Hi Swell, just a note. As a disabled person, many of us really don't like the term 'differently abled.' It's a phrase that serves more to make abled people feel comfortable than accurately describe our experiences. Just saying "disabled" is fine and generally preferred.

@lizalex8829

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, myself and my friends with disabilities all find 'differently abled' so uncomfortable

@BiMads

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree, I feel in general it matters more on the phrasing of the word. For example, most people with disabilities I have met would rather someone say 'someone who is disabled' over the phrase 'a disabled person'.

@jaykneib1234

Жыл бұрын

was going to comment this as well, you worded this perfectly!

@colorbar.s

Жыл бұрын

as another disabled person, exactly!!

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@BiMads as a disabled person with lots of disabled friends, i see ppl prefer 'disabled person' the most, but 'someone whos disabled' is fine imo, just not my fave.

Just so you know, as a disabled person myself, we prefer you to say “Disabled” instead of differently abled. “Disabled” is not a bad word. Saying “differently abled” can be seen as patronizing towards us

@annaf2110

Жыл бұрын

Came to comment this! I wouldn’t be surprised if the company itself used the terminology and Amanda was following that - euphemisms for disability are so common in the corporate world even when it comes to stuff marketed to us which is such a pain!!

@lamibonxd

Жыл бұрын

yup! came into the comments to say this too

@emmaatkinson7379

Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh all the disabled people came to the comment section haha :) :') nice to spot community in the wild!

@DEFxRECON

Жыл бұрын

It’s so weird how people who aren’t part of a group trying to come up with terms to describe said group can sound so patronizing lol

@thelemon5069

Жыл бұрын

Fellow disabled person here I agree. I got called a "cripple" at a jiffy lube once though. Rightly pissed me off

The "gets water from the air" scammers are great. They've invented the dehumidifier and attached a water filter to it.

@Swell_Popcorn_Simps

Жыл бұрын

Swell blessed you with a like, you're legendary! 🍿

@DarknessDust

Жыл бұрын

HAH xD

@BernardNator

Жыл бұрын

Thunderfoot had a great review on one of those, cracked me up.

@Leeno96

Жыл бұрын

How is that comment a day old when this video was released today?

@honeybee347

Жыл бұрын

I thought that device sounded familiar. I think coffeezilla did an episode watching an mlm aspect with those machines trying to pitch it on dragons den.

The water from air thing is actually an old school scam MLM device! There's a famous moment on Dragon's Den where someone tries to sell it and gets absolutely destroyed

@Chris-zd2zi

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Thunderfoot did a video on it or similar product before. Now if you tell me a machine that is able to make water from air the first thing that comes to mind would be a dehumidifier.

@3ikilee

Жыл бұрын

Omg yes! I just watched that coffeezilla video on it like yesterday lol

@camipco

Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-zd2zi Yup, that's what they are. Dehumidifiers with a funnel.

@georgeyreynolds

Жыл бұрын

The 'Water Seer' and also there was a version for your bike which had a self filling water bottle. I think it all came down to an Amazon-quality condenser?

the idea of having AM/FM radio signal privatized and only accessible to subscribers almost gave me a panic attack 😊👌

@NaviciaAbbot

Жыл бұрын

The FCC won't let that happen. And if they do, we need to revolt and spin up pirate radio stations.

@juliaboon9741

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: this was done before but for TV (back when TV was via your antenna); they scrambled the signal and then you rented a box which “decoded” the signal. It worked horribly.

@jubies6286

Жыл бұрын

You will own nothing and you will be happy. :)

@TheNugettinage

Жыл бұрын

@@juliaboon9741 Done before? It is still done, as is wireless TV signals?

@marleneflanagan7137

Жыл бұрын

@@juliaboon9741 but not on all channels. Just one. it was ON TV. I remember trying to watch scrambled nudies when I was a kid in the 70's.

as someone who’s boating life adjacent, self automated boats sound like a h o r r i f i c idea

@ann-gt4hh

Жыл бұрын

I’ve only ever been in boats when I was younger, drove a few of them but with supervision, and even I recoiled at the self docking boat idea.

@packers12to80

Жыл бұрын

Wait....so no to self driving boats....but cars ......u are on board with that? Very curious lol

@shannonceleste5557

Жыл бұрын

Being against the idea of self driving boats doesn't automatically mean one is in favor of self driving anything else lol

@emilied5517

Жыл бұрын

@@ann-gt4hh The sheer amount of variables to take into consideration when you're on the water, i can't see that being a viable thing anytime soon

@bookcat123

Жыл бұрын

My mind immediately goes to run away boats going in circles with the throttle stuck open. 🤔

For anyone wondering what a digital twin is, this is a buzzword which essentially means a virtual 1 to 1 creation of something in the real world. Often times this means recreating an object or a room, or maybe the entire inside of a structure so that you can slap on a vr headset and see exactly what this place is like without being in this place. A more extreme example of digital twinning would be Tuvalu, which is an island nation that is sinking into the ocean due to rising water levels. Tuvalu is currently trying to create a digital twin of their entire island nation with hopes of preserving what their land looked like along with their culture.

@jennacided6502

Жыл бұрын

jesus christ, that's actually heartbreaking.

@sweetcherryblast7251

Жыл бұрын

That is sad but a very good use of digital twin technology. Most people hear about it being used for crypto-scam worlds masquerading as videogames.

@ianrobertson3419

Жыл бұрын

Ah, but how will they monetize it?

@ElektrischInkorrekt

Жыл бұрын

Another example: Miele is creating a digital twin for their washing machines to simulate and optimize the whole product life cycle of them, eg. to make repairs easier and/or reduce the amount of failures of the devices, before it's produced and shipped out to the customers... (At least that's what they told at the yearly Congress of the ZVEI - short for "Zentralverband der Elektroindustrie" or in English: "Central Association of the Electrical Industry" )

@7RStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@ianrobertson3419 I think in this case, since their entire country will be underwater I'm okay with a little bit of capitalism. Just this once. We could maybe, instead of focusing on the money, focus on helping these people.

