KEY POINTS

  • Samsung will showcase the projects from its Creative Lab at CES 2020
  • C-Lab is the company's incubation program that introduced in 2012
  • Among interesting projects includes piBo, a humanoid robot developed as a companion robot

South Korea tech giant Samsung has an in-house incubator program it calls Creative Lab or C-Lab. Over the years, it has developed a reputation for developing off the wall innovations. For next year, it has a list of exciting projects, which it plans to showcase at the CES 2020.

Since Samsung introduced the Creative Lab in 2012, it has created projects like an AI-driven desk lamp, a 360-degree wearable camcorder, and a recording app mainly designed for the ASMR crowd. Ahead of its next month’s showcase, Samsung pulled the curtain up to let the consumers see some of the things that it will showcase at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

One of the projects that quickly attracts attention is SelfieType. It is an odd spin on a current idea. Laser-projected keyboards are used with the front camera of Samsung Galaxy smartphone instead of relying on an external Bluetooth device. The only problem with this project is that users would be typing blind because no keyboard is projected on the surface.

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Like the person in the picture, we've yet to know what the new device is truly capable of. Pictured: A visitor talks on his mobile phone as he walks past the Samsung stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 25, 2019. - Phone makers will focus on foldable screens and the introduction of blazing fast 5G wireless networks at the world's biggest mobile fair starting February 25 in Spain as they try to reverse a decline in sales of smartphones. AFP/Getty Images/Gabriel Bouys

Another project that has an adorable vibe is the piBo. It is a humanoid robot companion developed to make living alone a little less lonely. It can chat, offer suitable responses based on the user’s facial expression or the topic. piBo could also sing and dance and has a slogan, ‘cute robot always with you.’

SunnySide is another C-Lab project with a shape similar to a window. It allows artificial sunlight to pass through, loaded with all the essential vitamins that our body needs. This device can mount on walls and can double as a picture frame. According to Samsung, SunnySide “helps users synthesize vitamin D from indoors or in places where there isn’t a sufficient amount of sunlight without worrying about skin ageing or sunburn.”

The South Korea tech and electronics giant is proud of the innovations that were developed in its Creative Lab or C-Lab incubation program. Some of these projects have become businesses. Few of these projects have successfully landed into the consumer market after it was formally removed from the company’s name.

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