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45,000 attendees in person, 
with 30% of attendees travel-
ing from outside the U.S. and 
representing 119 countries. 
“Innovation came to 
life this week at CES 2022 
— with technologies that 
will reshape industries and 
provide solutions to press-
ing worldwide issues from 
healthcare to agriculture, 
sustainability and beyond,” 
said Shapiro. “The CES show 
floor buzzed with the joy of 
human interaction and a five-
sense innovation experience 
with products that will rede-
fine our future and change 
our world for the 
better.” 

I am always 
eager to check 
out the latest 
and greatest 
televisions at 
CES. This year 
it was Sony 
with its A95K 
QD-OLED 4K 
TV that wowed 
the audience. 
Usually, new TVs at 
CES are not available 
to the public for a 
few years, but this beauty 
will be available for purchase 
later this year. It will com-
bine an impressive display 
with Sony’s amazing speaker 
system so you will not need 
to add a soundbar. Sony’s 
new TVs will beat all current 
models in terms of overall 
brightness, color consistency 
and viewing angles.
The health and wellness 
category has seen some of the 
most impressive innovation in 
the past several years. Omron 
Healthcare announced its new 
remote patient monitoring tool 
called VitalSight. It comes with 
a connected blood pressure 
monitor and is designed to 
help people manage hyperten-
sion by sharing data to boost 
engagement and treatment. 
Also, the connected health 

tech company Withings 
unveiled its new body scan 
smart scale with features that 
can monitor segmented body 
composition, nerve activity 
and cardiovascular health. This 
technology uses a low-level 
electrical signal to measure 
body composition, including 
the composition of individual 
body parts like the torso, arms 
and legs.
I was also very impressed 
with Garmin’s Vivomove 
hybrid watches. The less 
expensive entry-level 
Vivomove Sport is impres-
sive and costs less than $200 
even though it has 
all the bells and 
whistles of any 
of Garmin’s 
in-depth 
health and 
fitness 
tracking 
models.
One of the 
coolest things 
I saw at CES was 
from a Tokyo-based 
aero tech startup 
called SkyDrive. 
They unveiled 
an ultra-light and compact 
flying vehicle, which already 
completed testing for a pilot-
ed flight. This flying car is 
designed to vertically take off 
and land with superb stabili-
ty. It’s essentially a flying elec-
tric taxi that is emission-free 
and can be used for emergen-
cy rescue.
It will obviously take more 
than new variants of a global 
pandemic to keep CES and 
the tech world from showcas-
ing innovation. God willing, 
next year I’ll be back in Vegas 
to experience CES in person 
once again. 

Rabbi Jason Miller is a local educa-
tor and entrepreneur. He is the pres-
ident of Access Technology in West 
Bloomfield and writes about technol-
ogy for several publications. Follow 
him on Twitter at @RabbiJason. 

Garmin Vivomove 
Sport Watch
T

he all-Muslim 
members of the 
Hamtramck City 
Council passed a resolution 
Jan. 25 condemning antisem-
itism.
The resolution reads in 
part: “Hamtramck City 
Council condemns all forms 
of antisemitism and declares 
its support for the Beth 
Israel Congregation in Texas, 
all members of the Jewish 
community in Hamtramck, 
the Metro Detroit area and 
beyond.” It said everyone 
“has the right to practice 
their faith and live their 
life free from intimidation, 
harassment and fear of vio-
lence.”
On Twitter, the American 
Jewish Committee thanked 
the Hamtramck City Council 
“for unequivocally condemn-
ing antisemitism in the wake 
of the #Colleyville synagogue 
attack. Our strength lies in 

the ability of diverse com-
munities to unite in the face 
of hate.”
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, 
director of the JCRC/AJC, 
told the Detroit Free Press, 
“What I find so significant 
here is that the all-Muslim 
council have done this on 
their own, and also they 
point out the dangers of 
antisemitism and condemn 
antisemitism without need-
ing to mix it up with all 
forms of hate, or with the 
situation in the Middle East 
or with any other cause.”
In late January, repre-
sentatives from the Jewish 
Community Relations 
Council/American Jewish 
Committee met with 
Hamtramck Mayor Amer 
Ghalib and Councilwoman 
Amanda Jaczowski to thank 
them for the resolution and 
calling out the dangers of the 
rise in antisemitism. 

COURTESY OF JCRC/AJC

Hamtramck City 
Council Condemns 
Antisemitism

JCRC/AJC Israel Associate Adar Rubin, Board President Seth 
Gould, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, Councilwoman Amanda 
Jaczowski and JCRC/AJC Executive Director Rabbi Asher Lopatin