Hi Swell! Love your content. Please just say disabled. Not the euphemisms. We’re disabled and it’s okay to say that. Please don’t try to soften or distance us from our disabilities with euphemisms like “differently abled”.

@howdyitsren

Жыл бұрын

Everyone has different abilities. Not everyone is disabled. I know those are probably the words that the press release used, but disabled folks like myself are so sick and tired of it. You can read the APA guidelines for it, but I will say that person-first language was created by a non-disabled person because she thought it would humanize us. As of being disabled makes us less human.

@audreygilmore7408

Жыл бұрын

This

@duzdee420

Жыл бұрын

@@howdyitsren agreed, changing the term stigmatizes disabilities further as well, even just the term "disability" itself.

@lilaniaadventures

Ай бұрын

@@howdyitsren They aren't the words the press release used. Sony say people with disabilities. I can't understand why this was a year ago and Swell still hasn't spoken about this, apologised, even put a little sorry in her description or anything. Makes me wonder if she really likes her disabled audience when she's totally ignored so many of you who spoke about this.

@byeFofiko1

Ай бұрын

​@lilaniathefair197 i feel like this is overly dramatic. I'm disabled but like it's not that deep. She used a phrase she thought was the right one. I really don't think any kind of dedicated apology is needed, and tbh I get why she doesn't read her comments because they can be so critical. Like expecting this level of worrying about being perfectly exactly correct from an internet person like swell is unhealthy imo.

First semester as a writing studies student my professor told us people in the real world don’t know how to write. More as, people in the real world don’t know how to put the thoughts in their heads down on paper efficiently. I was baffled, but ever since I’ve come across professional writing that wouldn’t be accepted in my high school let alone college.

@bookcat123

Жыл бұрын

This never fails to baffle me.

@DanielaMartinez-wt6ir

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I’ve worked both in marketing and education (as a graphic designer) and oh man, the crap I’ve read from “experts” on their fields. My biggest complains come from engineers, throwing around buzzwords and making the most unreadable texts 😵‍💫

@aneisleeper5515

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielaMartinez-wt6ir Our mission is to disrupt the entire with the most innovative digital twin of the future.

@finyafuxfell3031

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielaMartinez-wt6ir As someone who is about to write their dissertation, I truly don't understand why people need to write super complex. Education should be accessible to everyone, in my opinion. Of course, your writing should match a certain level, but that doesn't mean it should be complex af. Writing in a way, that makes every single braincell have a seizure is just not it. :') Although it's useful if your findings are just as valuable as hot air.

@iu.lia.na.

Жыл бұрын

@Daniela Martínez In my defence for all engineers out there, we were forced to only talk in buzzwords in university papers. 😂

Yes, auto-caption glasses! I thought Google Glass dropped the ball by not working with movie theaters to develop their speech-to-text and interpretation technology, I hope this developer considers it.

@phoenixfritzinger9185

Жыл бұрын

I’m more interested in like if translation software gets a lot better

@kiricappuchin

Жыл бұрын

They have some "live caption" tech on their Android phones now

On a side note I’m also annoyed that so many of these things require their own app as well now. Like you mentioned the convention has an app, which I know you can delete it once the convention is over, but it’s just another aspect of everyday life that is quickly becoming overwhelming. Every fast food place, a lot of grocery stores, cruises (niche, but I watch cruise content on KZread😅), online shopping, anything membership based, etc. If you frequent like 10 different fast food places and 5 different membership/loyalty requiring stores a month that’s a lot of apps.

@emmaatkinson7379

Жыл бұрын

Dude my washing machine has an app and I can't get it to work without it. Whhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy

@lisahoshowsky4251

Жыл бұрын

@@emmaatkinson7379 nooo!!! That’s actually horrific, why is app based everything the future we’re getting😫 I feel like it’s getting weirdly dystopian for me.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@emmaatkinson7379 they have these in the accommodation im in but the app doesnt even work on my phone!!! so i cant even do my laundry lol i have to go to a separate laundrette

@Kayla_P99

Жыл бұрын

It's so they can sell your data (in my opinion, knowing what I know about how much data is worth)

@amberisrad

Жыл бұрын

exactlyyy. its so annoying. but i will say as a cruiser i love cruise apps. being able to make an event schedule and make reservations from your phone is very useful!

I don't care about the metaverse, and no one has been able to convince me to care .... This is exactly how I feel about it!

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

Жыл бұрын

I think it's a marketing issue. The "metaverse" isn't a real thing so much as a collective term for any virtual space you can hang out or work in. Many games count as that. I think the crypto bros just completely gate crashed and ruined the term

@Klinkertinlegs

Жыл бұрын

I think it will go the way of 3D TVs. No one could convince most consumers to care about those either.

@laartwork

Жыл бұрын

It's just like when they said computers would be in every household. Then 8 years later there was a magazine cover story about how the computer revolution never happened and most people don't care about having a computer. Or how online shopping will never be a thing. Just because you don't see or understand what it will become doesn't mean it won't. Just give it time.

As a PR major, it's hammered into us to make pitch emails and releases concise. New pet peeve unlocked.

@AdaptiveReasoning

Жыл бұрын

I think the CEOs or someone important enough in management weighs in, demands everything and the kitchen sink be put in there, and the pr person gets stuck.

@hellaSwankkyToo

Жыл бұрын

i'm starting to think a lot of these PR people are self-described, self-taught b|c i too was a print/PR major + press releases are like PR//Journalism 101. there's no way some of these people went to J school or studied mass comm or PR. good luck, BTW! :0)

@AnInnocuousBlueCube

Жыл бұрын

Me: OK, so now we've got the draft, we need to trim this down to just the top priority, most important items, and give it some punch. Client: But it's all important. And so are the notes we buried in this email chain. We need all of it. Oh yeah, and give it some punch.

