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CES 2019 Special: Day 1 recap with Brian Santo, Editor-in-Chief of EDN

EE Times Current · 12 Jan 2019 · 19m

What this episode covers

Brian Santo, Editor-in-Chief of EDN, joins David Finch to recap Day 1 of CES 2019, highlighting innovations from Solari’s Bluetooth-enabled lightsabers to wearable breast pumps from Willow and LV. Santo discusses the proliferation of small robots like QT and Groove X, while noting the current limitations of autonomous vehicle AI, citing a Tesla collision with a robot as evidence of sensor and processing challenges. The conversation covers the technical trade-offs in 5G infrastructure, specifically millimeter-wave propagation issues, and the enabling technologies required for future autonomous driving.

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early-stage companies

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Solari, Willow, LV, Groove X, Tesla
Products
QT, Phaeton

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