The Consumer Electronic Show - Part Two
Update: My hospital experience will be posted shortly, please check back very soon today.
On yesterday’s blog, I shared with you how Eliad Laskin, my Social Media Content Director and Tech Guy, and Stephen Rollins, our VP of Corporate Technology, spent a few days last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held annually in Las Vegas. This show is a dream come true for techno-geeks, but I think that it is really important to stay abreast of what is being introduced into the consumer electronics market. In business, you must be mainstream and willing to embrace the digital world, just as we, at MSLO, did this year with our very first digital issue of Living, called Boundless Beauty, available on the Apple iPad and with our Everyday Food and Cookies apps. Yesterday’s blog covered many of the bigger names in technology. Today’s is a report about some of the smaller companies who were present at CES – smaller, but fascinating, just the same.
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- Kicker, was showing off their new line of earbuds.
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- You could trade in your earbuds here for a brand new pair of theirs. Obviously, this was a popular booth.
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- At the Sony display, it was fun to test all of their excellent e-readers.
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- Corning makes Gorilla glass – a very strong touch sensitive glass that’s used in many ways, including the screens for iPads.
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- This heavy metal weight can be slammed onto the glass and not a scratch or crack! That’s some strong stuff.
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- In the future, your counter tops could incorporate Gorilla glass – Imagine all of your recipes on your digital touch screen counter?
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- Another iPad accessory – the icePad – It’s supposed to keep you iPad running coolly.
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- Eliad was amused to see himself on display at the CyberClean booth. Eliad displayed their cleaning product on my show last year. They told him that it was a great success for getting the word out.
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- Meinrad Flury, the founder of CyberClean, showing off his latest product
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- This is a shoe cleaner.
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- Kayde, from Peerless Industries, showed some good mounting options for the kitchen.
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- The Zeppelin iPod dock
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- An employee, from TCL, demonstrated technology, which allows you to be the actual remote and interact with gestures to control it.
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- The international section offered many smaller booths. This is is the China aisle.
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- And the Korean aisle
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- iRobi is an interesting robot for children.
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- A Karaoke machine for the iPad
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- Pamela, from Fibershell, a French company – displayed ecologically friendly iPad covers.
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- There were all kinds of funky chairs.
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- And, there were some strange characters milling around.
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- Some booths hired DJ’s to pump up the music.
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- The Sound Egg – a chair that immerses you in an amazing audio experience.
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- These devices help you strengthen and condition your muscles.
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- Emily, from Aiken Labs, showed off some neat video game devices.
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- Megan, from Worth Avenue Group smashed a computer. They were doing this to promote the electronics insurance which they sell.
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- Urban Tool makes tech-wear for carrying all of your gadgets.
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- Allison and Caitlin from M-Edge displayed some very cool covers for your iPad and Kindle, that can be personalized.
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- This device allows your iPhone or iPod Touch to act as a universal remote.
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- A closeup
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- This is the playing field.
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- A fun little game called Sphero
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- This is the user interface.
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- Have you ever been in a pinch and needed a good self portrait? The xshot to the rescue!
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- A software program developed to help you stave off dementia
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- This robot was having a malfunction, but the geeks were on it!
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- New from OnStar – Now, your non-GM or your older GM car can be equipped with OnStar. This mirror replaces the factory installed one.
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- It includes automatic crash response, turn-by-turn navigation, stolen vehicle location assistance, one-button access to emergency and roadside services, and hands-free calling, including Bluetooth connectivity.
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- You just tell the Sync where you want to go and what song you want to hear, in addition to many other commands.
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- Ford Sync had an interactive display.
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- A Vegas trip would not complete without an Elvis sighting.
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- There were stacks of publications for the show. An iPhone app was also available, if you wanted to attend paper-free!
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- A powerful computer in a small box from Xi3
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- Put your iPad in this guitar and you can really rock.
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- We try to emulate people by building robots, but in this case, a person was inside this costume trying to emulate a robot.
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- A TV within a mirror?
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- Attendees crammed the escalators.
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- The Las Vegas convention center consists of three gigantic halls – The North, The South, and The Central.
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- A Lady Gaga impersonator – The real Lady Gaga was actually at the Polaroid display.
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- Gene from Kiss was somehow promoting SPECK cases for your phone.
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- Dick Northford from La Crosse technologies alongside one of my favorite clocks, which I have hanging in my house. It’s an atomic clock.
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- Rachael Hecht and Evan Dash, of Innovative Technologies, displayed a portable safe for iPads and other valuables.
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- If you don’t have two Frenchies and a Chow Chow guarding your home, you may want to consider all sorts of home alarm equipment.
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- Golden Solutions from Innovative Technologies – Tech for the elderly, such as large button remote controls and telephones.
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- Want to play some old-school video games? Icade to the rescue! Just insert your iPad and have fun.
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- Remember the Mint robot floor cleaner? It made another appearance this year.
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- Eliad and Steve received an actual demo when OnStar offered to drive them back to their hotel after the show!
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