ces 2014 - over/underwhelming
DESCRIPTION
I went to CES 2014 and all you get is this lousy PDF. Here's a quick scouting report of sights and thoughts from CES. It was both overwhelming and underwhelming, but the highlights include: wearables, 3D printing, connected cars, and lots of bluetooth speakers and iPhone cases. OK, those aren't all highlights.TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
�1
CES 2014Over/Under whelming
![Page 2: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
�2
This Audi has frickin’ laser beams
for headlights.
![Page 3: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
�3
Somebody ruined a perfectly good Tesla by sticking a solar umbrella in it.
![Page 4: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
�4
Ford’s solar-powered car was a little smoother—a plug-in hybrid that doesn’t need to be
plugged in.
![Page 5: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
�5
Toyota’s Fuel Cell vehicle can power your house for a week in a zombie apocalypse.
![Page 6: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
�6
Toyota’s i-road is a nimble three-wheeler said to be available in ride-sharing programs this year.
![Page 7: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
�7
Mazda showed off its
integration of OpenCar app framework,
which allows for HTML5
development.
![Page 8: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
�8
Mercedes’ predictive user
experience knows what
you want before you do.
![Page 9: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
CARSConnected car is table stakes
In-car experience is ripe for innovation and disruption
Robust app ecosystem matters. Car makers balancing safety, control against a desire to be the App Store of cars.
What is the Connected Car connected to? What makes it useful?
Who pays for connectivity? Everybody wants you to pay $10/month.
Alternative energy vehicles go from unlikely to inevitable in next 10 years.
Autonomous cars are almost here.
�9
![Page 10: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
�10
MakerBot showed off a new
range of 3D printers.
![Page 11: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
�11
The Cube 3 touts two-color printing,
ease of use and reliability
![Page 12: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
�12
This 3D scanning booth from Cubify captures a 3D model of your face. It’s available for events.
![Page 13: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
�13
I appreciate the extra muscles. Not sure about the purple mohawk.
![Page 14: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
�14
The MakerBot Digitizer is perfectly sized for gnomes.
![Page 15: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
�15
Nikon’s 64-camera scanning booth is
better for full-sized humans
![Page 16: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
�16
The Sense 3D scanner does a good job of scanning people and environments. It has
very nice model-editing software.
![Page 17: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
3D• 3D tech is progressing rapidly. MakerBot is on its 5th generation.
• 3D printers are diversifying and specializing. Competing technologies offer different resolutions, color capabilities, speeds and fidelity.
• Scanners and software are becoming viable. Photoshop just announced support for 3D printing.
• Printers are getting better and easier to use. This is key to wider adoption. Early generation printers have been too troublesome.
�17
![Page 18: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
�18
The Samsung Galaxy Gear
pairs with your Samsung phone.
![Page 19: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
�19
The Neptune Pine is its own phone, but is a little ridiculous.
![Page 20: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
�20
Burg Smartwatches also require no smartphone and strike a balance between fashion and functionality. They showed a
diversity of designs, from this screen-centric version to analog watch face models with subtle icons for phone and text functions.
![Page 21: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
�21
The Filip is a kids smartwatch that lets parents keep
track of and communicate with their wandering
tykes, an electronic leash with kid-
appropriate communication
capabilities.
![Page 22: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
�22
Everybody has a fitness tracker. Ironically, I lost track of them. I can’t remember whose
tracker this is. Maybe Garmin’s?
![Page 23: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
�23
June by Neatmo is a wearable sensor that can measure
your sun exposure. It looks like jewelry,
not technology.
![Page 24: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
�24
Fitness trackers are evolving from
monitoring activity to enhancing
performance. The Sensoria smart sock
helps runners improve their form.
![Page 25: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
�25
The iHealth wrist blood pressure monitor pairs
with your smartphone to give you blood pressure
readings. Devices once only found in hospitals and
doctors offices are going to be found in homes and on
consumers…
![Page 26: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
�26
…or even IN consumers. This
implantable sensor can monitor blood
glucose levels. Attached to an
embeddable insulin pump, it
can automatically regulate insulin levels. No more
pinpricks or shots.
![Page 27: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
�27
“I never want to look at reality again.” The second generation Oculus Rift Crystal
Cove offers gorgeous, stereoscopic virtual
reality and less nausea-inducing lag. Yeah, you look like a geek, but if you’re
sitting in your basement gaming,
who cares?
![Page 28: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
�28
Sony’s smarteyeglasses were pretty lame—a green text overlay on live action. You can do better, Sony. And it needs a better name too.
![Page 29: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
WEARABLES• Smartwatches are happening.
• Two models are vying—smartphone paired and smartphone replacement
• Fitness trackers are commonplace. App ecosystem is key.
• Next gen devices move from fitness tracking to performance enhancing and coaching.
• Serious medical devices are becoming consumerized and will change medical monitoring and treatment, in realtime.
• Glasses are the next wave and will involve a variety of form factors and uses.
• Implantables are next. We are Borg. Resistance is futile. �29
![Page 30: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
�30
The LG TV section could have been an entire
tradeshow unto itself.
![Page 31: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
�31
World’s first 21:9 curved Ultra HD
![Page 32: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
�32
World’s largest curved Ultra HD TV
![Page 33: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
�33
Netflix will stream the next season of House of Cards in 4K Ultra HD. Their new codec cuts the bandwidth requirement for streaming 4K in half.
![Page 34: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
TV
�34
Sony’s PlayStation Now will stream games to consoles, TVs and devices. GameStop is the new Blockbuster.
![Page 35: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
TV• There were a helluva lot of TVs
• They're big, smart, curved and ultra HD
• Netflix and Sony rewriting the rules in content delivery. These changes matter more than curved TVs.
�35
![Page 36: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
�36
Beam showed off telepresence robots, who roamed the floor talking to attendees.
![Page 37: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
�37
eInk showed off low-power shelf
talkers and luggage tags that can be
reprogrammed via NFC. This tech has
applications in-store too, in the
form of updateable shelf
labels.
![Page 38: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
�38
The Flir turns your iPhone into an infrared camera. The Flir costs more
than your iPhone.
![Page 39: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
�39
This low-tech megaphone sounded better than a lot of the bluetooth speakers nearby.
![Page 40: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
�40
Want: Parrot Mini-Drone and Jumping Sumo
![Page 41: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
�41
"It's kind of like having a dentist actually watch your brushing on a day-to-day basis," proving that not every Internet-of-Things
concept really needs to see the light of day.
![Page 42: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
�42
Marissa Mayer’s keynote was inspiring and entertaining, but I’m skeptical about the strategy of Yahoo becoming a content
company. news digest app, while pretty and a good format for digesting news, decided that
Velveeta was one of the most important stories I needed to know.
![Page 43: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
If you took away the iPhone case exhibitors and the bluetooth speaker makers, CES would be about half the size it is.
Some case makers are trying harder to get noticed than others.
(and I thought I was cynical)
�43
![Page 44: CES 2014 - Over/Underwhelming](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022060108/554d214bb4c905ca208b4bc1/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
THE END
�44