在过去的三年中，台湾科学技术部（MOST）将初创公司带入了CES。今年，它与台湾科技竞技场组织的虚拟展馆将接待100家初创公司，分为五个类别：智能生活，公益科技，网络安全和云，医疗保健和移动科技。在两次新闻发布会期间，有24家初创公司预览了他们的CES演示文稿，从而预示了展馆的展示内容。
在周日的新闻发布会上，科技部负责人吴宗松表示，展馆的目标是帮助初创企业拓展更多市场并寻找国际投资者。他补充说：“投资台湾初创企业意味着投资台湾。”
在周日的台湾科技竞技场新闻发布会上介绍的初创企业：
All Good Energy为电动汽车电池提供了一个开放平台，可实现IoT功能并与云保持持续通信。这使用户可以监视电池性能以及剩余电量。它的开放平台可通过API访问电池数据，并且已集成到台湾的货运船队中。
艾菲斯说，平均而言，护士需要一次照顾9名患者，接听数十个电话。这家初创公司提供了一个智能病房解决方案，该解决方案具有即插即用的智能护士呼叫系统Aipha Call，可帮助他们更快地做出响应。另一个功能称为Aipha-Eye，可检测火灾或跌倒等紧急情况。该系统可以在五天内部署。 Aiphas已与台湾六家顶级医院建立了合作关系，目前在国立台湾大学医院北湖分院使用。
Crypto-Arsenal是基于云的自动加密交易平台，可让用户开发，回测，模拟和实时交易其算法交易策略。为了降低交易者风险，它在区块链上使用了智能合约，因此交易者仅需在获得利润时就向开发商付款。该平台处于公开测试阶段，迄今已有700位用户，他们在三个交易竞争中获利10,000美元。 Crypto-Arsenal与国立台湾大学合作，并由Binance赞助，并将于2021年第二季度正式启动。
Koup以“圆度”为目标进行性能磨损，换言之，它使用的可回收材料将来可以重新用作可用材料。 Koup穿着Cinnamon衬衫在Kickstarter上亮相。每个产品都使用八个塑料瓶中的材料，这些材料先制成颗粒，然后再纺成纤维和肉桂粉，作为天然抗菌剂以消除秩序。
Uniigym提供了一个互动健身服务，其中包含1,000多个健身课程，可以通过智能电视或互联网机顶盒以及社区功能在线播放。它提供两种产品：Uniihome（用于家庭锻炼的健身课程）和Uniicube（可使用投影仪创建虚拟环境）。目前在台湾有售，它将于今年在国际上推出。
周二主题演讲中预览的初创企业
流动性
3Drens是面向商业车队所有者的数据驱动的物联网平台，包括物流和车辆租赁。它使资产管理，预防性维护，驾驶员行为优化和行程管理成为可能。该平台是可定制的，并包含开放数据，以提高运营效率并降低成本。
GenkiTek提供的驾驶员监控系统可以检测到潜在的干扰，例如进餐，饮水或打电话，并向公司和驾驶员发送警报，以减少事故发生。它收集了数十万张驾驶员图像，以训练其AI系统的深度神经网络来分析驾驶员行为。
Dartrays的WHUD II是具有专利光路设计的挡风玻璃HUD（平视显示器）。它可以投影最多两到三米的图像，并且足够小，可以安装为售后设备。它可以投射信息，以帮助驾驶员看到信息，而不会把视线移开。
空间拓扑技术开发了用于移动设备的定位技术。它声称拥有电子商务行业中用于室内定位的最大地图池。它的解决方案可帮助品牌制定其离线到在线策略，因为许多人都离线购物，在网上购买商品之前先检查商品。该平台分析重复的客户行为，并包括品牌参与工具，例如按地理位置定位的奖励计划。
卫生保健
CloudMed制造了iCare，这是一种8合1传感器，可以使用PPG光学传感器和ECG电极检测八种生物特征，包括年龄，心率，脉搏波传播时间，透析和收缩压，氧饱和度以及疲劳度和压力水平。
OFLO是一种基于云的对讲机，为一线工作人员创建，他们在工作时无法看屏幕。该公司将OFLO称为世界上第一台双骨传导可穿戴设备，与传统的对讲机不同，它具有更长的距离，无限的频道，并连接到具有自动记录，转录和跨平台通信功能的软件。
Pulxion是一家“个性化流动医院”，可检测中风的警告信号。作为一种用于患者的一线筛查设备，它可以进行运动分析，监视脉搏并进行颈部扫描，以评估用户发生中风的风险。
网络安全和云解决方案
ArcRan的iSecV机顶盒是一种车用万物（V2X）的网络安全解决方案，可监视包括WiFi，Zigbee，蜂窝V2X和专用短距离通信在内的射频信号，以检测异常行为。如果出现任何问题，它会发出警告，旨在使智慧城市更安全，而又不影响现有基础设施。
雪崩计算为中小型企业的AI专家提供了性能优化的工作流程，可帮助他们重新设计算法并部署AI模型。它可以在多个GPU上以并行或分布式模型训练AI模型。
I.X R2的产品是一种无线安全徽章，内部带有加密密钥，结合了物理密钥和软件。 3合1徽章具有登录身份验证，数据加密和门入口的功能。用户拥有自己的加密密钥，因此他们可以通过一个平台管理门的入口和安全性。
Tresl是Shopify上品牌商的电子商务分析平台，旨在为他们提供与大型零售商相同的洞察力，从而可以增加重复收入。它具有预先构建的细分和可行的见解。
科技造福
Ganzin是基于AI的眼动跟踪解决方案，可集成到AR / VR设备和智能眼镜中。轻巧，紧凑的模块由Qualcomm XR或Ganzin的内部处理器提供动力。
NUWA机器人平台的Kebbi Air是一款基于AI的社交机器人，带有一个开发平台，可让品牌为其创建交互式内容。该产品针对儿童，目前在台湾600所学校中用于STEAM和语言教育。机器人可以识别面部，物体，手势，声源，语音和环境环境。
PlayNitride的micro LED显示器可提高60％的透明度，可用于汽车显示器，可穿戴设备和显示器。
Honeywld的MyGuardian是可穿戴设备，用于自动跌倒警报。它旨在帮助与护理院，护理中心或医院中的老年人一起工作的护士和个人助理提供24小时监控。
智慧生活
FiduciaEdge通过提高边缘设备的安全级别来帮助智慧城市保持数据私密性。用例包括智能城市交通系统和制造业。
Eleclean的Share消毒设备具有可更换的瓶子，可将水变成具有过氧化氢和羟自由基的消毒剂。瓶子与智能控制底座配对，并具有内置的NFC，因此用户可以通过使用智能手机应用程序对其进行扫描来检查消毒剂的有效期或仍可以使用多少次。
Goama允许开发人员将休闲电竞游戏集成到其应用中，以提高参与度，降低客户获取成本并提高品牌知名度。