@tiffanymayer782

Жыл бұрын

@@AdaptiveReasoning One thousand percent. Any PR person who’s pitched to traditional media knows better. The issue is that the person with the final say does not, yet I still gotta put my name as the GD media contact. 🙃

@CainXVII

10 ай бұрын

Still no excuse for having no line breaks

I've seen a couple comments about this already, but I just wanted to add to it so this doesn't get overlooked. As a disabled person, please don't use the term "differently abled." It's condescending to us and meant to make other abled bodied people feel comfortable around disability. Disabled, people with disabilities, disabled person are all better options. We live with it, it's not a surprising or hurtful fact, and disability isn't a dirty word to use.

@valdahlberg5679

Жыл бұрын

It also implies that accommodations aren't needed and super important!

@angie.castle

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, by ppl trying to become more PC, they end up indirectly negating or downplaying a person's lived experience.

@hop-skip-ouch8798

Жыл бұрын

Depends on where you are. In India, differently abled is not a bad word. It's officially used too.

@PsRohrbaugh

Жыл бұрын

As a minimally disabled person, I don't have any strong feelings, but I have felt "differently abled" is supposed to be a reminder that the world should be as accessible as possible for everyone. For example, I'm colorblind. Lots of things are needlessly color-coded, making them artificially inaccessible to me. I can't become a pilot because color-coding is so prevalent, even though there's no actual need for it. So when I hear "differently abled", to me it's a signal to remove those artifical restrictions that TURN A DIFFERENCE *INTO* A DISABILITY. The logic might be completely different for people with more serious disabilities. But that's my personal take.

@appalachiabrauchfrau

Жыл бұрын

I'd much rather only get called cripple than deal with the psychic damage I take when I hear "differently abled." ew same with "housing challenged neighbors" bro I was a dirty hobo, please. Patronizing speech under the guise of gentleness gives me the icks.

Accessibility is often so damn expensive. The Disability Tax is a name some disabled people use, for how much is costs to live in the world when the world isn't built for your body/mind.

@meaganblack1529

Жыл бұрын

Crip Tax if you're nasty. :P

@beckyginger3432

Жыл бұрын

I'm nasty! I use crip tax

The Technics turntable thing is especially funny to me as a producer and DJ. They probably didn’t realize the turntable needed to be grounded, or how to do that, which for what is ostensibly a technology convention, is hilarious.

i totally agree with your point about tech designed for accessibility being absurdly expensive (like why is it $363 to get standard push handles on a tilite wheelchair??) but 'differently abled' is a kinda weird term. idk if that's what they said at the event but generally disabled is the preferred term in the disabled community :)

@Inkinhart

Жыл бұрын

It's absolutely ridiculous how much stuff for disabled people gets priced up. It's generally called the "crip tax" in disability activist circles, and it's just as ridiculous as the pink tax. (Yeah yeah economies of scale or whatever - I still think it's nonsense when you can get a carbon fiber racing bike for cheaper than you can get a carbon fiber wheelchair)

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@Inkinhart yeah absolutely, I knew it was called the crip tax but bc it comes from cripple I didn't want nondisabled ppl to pick up the term not knowing its meaning/history lol!

@Inkinhart

Жыл бұрын

@@whatthehelliot Ah that's a good point!

@Klinkertinlegs

Жыл бұрын

Or you break a bracket or something and they want $$$ for a small piece of metal. Pretty sure I could have parts custom machined by a local small business for less than from the people who make/sell the chair.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@Klinkertinlegs dude yesss and they take like 3 months to send you a tiny easy to make part like...I could've learnt to do it myself at that point lol

I feel like the metaverse is to industry what crypto is to morally dubious influencers. They only see how to in theory make money without knowing if it will be at all sustainable. Also I'm with you in being suspicious of costs when it comes to accessibility. It also makes me wonder how accessible the event was because a lot of companies will talk about helping the disabled but fail to do the most basic things like ensure that the location of the event is accessible.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

this is a super good point!! they had a product mostly marketed to Deaf ppl but did they have sign language interpreters/lip reading seats available?

@shyviolets

Жыл бұрын

I thought metaverse was just Zuckerbergs attempt to corner the VR headset market

@shyviolets

Жыл бұрын

@@jaykingplays okay that's interesting. So there's 3 big players: Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Are they just calling users across all games part of the "metaverse" to inflate numbers? When I Google metaverse it just references the VR app.

I wonder if "digital twin" is when they use all the data they've gathered about the public to straight-up replace them 🥰

@TwatMcGee

Жыл бұрын

lol, no. It refers to a digital recreation of a physical object. So a construction site might 3d scan the building as they go and have a "digital twin".

@xDyxe

Жыл бұрын

Both of you are right. It began as digital twins of objects or systems and now people are thinking of personal digital twins especially in the EU to avoid using "personal data" which is a huge legal hurdle but if its the data of a personal digital twin or alter ego the legality is more gray so effectively companies can still run their surveillance capitalism as normal. Its a pretty big area of research now, not quite deployed as much as things like digital twins of ships which are being tracked today (as I understand)

@mashthebanana

Жыл бұрын

Honestly that reminds me of mystery tv show I really enjoyed called The Capture!! I would say, though, if anyone has a history of delusions about people watching or framing them the show could potentially be triggering.

@drewjay8940

Жыл бұрын

​@@mashthebananathat's also a plot point from King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence. The "ghost" in the so-called "grouch machine" is an AI that was programmed through decades of stalking.

A lot of my LinkedIn connections went to CES, so it kind of took over my feed for a few days. At one point, I was starting to feel like I'd missed out on not going until the LinkedIn algorithm saved me. It showed me two posts about it back to back with one talking about how the event was bad because most of the tech wasn't actually focused on helping people or making positive changes to the world. The second post was super positive about how incredible it was and how game changing the innovations were. That post was from an NFT/metaverse person which basically reassured me that I missed nothing.

