Went to CES 2013. Awesome show. Saw tons of neat gadgets, met friends & networked, ate way too much good food, picked up swag like nobody's business, and walked my legs off.
Some highlights: The Gibson tent was a hoot. Play guitar? Walk in, pick up an instrument and play as long as you like with nobody to bother you. I played guitars way more expensive than I can afford. Also met Felicia Day and got photos. Super cool.
Medical & Fitness tech is going on the consumer market, whether it's pulse rate while exercising, blood oxygen monitoring, pace & pedometer through bluetooth or listening to music and monitoring your vitals while swimming. We saw earbuds that monitored your pulse and blood oxygen, which is an excellent idea since you're likely wearing earbuds anyway while working out.
3D printing is going to change the world. This tech is still in infancy, but there are more and more companies doing it, and it's exciting as heck. For less than a PC cost just a few years ago, you can get a 3D printer that will print a part 6"x6"x11" out of cheap plastic wire like you load into your weed-eater. Think cheap plastic stuff is good now? Wait until all the innovators in the world can just wack out a model of anything they can think of.
Camera drones for the masses. For $300 you can get a stabilized helicopter drone with gps and a camera. What's not to love? At the show they demo these things by having 4 or 8 of them dance in the air to music, but the real demo is that they're stable, predictable and programmable. Awesome.
The really cool thing about CES is that each year we see incremental improvement in all the already existing products. TVs went from 320 scan lines to 525 to 720 to 1090 to 4096 and now, in the 8K TVs there are 8192 scan lines. It's magnificent. And the OLED televisions have such stunning contrast it's like you're looking at the real world. I don't even watch TV, and I'm impressed.
Another great show, bigger than ever. My only complaint: Not enough chairs. There need to be places for the show participants to sit down. It's so tiring, and you see people sitting on the floor everywhere just taking a break.
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