Consumer electronics is a global industry, and the show represents a fusion between consumer technology and the next wave of innovations.
Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), more than 2,000 of its corporate members take part in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products.
All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services.
More than 3,000 exhibitors attended the show, and although there were many mainstream conventional devices, there were also a few offbeat gadgets displayed at the Las Vegas show earlier this month.
Consider the Solowheel, pictured above. This motorized, seatless unicycle has no frame or saddle. The rider is kept upright with footboards that fold out from the wheel, a gyroscope that maintains orientation and sincere prayer.
Motion on the Solowheel is achieved when the rider stands on the footboards and straddles the wheel as if it were a saddle. A speed of 10 mph is achieved via the wheel’s battery-powered electric motor.
The Solowheel weighs in at 26 pounds because of its rechargeable battery, which gives it has a 15- to 20-mile range. Although more compact, it weighs about the same as a folding bike.
Ultimately, one could consider it a sort of Segway with one wheel.
Shane Chen invented the Solowheel, which is sold by Inventist LLC for $1,800.
The Haier Brain Wave TV Headset can be used to control a TV. The wireless, mind-reading headset has one sensing pad that is held to the user’s forehead and another that clips onto an earlobe.
Although innovative, this gadget has been criticized for its limitations in the mind-reading category. It actually measures only brain waves.
The set is limited, as it can only be used to sense if the user desires up or down movements. The remote is required for any other direction.
Haier claims it is developing a prototype that will allow the user to change channels by merely thinking about it.
Currently, this headset is selling in China, but the company does not expect to market it in the United States.
Expected to go on sale in April, foam fighters represent a growing trend of toy companies linking their products with smart phone and tablet games, creating an amusing blend of the virtual and the real world (and money for all).
Made of two sheets of thin foam, Foam Fighters are painted and shaped like famous World War II fighter planes.
For a pack of two with a stand at $10, the user can experience hours of delight tossing them in the air and flying them like paper airplanes.
When the user gets tired of doing that, he or she can attach them to a plastic arm with a suction cup that, in turn, sticks to the back of an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, right next to the camera.
Foam fighters appear across the screen, and with the help of a free downloaded app, the fighter planes can appear to be zooming across the skies, controlled by the movement of the phone or tablet.
Clever and innovative, these products have their place at the Consumer Electronics Show as prototypes that break barriers and continue to push the envelope of man’s never-ending need to explore, redefine boundaries and create.
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