I was super impressed by the caption glasses and translator! I'd love to hear more about them. The controller that's customizable to disabled people is also great, but your raise a great point with pricing. It's suprising a lot of companies didn't answer some understandable questions you bring up. Great video as always!

@Chris-zd2zi

Жыл бұрын

I have tried out the pocket translator before CES, it did translation from english to chinese. It can be a bit lackluster, but compared to not being able to communicate it is much better. Now some people did look at me weird when I handed a small device for them to speak into whenever I needed translation. Also some phone apps can already do this but require internet.

@NankitaBR

Жыл бұрын

As someone tha works with professional translation, this terrifies me. I think it is very useful and very good for people vacationing and such, but as soon as it is "good enough" companies will just drop translators altogether regarding of the quality of the translation. And I worry not just for the lost jobs, but also mistranlations can spread around false information very easily and completely change the meaning of things... (anyone that speaks more than 1 language knows what I'm talking about) Like for example, a few hours ago I was looking at a website that had automatica translation (even though I tried to turn it off), and it kept translating "fall" as the verb when it was actually talking about the season. Any translator would pick that up and translate correctly, but not the machine.

@noot-noot-pingu-noot-noot

Жыл бұрын

Xbox put out their adaptive controller a few years ago to make gaming easier for disabled people, and it has extra ports where you can attach any other buttons/controllers/joysticks etc. unfortunately it was pretty expensive when it came out, right now it's on the website for €90 for the base controller, but i think i remember it being more expensive when it was first released. this doesn't include any custom peripherals that people might need, so hopefully Sony can make theirs a bit cheaper but i wouldn't be surprised if it was around the same price point

@TarunoNafs

Жыл бұрын

@Crickets I watched a Japanese TV drama a while ago. In the story, a girl communicate with a guy who has lost his hearing, using an instant captioning app.

@TonyMarzipan

Жыл бұрын

I can see the translator thing being super useful for people who wanted to communicate with family members that don't share a language.

As someone that has work in a few "industry" events, a lot companies hire people just to work at their booths at events, and most of this people only get a small briefing on what the company does/sells (a lot of times there is no one that actuallyworks on the companyon the booth because they spend most pf the time on business meetings or just going around the event, enjoying themselves). So it might be that most of the times that people were trying to just give you a pen and send you away these people probably are just hired for the event and they don't have the information you were looking for and there was no one around that they could call.

@ItCameFromAVlog

Жыл бұрын

This is a great point.

Hermes being a brat is the comedic relief we need in this capitalist nightmare. I love him so much even though he has no idea I exist

As someone who studied media writing and had to write a press release before (they’re a pain) I think Swell is hot on the money with her anecdote! They’re concise and meant to give the information in an cut and dry way. They were not designed for for the social media age. I believe there should be a new form of press release *specifically* designed for the purpose of releasing content to social media/social media influencers! Press Releases historically were used in print forms of media like newspapers, journals, etc. I think this is something that needs adapted for the change in time because of the drastic shift in the way we consume media.

@camivilches3321

Жыл бұрын

I agree! As someone who worked in that diaspora, press releases are usually written for printed media and not internet/content creators

@icanyoucanthaha

Жыл бұрын

100%, as a journalist I very much prefer basic, straight to the point press releases with all the info I need over those extra “creative” press releases I receive sometimes where you have to hunt for an important information

Last year turned into a superspreader event. My entire company basically got taken out all in one shot. Thankfully i was lucky enough to not be invited.

I'm so interested in the translation/CC glasses, that sounds like sci-fi technology. And so useful too

@msjkramey

Жыл бұрын

I know right? And we've had voice to text on our phones for a while. How has no one thought to do this before???

@audriraine7867

Жыл бұрын

imagine if it could advance to directly translate other languages into your mother tongue! that would seriously be a game changer

I was so confused when Amanda mentioned Gran Torino, thinking Clint Eastwood was making a movie with Sony. But I think she meant Gran Turismo

@RBNinja

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I was like "the movie where Clint Eastwood is racist?" But I looked at it and saw it was about cars. I know Amanda isn't a gamer, so she probably just didn't catch it or care.

@thomaslienert4225

Жыл бұрын

I was trying to bridge the gap, how do they get the Clint Eastwood character into racing, until it clicked. Maybe it was all the shots.

@LucidFlight

Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed for a Gran Torino racing simulator.

@thomaslienert4225

Жыл бұрын

@@LucidFlight It's all fun and games as you long as you stay off the lawn /on the track.

Thank you! I hate how many screens are in cars now. My 2017 hyundai elantra was wrecked so I bought a 2023 hyundai sonata and my gosh. The screen in that thing is so big. I had to turn the brightness down on everything too cuz it was so distracting to drive at night and now I'm the jerk with binding headlights I can't tone down. Feels like I have my high beams on at all times.

@shelbymp13

Жыл бұрын

And that's the standard now! I went from a 2012 kia soul to a 2022 kia sorento and felt like I was in a spaceship. I did the same thing as you, turned down the brightness. I wish I could easily adjust the headlight brightness, too. So freaking bright man.

@Klinkertinlegs

Жыл бұрын

I wish some company would create cars with the benefit of modern safety standards without the “benefit” of modern amenities. I want a safe car, but I don’t want a wall of screens either. Heck, I still prefer manual windows since they are cheaper to fix.

@rechtrecht

Жыл бұрын

My dad was thinking about a new Hyundai as well, something electric preferably but he specifically wants something that's durable which he can use to haul a trailer through a forest if needed. We borrowed a friend's brand new car and Jesus, all these things were confusing. Going from a 2006 Volvo XC90 that was an experience. Especially the lights! The normal light was more intense than his long distance light. He decided to keep his car because the ones they offer don't have the power to pull as much as needed and are just too good to be used like he wants to

The "water from air" device is a dehumidifier with some minerals added. They are terrible for the environment, and make water obscenely more expensive than just opening your tap, or even buying a water cooler jug if you don't like your tap water. They are dumb in all ways.

