CES, or the Consumer Electronics Show, is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It is an annual event, which usually takes place in January and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The conference attracts around 180 thousand participants coming from over 150 countries. More than 4500 companies, from a wide range of industries, such as manufacturers, developers, hardware specialists and others, were showcased in this event. Some of the innovations presented at the show are still in use today – like the gaming console Xbox, OLED TV, Tablets, Wearable Technologies and many more. This year’s edition of the event took place between Jan. 8th and Jan. 11th, 2019.
One of the highlights of the event was LG’s newest innovation, R9 Rollable 4K OLED TV. As futuristic as this sound, we have finally come to the point in our technologically advanced world, when we have a screen that rolls away into a metallic box when it is not in use. Continuing with the foldable phones trend, a Chinese company by the name of Royole introduced a full-fledged bendable smartphone that could be folded into a double-sided mobile (with a starting price of $1318). While on telecommunications wave, we should definitely mention the flagship models showcased by Huawei and LG – namely the Mate 20 Pro and the V40 ThinQ.
CES prides itself in presenting avangard inventions, which push human imagination forward. The tech giant Samsung displayed a set of robots that can perform a variety of tasks, such as keeping track of your sleeping patterns, helping you improve the quality of your sleep, as well one that can help direct the customers to products that they are looking for. Following suit is a company called Misty Robotics which introduced the Misty II – a petite robot that is built for developers to help commercialize the robot in coming days. Let us not forget UBTech’s walker robot – a functional robot which has the ability to hang up bags, retrieve soda and cans of chips, play music and even dancing.
Last but not least is the 5G. What we currently know about 5G is that it is capable of speeds that are 1,000 times that of 4G LTE meaning 4K streaming would load instantly on such a network. Qualcomm, the prominent chip manufacturer, recently announced its 5G-ready Snapdragon 855 processor.
At the end of the day, CES carries an important mission. It provides a platform to innovators to test their potential and push the boundaries of what is deemed possible even further. The event also allows us to take a glimpse of what our future may look like and the products that will be in it. Not only are these innovations probable to come into existence, some of them are definitely a futuristic option for the consumers that will help make their life a tad bit easier. As for now, we aspire to see even more and bolder innovations in the upcoming CES editions.
Reporter: Yousef Alabed