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Consumer Electronics Daily News Friday, January 12, 2018 2 4 CES Attendees Indicate Concern about Popular Technology Use An American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) survey of 218 atten- dees at last year's CES indicated concern about popular technology overuse: 87 percent of survey respondents thought children spend too much time with technology. 74 percent thought technology is negatively impacting conversation and social interaction. 82 percent thought the technology industry isn't doing enough to educate the public about responsible technology usage. Nearly 50 percent thought the tech- nology industry should offer industry- backed public awareness initiatives as a solution for tech overuse. 67 percent were uncomfortable with the degree to which technology is replac- ing face to face, personal communication. 80 percent thought the potential impact of technology should be an emphasized part of a product or app's development process. 65 percent thought it's the technology industry's responsibility to establish and promote popular tech usage guidelines. 67 percent were concerned about the future of human communication and interaction in light of fully immersive technologies on the horizon. 80 percent would like to see infor- mation about the impact of technology on human communication and interaction have a bigger presence at CES. The pool of participants was primarily made up of industry executives and pro- fessionals working in product design, product development and marketing and sales. Other fields represented among the respondents included education, govern- ment, healthcare, media, finance and retail, among others. The survey responses reflect anecdotal feedback from CES attendees over the past decade. They are also in line with polling of communica- tion professionals and families about popular technology use: 70 percent of speech-language pathologists polled by ASHA felt that they saw enough misuse of personal tech- nology devices by children and teenagers to raise serious concerns about their com- munication health. 52 percent of audiologists polled felt the same. 59 percent of parents polled worried that misuse of technology may cause behavior problems. 52 percent worried that misuse of technology may cause academic problems. There are steps people can take to practice safe usage. Check out ASHA's Healthy Communication and Popular Technology Initiative (www.communi cationandtech.org). Collaborations with the tech industry to help spread the word about safe usage are welcome. For more information, go to www.asha.org or stop by booth #44658 (Sands, Halls A-D). Enevate Named Triple CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree Enevate Corporation, a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology company, has been named a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree in three categories – Vehicle Intelligence & Self-Driving Technology, Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies and Tech for a Better World – for its ground- breaking silicon-dominant Li-ion bat- tery technology. This technology allows Electric Vehicles (EVs) to extreme fast charge in 5 minutes with uncompromised range and safety. Enevate's HD-Energy ® Technology for EVs allows batteries to be charged in 5 minutes to 75 percent capacity. They can also safely charge and discharge down to -40°C and capture more energy during regenerative braking, extending their range in cold climates. With this technology, batteries are inherently resistant to lithium-plating during fast charge and in low temperatures, which is a key safety benefit. "We are thrilled to be named a CES Innovation Award Honoree, and that our breakthrough HD-Energy Technology for EVs is being recognized in three cate- gories," said Jarvis Tou, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Products at Enevate. "This new extreme fast charge technology breaks down the barriers to EV adoption for a cleaner and better world. With our silicon Li-ion battery technology, EVs can be charged in 5 min- utes to ease drivers' range anxiety, while providing short charge times and low cost." The prestigious CES Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the owner and producer of CES 2018, the global gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, and have been recognizing achievements in product design and engineering since 1976. Products and technologies entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade media to honor outstand- ing design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 28 product categories. About Enevate Enevate Corporation, with global head- quarters in California, develops and licenses advanced silicon-dominant Li- ion battery technology that revolution- izes the electric vehicle (EV) market by breaking down barriers to EV adoption. Enevate's pioneering work on silicon- dominant anodes and cells has resulted in its breakthrough HD-Energy Technology featuring extreme fast charg- ing with uncompromised high energy density, excellent low-temperature opera- tion for cold climates and safety advan- tages over conventional graphite Li-ion batteries. To learn more about or to license Enevate's industry-defining battery tech- nology, visit www.enevate.com.