@nicolescats2

Жыл бұрын

They seem worth it in the UAE. They rely on desalination for their drinking water there, so taking moisture out of the air instead of having more hazardous salty brine doesn't seem so bad. Sure it's less efficient than desalination, but if you were looking into a dehumidifier anyway it could be a nifty product. Now if you live in a normal city that isn't an affront to the environment, it likely isn't for you. But if the groundwater isn't there or is too salty to drink, maybe. (at least the date palms in Abu Dhabi can handle brackish water, reduces the strain on the water plants)

@molybdomancer195

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolescats2 how much water is there in the air in places like the UAE? There’s a reason why they have little rainfall

@nicolescats2

Жыл бұрын

@@molybdomancer195 Average humidity in Abu Dhabi/Dubai/rest of costal UAE is 60%. The population centers of their country are mostly along the coast. If you live more inland, you have less humidity but don't have to worry as much about seawater infiltration of ground water. Which means you might have to ration well water in an emergency, instead of having to use the sun to desalinate seawater or ground water intended for agriculture. Some groundwater near the coasts is still freshwater, so a soldier might bring you some. If you still had power, you could try drinking the condensation from your AC, or you could use a "water from air" special dehumidifier. That dehumidifier would likely take less power than an AC, potentially allowing it to run off a set of fold up solar panels intended for hiking.

@tzarcoal1018

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolescats2 The efficiency is terrible and AFAIK there is not much room to innovate to improve the efficiency, you just run against fundamental principals of chemistry/physics. Even in a place like the UAE where they have plenty of cash, i feel like the math just does not check out. Desalination is more affordable and with desalination is also a higher chance to improve the process in the future to make it more efficient. Air Dehumidifier re-marketed as a water provider are an old trope and clearly something that should ring the "scam alert" bells.

I feel like it's very telling that a lot of companies didn't have answers for the consumer's point of view. The point of going to an expo like this would probably be to try to interest investors in a lot of ways, and the implication that most investors either just forget to ask or don't care about how consumers would actually feel or interact with the product is very telling for the current state of startup and investment culture. So many companies are used to investors just throwing money at them if something just Sounds Cool, and then when the product actually comes out it's invasive or not useful enough that it doesn't actually have a market and things just flop. I hear more and more about that happening. I think it's good to have more people associated with media and investment actually asking these questions because it seems like people who consider themselves 'investors' have generally forgotten that they're important to ask. That also might be why there seems to be less innovation in the American market than in international markets- American entrepreneurs don't have to actually innovate to get investor money, or they just need to make something that goes along with the hottest tech trends, even if those trends mean nothing outside of the start up/entrepreneur culture in general. The tech sphere feels like it's becoming more and more disconnected from actual consumers.

I would say your booth experience is pretty much the experience at most (non-comic book/fandom) conventions. Some people go for other reason and will go around for the “swag”. I did this in college at scientific conventions (best things were lab timers and water bath floaties). At first I made an effort to talk to everyone but I realized sometimes it is better not to do that. If it was a company that i knew I wouldn’t need/work with it was just wasting both our time and energy. If you have 10,000 people coming to your booth it is going to get tiring to talk to people, especially if you know they are not someone who will be a client or help your company.

8:02 The movie you were talking about is Gran Turismo, you kept saying Gran Torino and I briefly thought it was weird they were revealing a remake of the Clint Eastwood movie at CES

As someone who has worked booths at CES and beyond, people who werent interested in talking with you was likely because their target audience for interactions are VCs/people with significant sums of money for investment. Usually big companies tell front liners to not talk to the media and instead refer them to a designated person. Ontop of that, you're often evaluated on how many relevant badge scans you get for biz dev purposes.

I'm glad you bring up the ethics issues surrounding these discussions. I also can't wait to see your AVN review! Definitely would be interesting to see such a wide array of tech in one event.

Unironically, the subtitle and translation glasses/tech are seriously cool if they actually work outside of conventions.

ngl the autocaption glasses and the translator was really cool and honestly a must have for the modern era. especially with translating since it's a real hassle to learn a language when modern life is so busy nowadays

My son is deaf. Those captioning glasses would be everything.

People don't want to waste their time and if they don't think you are serious or a potential ally, then they won't want to waste their time talking to you. That's why you should always send the sales folks to these things. They have never met a stranger and they can get their contact information in a very smooth, natural way. They are generally very well educated on the company and products and if they don't know, they are more than happy to do a follow up after finding out the answer. I've done some industry events and there's a big difference between office staff and sales reps manning the booth. Starts up may just have to use who they have and they may not be as personable.

9:09 the exoskeleton sounds like the robot Sigourney Weaver pilots in Aliens. Can’t imagine this being cheaper or safer than forklifts. It’s a fun, sci-fi type fantasy of “Look at how new technology can enhance the human body’s capabilities!” or whatever but has very little real world application. Maybe it could be useful in some other context though. Idk. Either workers will continue to use forklifts or (like Swell said) just be replaced by robots. The only idea that actually excites me is the translation glasses. They could be life changing for so many people. So long as they’re not too expensive, like those reading pens.

The pool cleaning robot sounds super cool. I wonder how they clean the sides

Lol as someone who works events, talking to people about their product is very normal and polite. But a lot of people go in opposite extremes of either completely ignoring the person greeting them at the booth or trying to tell you their life story

@SurveyTurtleGaming

Жыл бұрын

I work in IT but I'm pretty young (still in college) so when I go to these sorts of trade shows I always ask a ton of questions that probably sound super oblivious to the professionals working there. Also talk to everyone so I can grab as much merch as possible. Once got a yoga mat from Google that was supposed to be in a raffle but they just gave it to me because I was the only one who had a real conversation with them.

So glad you got to try Kizik! I have some accessibility issues with being able to bend down, so tying my shoes can be really hard for me. I got a pair of Kiziks and absolutely love them. Great company with a very cool product.

Digital twins are frankly fascinating and I’m very interested in how we can utilize them for urban planning and the like. Potentially EXTREMELY dystopian, but I am still at least kind of excited.

