ASUS Zen Press Event Live Blog (11:30am Taiwan, 3:30am UTC)

11:27PM EDT - Anton and I are at ASUS' consumer press event, more often called the 'Zen' press event. We expect a quick flurry of launches from Jonney Shih, so stay tuned for our coverage. The event is set to start at 11:30am Taiwan time (11:30pm ET).

11:28PM EDT - Just under three minutes to go here

11:28PM EDT - The place is packed

11:29PM EDT - There was such a big rush for seating, that Anton and I didn't even get seats next to each other

11:29PM EDT - But in comparison to the ASUS ROG press event yesterday, this is the more 'Zen' oriented event for consumer products not focused on gaming

11:30PM EDT - On the sides of the room are the 'Zenbook' logos

11:30PM EDT - 10 seconds

11:31PM EDT - Here we go

11:31PM EDT - Intro video

11:31PM EDT - 'AI' flashes up

11:31PM EDT - 'be bold'

11:31PM EDT - 'stunning', 'slim'

11:31PM EDT - 'unleash your creative power'

11:32PM EDT - It's technically called the Unleash Your Creative Power press event

11:32PM EDT - Jonney Shih to the stage

11:32PM EDT - >He's not in a leather jacket this time

11:33PM EDT - We have always believed that the best technology is the one is used by everyone

11:33PM EDT - Over the last decade, unique innovations to market. Over that time we have focused on challenging the boundaries

11:33PM EDT - perfecting the computing experience

11:33PM EDT - bringing out the best in everyone

11:34PM EDT - Unleashing creative power with beauty, performance, innovation, and state of the art technologies

11:34PM EDT - including AI

11:34PM EDT - Marcel Campos to the stage

11:34PM EDT - ASUS Global PC and Phone Marketing Senior Director

11:35PM EDT - New collection of products

11:35PM EDT - Health

11:35PM EDT - ASUS cares about health

11:35PM EDT - New products with healthcare in mind

11:35PM EDT - Hypertension affects 9m every year

11:35PM EDT - Our product to know their health conditions in advance anywhere at any time

11:36PM EDT - Heart Rate, Sleep Quality, Activity Data, De-stress Index

11:36PM EDT - But blood pressure data is still not possible on smart devices

11:36PM EDT - New health tracker device

11:36PM EDT - Special device with metal plates

11:36PM EDT - ASUS HealthAI Algorithm

11:36PM EDT - Color LCD

11:36PM EDT - Optical Sensors

11:37PM EDT - Gorilla Glass

11:37PM EDT - ECG Sensors

11:37PM EDT - All the technologies in a watch

11:37PM EDT - ASUS VivoWatch BP

11:37PM EDT - First wearable blood pressure tracking watch

11:37PM EDT - Measured in 15 seconds with two different sensors

11:37PM EDT - Measures systolic, diastolic

11:38PM EDT - Different to anything on the market today

11:38PM EDT - More convenient

11:38PM EDT - Help users to correlate data for wellness

11:38PM EDT - Creates a profile of health conditions over tie

11:38PM EDT - gives suggestions to control blood pressure

11:39PM EDT - tracking of data should be continuous

11:39PM EDT - 28-day battery life in normal use

11:39PM EDT - 70% smaller and 50% lighter than competitive devices

11:39PM EDT - Beauty and Fashionable

11:39PM EDT - Medical Grade silicon bands

11:40PM EDT - Now ASUS Vivobook

11:40PM EDT - Something fresh, fashionable and modern this time around

11:40PM EDT - Video time. 'Be your one true color'

11:40PM EDT - 'Colour outside the lines'

11:40PM EDT - >Ha, using the British spelling of Colour

11:41PM EDT - VivoBook in several colors

11:41PM EDT - Icicle Gold, Gun Metal, Star Grey, Firmament Green, Silver Blue, Icicle Gold, Rose Gold

11:42PM EDT - Making egonomics more important than ever

11:42PM EDT - Ergo lift -

11:42PM EDT - notebook moves up when you open it, making it easier to type

11:42PM EDT - NanoEdge display - 86% screen to body ratio

11:42PM EDT - 89% of S13

11:42PM EDT - 4.3mm bezel

11:42PM EDT - S13, S14, S15

11:43PM EDT - Up to Core i7

11:43PM EDT - >Now for models on stage with the devices

11:43PM EDT - >All female ...