Interxie创建了用于家庭的储能系统，该系统与新的或现有的可再生能源系统集成在一起，以管理电力，避免停电并调整能源的使用。与电池系统的集成还可以帮助降低能源成本。
From crypto trading and home workouts to EV batteries and microLED displays, CES’ Taiwan startups cover a wide range of tech
For the past three years, the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has brought startups to CES . This year, its virtual pavilion, organized with Taiwan Tech Arena, is hosting 100 startups, organized into five categories: Smart Living, Tech for Good, Cybersecurity and Cloud, Healthcare and Wellness, and Mobility Tech. During two press events, 24 startups previewed their CES presentations, giving a sneak peek at what the pavilion will showcase.
In a press conference on Sunday, MOST’s head, Wu Tsung-tsong, said the pavilion’s goal is to help startups expand into more markets and find international investors. “Investing in Taiwanese startups means investing Taiwan,” he added.
Startups that presented during Taiwan Tech Arena’s press conference on Sunday:
All Good Energy provides an open platform for electric vehicle batteries that enables IoT functionality and constant communication with the cloud. This allows users to monitor battery performance and how much charge is left. Its open platform provides access to battery data through APIs and has been integrated into cargo fleets in Taiwan.
Aiphas says on average, nurses need to take care of nine patients at once, answering dozens of calls. The startup makes a smart ward solution, with a plug and play smart nurse call system called Aipha Call that helps them respond faster. Another feature, called Aipha-Eye, detects emergencies like fires or falls. The system can be deployed in five days. Aiphas has developed relationships with six top hospitals in Taiwan and is currently used in National Taiwan University Hospital’s Bei-Hu Branch.
Crypto-Arsenal is a cloud-based automatic crypto trading platform that lets users develop, backtest, simulate and live-trade their algorithmic trading strategies. To reduce trader risk, it uses smart contracts on the blockchain so traders only need to pay developers when they get profits. The platform is in public beta, with 700 users so far, who have made $10,000 USD in profit in three trading competitons. Crypto-Arsenal is partnered with National Taiwan University and sponsored by Binance, and will officially launch in the second quarter of 2021.
Koup makes performance wear with the aim of “circularity”—in other words, it uses recycled materials that can be recyled back into usable material in the future. Koup launched on Kickstarter with the Cinnamon shirt. Each one uses material from eight plastic bottles that is turned into pellets before being spun into fiber and cinnamon as a natural antimicrobial to eliminate order.