@flippanties

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Digital twins could be fantastic for preserving the image of land lost to rising sea levels (like Tuvalu), and could have great use in certain scientific fields like geology, as well as your point of urban planning. It could, however, just end up another Metaverse type deal or some Matrix bullshit.

As someone with an audio processing issue, the real time captioning glasses sound cool as hell, genuinely.

I am looking forward to the health startup video! I would especially like to see coverage of the privacy issues with companies not covered by HIPAA.

One more comment; I was reminded of another channel I follow (RegularCarReviews) and one of the more enlightening episodes was when they were invited to their first auto shows as official "press" and they discovered that companies were handing out USB drives with basically pre-written articles for the journos to post. Like Swell, they were the only ones at the event actually talking to the presenters and taking down notes, while every other person was basically treating it like a free vacation...which it effectively was...

I love you listing all of the different companies you observed, stare off, thinking, say "Hermie" I'm like "Oh what company is that?" Next cut, you're holding a dog "Ah the best kind of company"

As someone living outside US, love it when KZreadr I watch cover CES. Especially when the event expanding the invite to non tech KZreadrs. thank you for giving a normal person view, Amanda. ❤

“I don’t boat”. Without a doubt my favorite line this video.

Never heard of CES before this video so they definitely should invite you back lol.

@good-tn9sr

Жыл бұрын

everybody that’s mildly interested in tech knows about it, even the largest youtubers talk about it, like MKBHD or Linus tech tips

Okay, but the translator and the close caption glasses actually sound really cool! I know so many people with audio processing issues (including myself) so close caption glasses sound absolutely incredible! Also, anything that makes communication easier in general is always a win in my book.

The pool cleaner has been a thing for a while. My work has one and they’ve had it for years now, we named him roger.

@puppylove2

Жыл бұрын

Right!? One our old house had one. Pushing 2 decades ago.

@phoenixfritzinger9185

11 ай бұрын

My aunt has one of those pool robots named Jimmy

I'm focused on something you mentioned only briefly: the groups that make a big deal about how you 'don't need a bachelor's degree to make money.' I get what they're trying to do, but they tend to come off rather insulting to those of us who have graduate degrees. I've had someone argue that he's insulting less than 1% of the population, so he's not too worried about it. 1.2% to be exact, and that's not the point. If everybody stopped getting higher degrees, there would suddenly be no more medical doctors or therapists available for the other 97.8% of the population. I just find it to be an extreme undervaluation of education and a terrible marketing strategy. Thank you for coming to my rant of a TED talk.

@annas2487

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s intended to be an insult to those who have degrees, just a reminder to those who may not be able to afford to go to school (or don’t for other reasons) that they can still live decent lives, despite what we are told our entire lives. I think it’s a good sentiment, however weird execution

Tech conventions are the biggest goalposts of “you know what, eat the rich”

Two things that stood out to me were the caption glasses and the translation earbud. I feel like if those two companies got together, it’d be even better

22:51 The idea of investing came to mind for me too-I looked up the pool cleaning bots and the accessible shoes company but couldn't find anything about that immediately...I know some of these companies must be smaller or not publicly available but I'd really like to invest in them too, the ones that seem like they are /doing/ something. Totally agreed.

8:01 Gran Torino is a Clint Eastwood movie. Gran Turismo is the one with race-cars. I also just learned that neither of them are "grand" just "gran", huh wild world

hi! i noticed you used the term differently abled when talking about the video game equipment that sony is developing. i don't speak for all disabled people, but generally the preferred term is disabled instead of differently abled. disabled isn't a slur and is completely fine to use! i'm sure you didn't mean it this way, but differently abled can come off as condescending. just letting you know!!

@audreygilmore7408

Жыл бұрын

This! It's not a bad word

@tf7602

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the company themselves said differently abled? If you market stuff as explicitly for disabled people, the products might need to be certified as medical products/assistance products. Not sure about the legalese.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

@@tf7602 I don't think so, plus saying 'differently abled' as well as the fact that it's clearly an accessible controller would remove any doubt that it was for disabled ppl

i was really excited about you talking about those captioning glasses. they would be extremely good for hard of hearing/deaf folks

@tatiana4050

Жыл бұрын

I can imagine them rolling them out on subscription basis. And increasing the subscription with each update. Making the glasses stop working If you don't update them

@DieuwertjeSara

Жыл бұрын

@@tatiana4050 I expect once the whole glasses idea becomes an actual product there will be diy open source projects if the price is to high. It basically is the idea of Google glass with speech to text functionality. If it can be recorded with a phone it can be shown on another display. The same happened when an automatic insulin level detectors and administer device became super expensive. But it would probably mean a lower quality product and a bigger time investment for those who cannot afford the original. I have high hopes the open source community will come trough in this case

@tatiana4050

Жыл бұрын

@@DieuwertjeSara well insulin monitors are available in NHS in UK forexample. Wonder if same would be for glasses. Or like with hearing aid where there could be big deduction.

@whatthehelliot

Жыл бұрын

yeah I'd love them, would take the pressure off from lipreading for sure! however, there may be problems bc they are glasses, a good chunk of deaf ppl can't wear glasses for a variety of reasons. they can interfere with hearing aids, plus some deaf ppl just don't have ears at all! so glasses might not be the best form for this tech.

The exoskeleton for warehouse work is a good thing. Repetitive motions with heavy weight can destroy your body before you're 40. They sell it as "you'll save money from workers comp" because that's the only way bosses and owners are going to give a shit

AM/FM Radio as a subscription service. The end times are here.

It’s good to know that CES hasn’t changed. I did CES for years. They most definitely will let you back in. I had a lot of nostalgia to hear you talk about the various halls. The cars are still in the west hall. The thought of going now is utterly exhausting. I’m so glad that my current job doesn’t require it.

We have some really gorgeous VR games, so what is it about metaverse that means it has to look like it's running on a potato?

