5 BEST Things I Saw in Vegas at CES 2024

Trade shows are often full of vaporware and empty promises. But this year felt different. So, what were the highlights that I think are worth watching? And what new tech surprised me most?

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[StoverEnt]

A deep dive into those new high density solar cells would be awesome.

[camirvine]

As a condo dweller, I’d love a deeper dive into those balcony solar panels. Love your channel! Keep it up 👍🏼

[jamesmayes]

As someone who has hearing damage from the army and has trouble with speech discrimination in crowded spaces I would love to learn more about Orcam device. When you have hearing damage and you cant hear the person across the table from you in a restaurant you end up losing more and more places where you feel comfortable. The fact you might be able to solve that problem in a way that doesnt mean just being isolated will be hugely impacting on so many peoples lives.

[TheBookDoctor]

You're right about the low-light solar. That really could change a lot of things, and actually convince me to go wireless on mice and keyboards finally. It's the whole "i hate changing batteries" thing that has kept me from using those devices up to now.

[challacustica]

Would love to see a deeper dive into the low light solar panels as well as the process to turn sewer sludge into hydrogen.

[karlnykwest]

Would love to see a video on followthrough stories at CES. Not just success stories, but mistakes made as well. I feel like we're way too quick to write off missteps and challenges as outright failures without taking the adequate time to look at the lessons learned in the process, and anything to help change the discourse on that goes a long way.

[Ynhockey]

I feel that this channel talks more about private houses when it comes to any home tech, and very little about dense residential construction; so it would indeed be awesome to see more videos about tech that could help city dwellers. Thanks!

[davidcrook]

I don't always remember to come back after the part of the video where you say "let me know in the comments below if you'd like to see a video about that", but suffice it to say that whenever you ask that question, I want to see a video on that. Great content - take time off if you need to relax, but keep 'em coming on a schedule that works for you.

[Unbreathless]

Would definitely be interested in hearing about Balcony Solar.

I live in Eastern Canada, and the Hydrogen topic has come up a lot here lately. In Newfoundland, they have started work on a Hydrogen wind farm with a German company.

Newfoundland & Labrador is an oil and gas producer, and I wonder how much of the pivot to Hydogen has to do with existing infrastructure for O&G (logistics and operations)?

Incidentally, NL also has a huge amount of renewable energy, with around 96% of the province's power coming from Hydro, while selling a lot of that energy to neighbouring Quebec.

[myohygiene]

More on balcony solar would be very much appreciated! Thanks for all you do, Matt!

[zahawolfe]

The balcony solar sounds super interesting, haven't seen it before, but it makes a lot of sense

[jimthain]

I have never seen the balcony solar before.
It's a really neat idea.
It's pretty clear that you could make several videos out of this one event.
That's a cool way to get a lot of content all at once.

[Jake-lclh]

Batteries getting cheaper for homes is amazing! Portable ones are exciting because I can move them from one home to another easily! If I move down the line, I don't need to have as huge of a hassle! Also, I'm still poorish, so affording a $5k system is way better than a $15k initial hurdle.

[FantosmeEntertainment]

Would love to learn more about the low-light solar cells, please!

[PeregArBagol]

Too many awesome informations and topics in one video. Yes to all the deep dives ! Looking forwards to those videos.

[greghicks]

Excellent video…as always! Thank you Matt…I appreciate you and your work here!!

[lesalmin]

A transparent TV could be a good solution for a small apartment where there is no other place for the TV than in front of the window.

[yvan]

I like the fact that home batteries are steering away from Lithium-ion and going with LiFePO4 instead. I also like that a few companies are going the modular route, so you can buy a smaller kit at first but incrementally increase the capacity over time for less than the price of a new small car.

[TheLenseMan]

Excellent video Matt! Love to learn more about those solar panels. Thanks for sharing!

[robzachary]

Love your videos - always learn something. Would like a deeper dive into the balcony solar systems/approaches you mentioned.