This was a great show and if you spent enough time on the floor (I did so you don't have to), you could see it really did live up to both marketing taglines 📈💡🔮❤️
This is a great report. Just wanted to note that there are a few distracting typos that maybe a copy editor would catch. Most critically, the AI device that connects to a laptop is from Tiiny (two i's) not Tiny.
All big shows eventually converge. CeBIT was to me always a bit more telecom and enterprise, but that was also computing at the time. We had a big Microsoft presence there back in the heyday.
Hey Steven, thank you for writing this! Your passion really shone through in the article. When I interned at Intel a few years ago, and they were always hyped about presenting/demo-ing at CES and now I understand why. Hoping to attend it someday myself!
We had a massive power outage in San Francisco starting on Dec 20 and continuing on and off. The first outage lasted 26 hours for me. Everything that needed a power source stopped working. The library branch across the street couldn't close one of the doors that was operated from the main branch and had to wait for security guards to show up after couple of hours. Waymo cars literally went mad.
On the health research front, we can see how AI can be useful, but in practice, our health is driven by what for-profit insurance companies are willing to subsidize. I think more we take charge of our own healthcare, the better. However, current devices and wearables are a patchwork of hit and miss solutions from countries that don't understand US healthcare system.
My favorite "smartphone" was my old moto razr with an etched dragon across the cover. It was a horrible phone, but unbelievably cool! I wish I had kept it!
I have written about battery backups in the past. Ecoflow had a huge booth. There wasn't much new in the space but battery backup are becoming necessary even in the most "developed" markets. Waymo had a great postmortem on their challenge (it was the traffic lights not the cars themselves).
Great article. Thanks for summarizing your experience for us
This is a great report. Just wanted to note that there are a few distracting typos that maybe a copy editor would catch. Most critically, the AI device that connects to a laptop is from Tiiny (two i's) not Tiny.
If he had one of those devices, he could have had it proofread and correct these issues, but there were not many for such a long report.
Thanks for catching the typos. I just fixed a bunch. Also I mentioned that at the bottom there would be typos :-)
I didn't use AI for this report :-) I did use spellcheck which corrected Tiiny.
I’ve been reading your CES report for 20 years. This is one of the best. Thanks for the detail and care.
Howdy and Thank you!
Excellent summary, much better than the mandatory reports that I wrote up and submitted when Microsoft paid for me to attend 20 years ago.
That's how I got my start! my first manager required reports for reimbursed travel.
Thanks Steven. I really enjoyed reading this comprehensive CES report, best summary I have come across.
Hello Prady and thank you!
It seems like CES is becoming more like CeBIT in Germany
All big shows eventually converge. CeBIT was to me always a bit more telecom and enterprise, but that was also computing at the time. We had a big Microsoft presence there back in the heyday.
Great comments and read Steven. You are as much a HW person as a SW person (said with admiration :))
Been reading your write ups since 2010. Always a joy. Thank you!!
Hey Steven, thank you for writing this! Your passion really shone through in the article. When I interned at Intel a few years ago, and they were always hyped about presenting/demo-ing at CES and now I understand why. Hoping to attend it someday myself!
Couple of comments:
We had a massive power outage in San Francisco starting on Dec 20 and continuing on and off. The first outage lasted 26 hours for me. Everything that needed a power source stopped working. The library branch across the street couldn't close one of the doors that was operated from the main branch and had to wait for security guards to show up after couple of hours. Waymo cars literally went mad.
On the health research front, we can see how AI can be useful, but in practice, our health is driven by what for-profit insurance companies are willing to subsidize. I think more we take charge of our own healthcare, the better. However, current devices and wearables are a patchwork of hit and miss solutions from countries that don't understand US healthcare system.
My favorite "smartphone" was my old moto razr with an etched dragon across the cover. It was a horrible phone, but unbelievably cool! I wish I had kept it!
Sorry!
I have written about battery backups in the past. Ecoflow had a huge booth. There wasn't much new in the space but battery backup are becoming necessary even in the most "developed" markets. Waymo had a great postmortem on their challenge (it was the traffic lights not the cars themselves).