@7RStudios

Жыл бұрын

Tied to Stand Alone HMDs unfortunately. As Meta wants stand alone and they just don't have the needed processing power, we get uh. 2008 Nintendo graphics. Though I also work with VR and the headsets are surprisingly powerful, and definately more capable than Zuck and Co are developing them at. My other guess is that it's to avoid Uncanny Valley effects, but that's just speculation.

I didn’t expect a CES video from Swell, but the more she talked about it the more sense it started to make. Can’t wait to see the other videos that come of this!

I’m surprised that more companies aren’t trying out AR when VR is what it is currently, like yeah the meta verse is “emerging” but Meta is a really wealthy company and the fact that they aren’t really doing anything to make the visuals at least a little more appealing. With AR (the stuff like the captioning glasses) the only thing people need to worry about wrt visuals are fonts/image placement/etc and it gets people away from being stuck to a headset they may not want to use

@vernath5609

Жыл бұрын

Idk I just think AR is a more worthwhile investment for tech companies to look into with todays societal preferences

@7RStudios

Жыл бұрын

There's also a massive ethics concern in this space. While AR glasses seem harmless, we live in a capitalist society and there are no laws saying I can't try to sell you a Big Mac while you're driving by attaching that ad to your face. Theres also the whole battery thing. I'm actually very proud of all these companies for forgoing AR development.

@vernath5609

Жыл бұрын

@@7RStudios I don’t necessarily disagree, but to oppose that, we could have AR goggles/etc have a way of knowing when you’re driving/in a car and block out all incoming signals like that, otherwise I just think Holograms would be neat to be expanded upon

@7RStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@vernath5609 while it is definately possible, there will be a lot of pushback from late stage capitalism. We already have phones that have perminant ads baked into them.

Is anyone else UwU for Swell to protect us from innovation that's really just a human rights violation? 🥺

@Red-sp3lv

Жыл бұрын

How do I join the cause?

@justinhamilton8647

Жыл бұрын

🥺🥺🥺

@Michelle_Wellbeck

Жыл бұрын

She should invest in the human rights violation companies

@trollymctrollface

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Swell should become a majority shareholder and force them to change their evil ways 🍝🐐

I work in BI and had to sit in on a sales pitch from a consumer data company that kept bragging about how the data was all provided by their receipt scanning app and the customers all agreed to it tracking all their activity on their phone, not just the stuff they directly input in the app. The data company was under a different name than the app so I had to do some digging to find the app name, and I wasn't able to find anything suggesting that people were aware that the app was selling all the information from all their emails, their google searches, the social media use, etc in exchange for a few pennies per scanned receipt. I'm usually very "whatever" about companies potentially selling my information, but finding out that these little apps are tracking all this information and then turning around and selling it to anyone who would give them the time of day made even me paranoid.

@morganburt2565

Жыл бұрын

check out the documentary CITIZEN4, free on youtube

I'm impressed with how you really made the most with that Vegas trip. Two conventions at the same time?! Exhausting, but a brilliant use of resources.

I think that if I were the organizers of this event I would really want to have videos like yours openly talking about how the latest tech feels kinda cop-out at times and that it’s really a dime a dozen for worthwhile developments that would be beneficial. I think it would really light a fire under people’s asses to cater towards what real people want and move a lot of people away from this misguided notion of what the common person wants. However, I think that’s not realistically what a lot of these tech-bro’s and tech giants are going to be wanting because these people invested in the metaverse and NFT’s are a big part of their audience these days and a big portion of the people that end up at their event. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’d like to go just because I’m someone in the chemistry field who is also interested in chemistry’s contribution towards sustainability and cleaner energy, as it’s something i’m currently researching, but I think it would overall not be worth the money unless I were sent to attend and most of my expenses were paid for.

Definitely super interested in the accessibility aids, little annoyed to see them working on a new gaming controller but not list the price, which means you can bet it's probably going to have a price tag near $1000 or some obscene amount

Love that you heard “bowling” when they said “boating” 😂😂😂

8:00 it's giving grandma walking into GameStop to get 'the new Gran Torino game' for her grandkids 😂💀

Congrats on being official media!

I'm very interested to hear more about the translator and caption glasses you talked about!! I love language learning so I'm def interested in the translator and it's capabilities

I work in a hair product manufacturing plant as an engineer and work with a lot of our digital systems. A digital twin is when you completly map your process with sensors and then have all sensor data feeding into the database live. This gives you a 'twin' of your process built completely digitally. With the 'twin' you can apply data modeling, summarized data displays, etc.

I can confirm what they mentioned about Kiziks - switched to them after wearing through a lot of shoes due to slipping them on and off instead of untying them. Most shoes I owned previously wore out after about two years, to the point that they got holes right through the bottom - my current pair is going on 4 years, with no wear to the treads or the back of the heel. Personally, I think that’s pretty impressive, comparatively. My one complaint is that I did find that the black dye of the fabric part could stain other things when cleaning them. I didn’t notice them losing any color when I did, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

This kind of stuff usually bores me, but you always manage to make it entertaining

I love these brutality honest reviews it gives us consumers a good perspective on whatever it is that companies are trying to sell us but on the other hand if I was a company and saw that you were at one of my Events I would shit my pants or make sure everything is 100%

I thought I saw you at CES but immediately doubted myself as it doesn't seem like your kind of event!! You walked right past my booth since it's not public and therefore boring outside^^

@podenco

Жыл бұрын

For the record, I agree with all your conclusions about CES. They'll definitely let you back because there are very harsh critics of the event that still go since in the end the fact they talked about the silly urine tracking devices (can't believe you didn't mention them) negatively still means more people now know these brands As a little insider scoop, the show floors are not the reason for CES. They're a lot of glitz and glamour but they honestly don't say THAT much and definitely don't feel super innovative most of the time. The real event happens behind closed doors, it's a reason for these companies to be in the same place and have a week of meetings in person that you'll never hear about. Only the startups really have something to gain by getting media attention from the event while other bigger organizations only are there to talk to each other and strike deals. I personally wouldn't go if I weren't an exhibitor because the show floors feel exhaustingly massive and yet empty with the hollow claims and incremental improvements on products ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I have a couple pairs of the Kizik shoes, and I love them. I'm just lazy and hate bending over to put on my shoes!

