Here are the highlights:
NVidia had one of the most impressive 3D displays at CES. The necessary glasses, although cumbersome and stupid, will be perfectly acceptable for gamers so 3D gaming is probably what will drive this category no matter what anybody tells you. Pretty impressive.
Asus now has a fantastic array of cute, small, practical, cheap, and robust netbooks and netbook-like products. The one pictured here boasts an awesome 14 hour battery life, enough to fly from Las Vegas to Taipei. Road warriors rejoice!
Check out this awesome super small video camera from AEE. You can record while mobile, then connect via USB and upload your videos. Pretty cool.
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, Panasonic is making serious inroads in residential power storage, the last link in the chain for personal energy independence in the home. With one of these lithium-ion [or the alternative Fuel-Cell model!!] storage units, you can store juice from your solar cells during the day, and then party all night. We are really close to making this stuff functional, at least in areas where there is a lot of sun. Now it just has to get cheaper.
You are looking at the future of trade shows IMHO. This is the Photosimlie 360-degree light box from Ortery. With one of these rotating photo booths, you can scan most any object and show it online in immersive 3D. Now, given the horrible costs of trade shows, terrorism making travel dangerous and expensive, and the emergence of ubiquitous 3D viewing technology shown at the show this year, I predict it won't be long before we are working, collaborating, and even shopping more than ever before without leaving home. What a wonderful future that will be!
Now for some more...uh...interesting stuff:
Look closely. Click on the picture to enlarge it, and zoom way in. This is the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricoptor. This is a fully independent hovercraft being demoed. It worked great. It could hover near silently at most any height. Great for tracking those pesky terrorists, or tailing that unfaithful spouse. Little details like price, availability, and necessary security clearances were unavailable at press time.
One of the most popular items at the show were new WII peripherals, like this sub-machine gun shown here. Lots of fun, and practical too!
And last but not least...this guy. The company's product is actually very cool. It allows you to wage SMS marketing campaigns, which will probably be the bane of our existence in the coming years. But the maskot....ugh.
That's it...on to Day Three...
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