CES 2027 runs January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, and the first CES Innovation Awards 2027 honorees started announcing their wins on November 9. Companies announce their own honors, so the list fills in over the coming weeks. Here are the first five, which give a fair picture of where the show is heading: AI on the factory floor, batteries getting a second life, and health technology for an aging population.
The honorees so far
- Harmoni HAL (Enterprise Tech). An AI assistant for machine operators from Harmoni, based in Akron, Ohio and New York. Operators ask questions by voice or text, in several languages, and HAL can clock them into jobs, open maintenance requests and suggest or make machine code changes. Booth 10520, LVCC North Hall.
- A.I.Matics AIM-T1 (Artificial Intelligence, and Construction & Industrial Tech). An AI vision inspection system from the South Korean subsidiary of Dreamtech, for camera modules, chip packages and circuit boards. It learns from samples of good parts and flags deviations.
- LG Energy Solution Re.Pulse (Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility). Software that estimates the health of a used EV battery in under 10 minutes, instead of a test cycle of more than seven hours, by sending current pulses and reading the voltage response. It runs on standard testers and chargers and decides whether a pack is reused, remanufactured or recycled.
- ShokzHear OpenHear BM420 (Accessibility & Longevity). A professionally fitted bone conduction hearing aid that leaves the ear canal open, from an affiliate of Shokz. It goes on sale in the US on November 20, 2026, through hearing centers, ENT clinics and hospitals.
- DongA Science AiR NOVA (EdTech). An AI science tutor for K-12 students built on more than 100,000 articles by the Korean publisher’s journalists, showing the source behind each answer. It launches in January 2027 on web, iOS and Android, and will be shown in the Korea Pavilion.
How to read the honoree badge
An honoree is not a winner of a head-to-head test. The Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, judges entries on the materials companies submit and does not test the products or verify their claims, as A.I.Matics’ own release points out. The Best of Innovation picks, the top product in each category, are announced separately.
Planning dates
- November 20, 2026: OpenHear BM420 US availability
- January 6 to 9, 2027: CES, Las Vegas
- January 2027: AiR NOVA launch
Expect more honoree announcements through November and December as other companies publish their own news. This list will be updated as they do.