Any advancement with real time translations is impressive to me. I would feel so much more comfortable traveling if I wasnt going in with no way to communicate with the local language. It hasent been a huge problem because most folks ive met traveling have at least basic English skills to do business with me, but it would be amazing to fully understand, and they understand back.

ALSO, many people speak about bad experiences at CES, the secret is to always be truthful and don't exaggerate. CES appreciates honest people pointing out issues. (Unlike certain NYC conventions that just double down and make the experiences ....less appealing)

Hopefully they realise that you are exactly the kind of person they need at their event. These are the kind of questions the consumer needs answered in order for us to give them money.

The auto-captioning glasses sound amazing and something I’ve talked about wanting as someone with auditory processing issues, but they would need to work with my glasses as I can’t get by without them, and ideally I’d want them to be less obvious looking.

omg so glad to see you recognizing and calling out these stupid / shady companies, great vid as always!

omg yes THANK YOU - as a journalist that gets press releases constantly, I fully agree with your assessment.

OMG the captioning glasses would make my life with Auditory Processing Disorder so much easier! I'm gonna keep my eye out for those!

Hi Swell! From someone who is also looking at interesting companies to invest in down the road, one that seems really cool is Recylico (formerly American Manganese) they can take old dead lithium batteries (like from a Tesla or something) and recycle it back into new batteries with less than 1% loss. They can actually do it with most materials, and they sell the process instead of making the material themselves… long term I think it’s the only way we stop mining things from the earth all together, definitely something interesting if you want to look into it! Love your content!

I went to the NAB conference in vegas at the convention center last year and there were a few companies there showing monitoring software and cameras and stuff it was definitely freaky. And this was a public event too it felt so out of place

those pool cleaning robots have existed for years - when i was a KID my grandma had one - looked just like theirs!!

Yoooo i remember hearing about break dancing becoming an Olympic sport !!!! You’re the first non dancer online I’ve heard mention this

I love ces! Although this year I felt like people didn’t cover enough stuff. Maybe because of how recently it happened but it still annoys me. I felt like for the most part people covered tvs and computers which makes sense because there’s a lot but most of it is just boring :/ so thank you for talking about it!

@I_like_Plants130

Жыл бұрын

It’s also just really big so that probably played a part

on VR headsets. as an actual semi regular user of one - I don't give a damn personaly what it looks like. there is just absolutely no way to look not dorky in one of those, the only way VR becomes less dorky is when we get something like a holodeck. what i DO care about is weight and comfort. and for the love of god - better adjustability. right now, as much as I enjoy beat saber and a few other VR games - I can only play for so long before I have to stop, not because my body is tired, but because my eyes and head overall are starting to hurt. no attachment have been able to fix it so far. and with the shape of my head - either I tighten it to the point of pain... or light gets through the bottom. and the fact that there are only 3 spots that you can move your lenses to in oculus at least? means that there is no position for me that is genuinely good, there is only a setting that is bad and less bad. forget what it looks like on the outside. seriously. make. it. genuinely. COMFORTABLE. /end rant

You are always so well spoken and agreeable!!! Gosh I love your videos

For what it's worth, please just say "disabled". "Differently abled" is... not a nice term to use. Disabled isn't a bad word!

@emmaatkinson7379

Жыл бұрын

She's got the spirit in that she doesn't want to be hurtful - "differently abled" is more cringe than offensive to my ears. When spotted in the wild I think it's well-meaning. Just - no disabled person talks like that lol. Disabled isn't a slur. But I can't blame anyone for getting that wrong really, the disabled community isn't that big and we're silenced so often, so a lot of able-bodied people never interact with us and don't learn it that way. What matters is listening after being corrected, I guess

@audreygilmore7408

Жыл бұрын

Was just about to comment this

@skylarkblue1

Жыл бұрын

@@emmaatkinson7379 "differently abled" was made by abled people who've never spoken to anyone disabled in their life lol. It's a product of the "people getting offended on other people's behalfs". Abled people didn't like to hear "disabled" and felt that was a bad thing so they wanted to call it something else. I don't think I've ever heard an actual disabled person, in any capacity, use "differently abled" aha. That particular fight is one of the largest and longest I've seen from the disabled community and honestly, I've been hearing it less and less recently outside the community. So it was just quite a suprise to hear it here lol.

@emmaatkinson7379

Жыл бұрын

@Sky yeah I've had the same fight about "person with autism" vs "autistic person". The only people who seem bothered by these terms are the able-bodied/allistics! I'm not bothered by it, I've wanted to scream, you are! And yeah it's more infantilisation than anything from the people who came up with the term. These days I figure it's used by people who just don't know better but who do mean well. I'd rather have those guys than the straight-up eugenicists, but that's a low bar.

@msjkramey

Жыл бұрын

I don't mind either. They're synonyms

It's interesting to get that kind of reaction as a content creator, as tech influencers literally go every year and have massive audiences. Like, Linus Tech Tips is has over 15 million subs alone. Like, why wouldn't you want to get that kind of free advertising?

just so you know, its grand turismo, a gran turino is an old car and a movie from 2008, grand turismo is a racing game series

Digital Twins, at least in my world (automotive), usually refers to a highly detailed simulation of something that exists in the real world. In the case of automotive, it’s usually a highly detailed scan of a real place with roads, other forms of transport (buses, trains, etc) that you can then put another digital twin of an autonomous car into and see how well it works.

A monthly subscription for AM/FM radio??? 😂 What is BMW on lol

The pool cleaning robot is an idea from Love, Death & Robots. The idea might seem original to the creators (they had no intent of stealing the idea) but we are really just recreating Black Mirror in real time