If you have to wear a mask (and you do), it could just as well be a super-cool, high-tech mask with a translucent plastic front, voice amplification technology and RGB lighting effects.
Every year at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, gaming hardware manufacturer Razer demonstrates conceptual designs that may or may not come true. This year, along with a convertible gaming chair with a retractable display, the company presents Project Hazel, “the smartest face mask in the world.” It is an N95 mask with dual rechargeable active fans that provides bidirectional filtering. The part of the mask is transparent so that people can see your smiling face. The silicon frame prevents the mask from pressing on the nose and mouth. And yes, the filters have RGB lighting, which can act both as charging indicators and as decoration.
Being a reusable mask, Project Hazel would come with a wireless charging box with UV light sterilization functionality. The idea is that people would wear this all day and then throw it in the box for cleaning overnight.
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Razer’s has done an amazing job over the past year in improving the covid-19, transforming production lines to deliver more than a million disposable masks to healthcare workers. That being said, Project Hazel is more in line with what I imagine when I hear the words “Razer Face mask”.
Razer’s second CES concept is Project Brooklyn. It’s a transformative play chair. It has a foldable screen that appears from behind the headrest and a tray that folds from the armrests.
It’s a pretty cool idea, although I don’t see it coming soon.
Otherwise, sign me up for an electric wheelchair upgrade.
You can find out about Project Hazel and The Brooklyn Project on their official pages on the Razer website.