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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 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 2019: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- Bell NEXUS UAM
- EINRIDE all electric driverless transport
- Butterfly IQ Personal Ultrasound Scan / Apple App
- Darwin AI for developing trustworthy AI (near impossible, is possible!)
CES 2018: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- Bell Air Taxi On-Demand Urban Air Mobility (Think Sky-Uber!)
- Big Screens Wars – Thinner and Bigger: Samsung and LG
- Partnerships: TUSIMPLE / Nvidia Autonomous for 18-wheeler transport
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 2016: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- Ossia’s Real Wireless Power
- NVIDIA’s Automotive Autonomy – Accelerating Deep Learning
- EHANG 184 – Personal Autonomous Aerial Vehicle from China
CES 2015: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- 3D Carbon-Fiber Printing by MarkForge
- World’s 1st Teraflops Mobile Processor: NVIDIA
- Kodak’s 360 degree HD Action video camera
- Microsoft HoloLens Augmented Reality (AR) announced
CES 2014: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- FLIR One mobile phone with Thermal Imaging with Lepton Core
- Google Glasses
- LiDAR standardization (how autonomous vehicles see)
- Phone Soap – Kills 99.9% surface germs via UV light
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring
CES 2013: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- Toyota/Lexus’s MMR for lane drift and collision avoidance
- Audi parking assist
- Mobile Processors – Qualcomm Snapdragon and NVIDIA Tegra 4
- 3D Additive Manufacturing by Cubify
CES 2012: VMI’s Best
of the Best
- Crowd Sourcing models for Netflix Movie Recommender System
- Qualcomm Tricorder X-prize for Healthcare-App-Med-Diagnostics
- Nest Thermostat
- Fit-Core; precursor to Fit-Bit
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)
CES 2010: VMI’s Best
of the Best
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iPhone Apps to control your Parrot AR Drone
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Media Extenders D-Link boxes that Stream Online Media
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Mobile Computing – E-readers, netbooks, tablet, stales and Smartphones
CES 2009: VMI’s Best
of the Best
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NVIDIA’s GeForce 3D video gaming system
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THX Roomcaster – home theatre converted into wireless sound system
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Wireless Inductive Charging Station by Convenient Power