11:43PM EDT - >The middle one clearly doesn't want to be there

11:43PM EDT - Now for Zenbook

11:44PM EDT - Premium notebook lineup

11:44PM EDT - Video time recapping Zenbook history

11:45PM EDT - Elegant and Sophisticated

11:46PM EDT - Zenbook S built to be ultraportable, ultrathin, ultra light

11:46PM EDT - Ergo lift design again

11:46PM EDT - ISO-compliant tilt

11:46PM EDT - 145 degree tilt

11:46PM EDT - 4K NanoEdge 13.3-inch display

11:46PM EDT - 8th Gen Core i7, 1TB SSD, 16 GB DRAM, TB3 Type-C

11:47PM EDT - 2133 MHz memory

11:48PM EDT - New color - Burgundy Red

11:48PM EDT - >That actually looks quite nice

11:48PM EDT - Metallic finish

11:48PM EDT - Red on the inside

11:49PM EDT - Zenbook Pro 14 now

11:49PM EDT - first ever 14-inch

11:49PM EDT - with Ergolift and 5.2mm bezel

11:49PM EDT - Core i7 and GTX 1050 MaxQ

11:49PM EDT - 1TB SSD and 16GB Optane

11:49PM EDT - >What, Optane and NVMe SSD ???

11:49PM EDT - Also Zenbook Pro 15

11:50PM EDT - Support 4K 15.6-inch

11:50PM EDT - Supports three extra 4K displays via TB3 and HDMI

11:50PM EDT - 4x4K displays total

11:50PM EDT - 132% sRGB

11:50PM EDT - 100% Adobe RGB

11:51PM EDT - Pantone certified, Delta E < 2

11:51PM EDT - GTX 1050 Ti and Core i9

11:51PM EDT - 1TB NVMe, 16GB DDR4 memory

11:51PM EDT - 18.9mm

11:51PM EDT - 5.5-inch screenpad

11:52PM EDT - touch pad is a screen

11:52PM EDT - Intelligent touchpad

11:52PM EDT - Apps for Screenpad

11:52PM EDT - launcher, calendar, music player, calculator

11:52PM EDT - Changes interface to common apps, like MSWord

11:52PM EDT - Quick options for Excel, Word

11:53PM EDT - Shortcuts to common options

11:53PM EDT - Control youtube video

11:53PM EDT - Sync smartphone with Screenpad for notifications

11:53PM EDT - or smartphone games

11:53PM EDT - Personalise the wallpaper on the screenpad

11:54PM EDT - Versatile second screen

11:54PM EDT - More than just a luancher for shortcuts

11:54PM EDT - An extended screen too

11:54PM EDT - Screen Extender Mode

11:54PM EDT - Drag and drop the window into the screen pad

11:55PM EDT - Like a second monitor

11:55PM EDT - 'It's awesome'

11:55PM EDT - Endless possibilities

11:55PM EDT - SDK will soon be developers

11:56PM EDT - 'Everyone can be a hero'

11:57PM EDT - Gal Gadot video

11:57PM EDT - She's being sponsored by everyone these days

11:58PM EDT - Second video of Gal Gadot now

11:59PM EDT - Intel to the stage

12:00AM EDT - 7 years ago first zenbook

12:01AM EDT - Discussing Intel Keynote later today

12:04AM EDT - >They're not saying much beyond praising each other

12:04AM EDT - Sneak Peak of concept product

12:04AM EDT - later

12:05AM EDT - Microsoft to the stage as well

12:07AM EDT - AI, ML, etc

12:08AM EDT - Movidius at the edge

12:08AM EDT - ScreenPad is the innovation that differentiates the products

12:09AM EDT - Now discussing history of devices that evolved the ecosystem

12:09AM EDT - Searching for the next big thing

12:10AM EDT - Now discussing a concept product

12:10AM EDT - Project Precog

12:10AM EDT - AI meets the PC

12:10AM EDT - Always starts with People

12:10AM EDT - AI is not just a term, it is a way to solve problems

12:10AM EDT - 'What is the best form factor for an AI PC?'

12:11AM EDT - So now dual screen

12:11AM EDT - Convertable dual screnen PC

12:11AM EDT - Stand mode, book mode

12:11AM EDT - Or tent mode

12:11AM EDT - Flat mode for two player games

12:12AM EDT - One screen can be keyboard and mouse

12:12AM EDT - removes keyboard / touchpad when key/mouse is attached

12:12AM EDT - Use stylus/pen

12:12AM EDT - It predicts what you are doing

12:13AM EDT - 'AI Maximized Battery Life Span'

12:13AM EDT - >This is on the Zenfone 5 as well

12:13AM EDT - Use Excel on main screen, second screen uses AI to suggest ways to show the data

12:13AM EDT - Cortana enabled

12:14AM EDT - Intel Movidius inside

12:14AM EDT - Hardware accelerated visual intelligence

12:14AM EDT - real-time object recognition

12:14AM EDT - Alexa as well

12:14AM EDT - Demo to the stage

12:15AM EDT - Demo unit on stage

12:15AM EDT - It looks 13-inch

12:15AM EDT - Live working demo

12:16AM EDT - Still in development

12:16AM EDT - Planned availability in 2019

12:16AM EDT - plan to make it real

12:17AM EDT - OK looks like we're done. Run to the next event!