As it does at this time of the year, Samsung announced the C-Lab incubator project at the 2022 International Consumer Electronics Show with the purpose of evaluating customer responses and furthering the most promising ideas. This year's star project is ZamStar, a combination of guitars and apps designed to make collaboration and learning easier. Other notable projects include an artificial intelligence solution that helps children develop good smartphone habits, and a parenting phone that can detect infant strabismus (crossed eyes) early.
ZamStar se sastoji od aplikacije i prilagođene gitare pod nazivom ZamString. Ideja je da možete odsvirati dio na gitari, dodati efekte, a zatim se sinhronizirati sa drugim muzičarima širom svijeta. Ovo je očito replika COVID-19 trenda muzičke saradnje u TikTok-u (sjetite se njih s početka ove godine), a ideja je da olakšate sinhronizaciju vaše muzike. U isto vrijeme, ZamString gitara ima fingerboard, koji je osvijetljen unosom pjesme, što vam olakšava da shvatite gdje ćete staviti prste. Ovo nije nov koncept, ali je možda prvi koji kombinuje učenje i saradnju.
At the same time, Piloto is what Samsung calls an "artificial intelligence solution to help children cultivate the correct habits of using smartphones." Its purpose is to teach children "self-regulation skills" on smart devices and help them make the right choices. Finally, Innovision is "an eye care system in daily life. There is a nursery mobile phone that can capture suspicious symptoms of strabismus and monitor the baby's visual ability development." This seems to be a smart idea, because the baby naturally looks at the phone. .
In addition to the internal incubator, Samsung's C-Lab also supports nine start-ups, including an AI-based pet biometric solution called Petnow. All these projects will be displayed in their own booths at CES in 2022. So far, Samsung seems to still plan to participate in the event, and has not followed the pace of other exhibitors (Google, Lenovo, Intel, Amazon, Meta, T-Mobile) to cancel.