CES 2018: Popular Mechanics Editors' Choice Awards

This new outfit out of Oregon just set up a factory in Eugene to build the all-electric, three-wheeled Arcimoto. These trikes will do 80 mph and reach a range of 70 miles in the early version and 130 miles in the more advanced version. Arcimoto is enclosed within a roll cage and puts the rider behind a windscreen, but leaves the sides open like a motorcycle to give you the breezy feel of the open road. And you (probably) don’t even need a motorcycle license to ride it. Starts at $11,900.

You know how a DeWalt power tool battery will power a DeWalt saw or drill or any other tool on the platform? Honda is embracing that swappable battery idea on a bigger scale. Four of these cells will power a Honda prototype electric ATV side-by-side or the new 3E-D18 AI-powered workhorse, while two will power a Honda generator/power station or the new PCX electric motorcycle.

Plenty of new smartwatches want to be the one you wear to the ends of the Earth. Casio’s new Rangeman might be the best of the bunch. It’ll give you 33 hours of GPS navigation and other trail-navigating features on a normal charge, but also features a small solar panel to give you a little extra juice from the sun in case you get stuck way, way out in the backcountry.

CES is always a showcase for TV technology you will probably never buy. This year is no different, but even if LG’s rollable television never materializes, it’s extremely impressive. The 65-inch 4K display is the culmination of years of experiments with flexible displays and the result is a TV as compact as they come. If it ever hits store shelves, it will cost a fortune, but that doesn’t make it any less cool.

Buoy’s device looks like, well, a buoy, but this gadget is about saving water, not floating in it. The device fits onto your home water system and talks to an app wirelessly. It monitors your home water usage and offers feedback about how much H20 you’re using in your showers and other activities. And because the AI learns what normal water usage looks like, it can tell when you spring a leak and will automatically turn off the water main. Starts at $800.

Toyota’s CES showpiece is a pod. Imagine the self-driving, all-electric e-Palette as the Uber of the future, or as a pizza delivery van, or as a 21st century food truck. With no need for a driver’s seat, the e-Palette concept envisions the driverless future, where a vehicle is just a modular platform to carry anything you can imagine. Toyota will debut the concept in the real world at the 2020 Summer Olympics is Tokyo.

Do you think your TV is big? It’s got nothing on Samsung’s new “Wall,” a whopping 146-inch display that truly lives up to its name. Instead of being a single, huge display, The Wall is made up of a series of modular panels that fit together with no visible seams and sport the company’s new ‘MicroLED’ technology that enables its gargantuan size. Samsung has been mum on pricing for the behemoth (or the modular parts that make it up), though it’s likely too pricey to find a home in your man cave. Still, you can start saving up now, just in case.

Your smartphone is a pocket supercomputer, but it hasn't been able to replace the laptop. Yet. Razer's 'Project Linda' imagines how a phone could snap into a laptop-shaped case to turn it into a whole new device. This concept device only works with Razer's own phone and may never be sold, but it's a refined version of an idea that someday might hit the mainstream.