CES Decade in Review: VMI’s Best of the Best
A Deep Dive Into the Top Innovations, Brands, and Companies Catching Our Eye at Ces Each Year in Las Vegas.
10 years ago: 2,700 exhibitors, million+ sf of exhibit hall representing some $171B in future US revenues
By 2014, Microsoft, Google, and Apple invested $18.8B more each year in R&D that that of the 5 largest US Defense Companies
Last year, before COVID: 4,500 exhibitors, 175,000 visitors from 150+ Countries, 2.9m sf exhibit space and 1200 startups (VMI team hoofed 35-miles in 4 days)!!
CES 2022: VMI’s Best of the Best
- More than 2,300 exhibits
- Just over 40,000 attendees
- 30% of attendees traveled from outside the US
- Most impressive: S. Korean firms – making a huge splash!
- At Eureka Park: 800 startups
- 1,800 global media across 11 indoor and outdoor venues
- Our Biggen Wows were in AI, Autonomy, and Radars
CES 2020: VMI’s Best of the Best
- The Wall, by Samsung – Amazing 292-inch Micro-LED, AI driven TV!
- BLAISE “AI at the Edge” (100x more efficient than NVIDIA, cost & perf)
- IBM Food Trust Blockchain
- VUZIX Labs – Smart Swim/Run/Bike Goggles (watch Netflix or AR-Coach!)
- Hyperfine – Portable MRI Machine
- Robotic Exoskeletons by SARCO
CES 2017: VMI’s Best of the Best
- Quanergy Systems – transform global autonomous vehicle market with low cost, fast reliable solid state LiDAR (how vehicles see)
- Divergent 3D – Green automotive manufacturing processes (3D print a sport car that’s as fast as a McLaren) with little to no supply chain!
- MyDefense/Airbus XPeller Counter Drone System
CES 2011: VMI’s Best of the Best
- GM and China-based SAIC’s optionally manned vehicle
- Tesla’s wireless charging pad – 180 miles per charge
- Vuzix – see through Augmented Reality (AR) eyewear
- First signs of digitally enhanced fitness
- NVIDIA Xi3 modular computer leverages Cloud Computing
- Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (hybrid)