Uniigym provides an interactive fitness service with more than 1,000 fitness classes that can be streamed online, through smart TVs or internet set-top boxes, and community features. It offers two products: Uniihome, fitness classes for home workouts, and Uniicube, which creates virtual environments with a projector. Currently available in Taiwan, it will launch internationally this year.
Startups that previewed during a keynote on Tuesday
Mobility
3Drens is a data-driven IoT platform for commercial fleet owners, including logistics and vehicle rental. It enables asset management, preventative maintenace, driver behavior optimization and itinerary management. The platform is customizable and includes open data to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs.
GenkiTek offers driver monitoring system that can detect potential distractions like eating, drinking or phone calls and send alerts to companies and drivers to reduce accidents. It has collected hundreds of thousands of driver images to train its AI system’s deep neural net for analyzing driver behavior.
Dartrays’ WHUD II is a windshield HUD (heads up display) with a patented optical path design. It can project images up to two to three meters, and is small enough to be installed as an after-market device. It projects information to help drivers see information without taking their eyes off the road.
Spatial Topology Technology develops location tech for mobile. It claims to have the largest map pool for indoor positioning in the e-commerce industry. Its solutions help brands develop their offline-to-online strategies, since many people go window shopping offline, checking out products before buying them online. The platform analyzes repeating customer behavior and includes brand engagement tools like geotargeted reward programs.
Health care and wellness
CloudMed makes iCare, an 8-in-1 sensor that can detect eight biometrics, including body age, heart rate, pulse wave transit time, dialostic and systolic blood pressure, oxygen saturation and tiredness and stress levels, using PPG optical sensors and ECG electrodes.
OFLO is a cloud-based walkie-talkie created for frontline workers that can’t look at screens while doing their jobs. OFLO is what the company describes as the world’s first dual-bone conduction wearable device, and unlike traditional walkie talkies, covers longer distances, has unlimited channels and is connected to software with auto-logging, transcription and cross-platform communication features.
Pulxion is a “personalized mobile hospital” that detects the warning signs of strokes. Meant as a first-line screening device for patients, it uses motion analysis, monitors pulses and performs neck scans to gauge a user’s risk of stroke.
Cybersecurity and Cloud Solutions
ArcRan’s iSecV box is a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) cybersecurity solution that monitors radio frequency signals, including WiFi, Zigbee, cellular V2X and dedicated short-range communicaitons to detect abnormal behavior. It gives warnings if anything is amiss, and is meant to make smart cities safer without affecting existing infrastructure.
Avalanche Computing offers a performance-optimized workflow for AI experts at SMEs, helping them redesign algorithms and deploy AI models. It can train AI models in parallel or distributed models on multiple GPUs.
I.X R2’s product is a wireless secure ebadge with a cryptokey inside, combining physical keys and software. The 3-in-1 badge features log-in authentication, data encryption and door entrance. Users own their cryptokeys, so they can manage door entrances and security with one platform.
Tresl is an e-commerce analytics platforms for brands on Shopify, designed to give them the same kind of insight as larger retailers so they can increase repeat revenue. It features pre-built segmentation and actionable insights.
Tech for Good
Ganzin is an AI-based eye tracking solution for integration into AR/VR devices and smart glasses. The lightweight, compact module is powered by Qualcomm XR or Ganzin’s in-house processor.
NUWA Robotics Platform’s Kebbi Air is an AI-based social robot that comes with a development platform to let brands create interactive content for it. Aimed at kids, it is currently used in 600 schools in Taiwan for STEAM and language education. The robot recognizes faces, objects, gestures, sound sources, voice and environmental context.
PlayNitride’s micro LED displays boosts 60% transparency and can be used for automotive displays, wearable devices and monitors.
Honeywld’s MyGuardian is a wearable for automated fall alerts. It is meant to help nurses and personal assistants working with elderly people in nursing homes, care centers or hospitals provide 24-hour monitoring.
Smart Living
FiduciaEdge helps smart cities keep data private by enhancing the security level of edge devices. Use cases include smart city transportation systems and manufacturing.
Eleclean‘s Share disinfectant devices feature replaceable bottles that turn water into disinfectant with hydrogen peroxide and hydroxl radicals. The bottles are paired with an intelligent control base and has built-in NFC so users can check the disinfectant’s expiration date or how many times it can still be used by scanning it with a smartphone app.
Goama allows developers to integrate casual e-sport games into their apps to boost engagement, reduce customer acquisition costs and increase brand awareness.
Interxie creates energy storage systems for homes that integrates with new or existing renewable energy systems to manage power, avoid outages and adjust energy power usage. It can also help reduce energy costs by integrating with battery systems.
