one-stop destination to control and customize all their connected devices across the PC and mobile ecosystems.

The company also introduced the next generation of Razer’s smart mask, to ensure that a gamer’s speech isn’t muffled even when masked up.

Magnima 

Magnima’s AirPoint Ring, a wireless wearable mouse ring ideal for teachers, trainers and speakers created by a Catholic school teacher in Orange County, was launched at the CES.

It allows users to change slides with air gestures. With the flick of a finger, any apps on a connected Mac, Windows, iPad or tablet can be controlled wirelessly.

Prinker 

Prinker, the inventor of the world’s first all-in-one temporary tattoo device, launched Prinker M—a mini, portable digital temporary tattoo printer that makes the creation of temporary tattoos quick and easy.

Prinker M was named a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree.

Consumers can choose tattoo designs from the Prinker library of more than 11,000 designs, including artworks created by tattoo artists. Prinker is a South Korean company with its U.S. office in Irvine. n