After all the CES product blitzes are done, the multimillion dollar booths are packed up and the PR buzz has utterly spent itself, the real trends become a lot more clear. Following CES 2019, some big tectonic plates are shifting. A few started moving in years past, others are more fresh. But four trends stood out above all the others.Most people have been talking about these trends in terms of products, acronyms, and jargon, but we're going to talk about them in terms of their actual human impact. We're going to de-jargonize and demystify them. So, let's get started.1. Tech that adapts to you By far, the most-used tech term at CES 2019 was AI. The problem is that when most people hear "artificial intelligence," they still think of human-like machines that could one day eliminate humanity, like in "The Terminator." While there were a few robots at CES 2019, most of them were barely functional and entirely harmless. The AI that took center stage at CES was something very different."AI … [Read more...] about CES 2019: The 4 biggest trends, demystified
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Blood pressure watches, sleep tech and more: CES 2019 was all about health
With its abundance of companies promising to help you stay fit, eat healthier or measure your [insert whatever biometric reading here] more accurately, this year's CES evolved to be more like a MedTech conference instead. And while health, wellness and medicine have always been tied to technology, their steady influence on consumer products and portable devices such as phones and wearables is only growing. More and more, consumers are getting access to gear that can handle serious diagnostics of the sort that were previously only available to healthcare professionals. Now playing: Watch this: CES 2019: What makes us say WTF 9:48 Compared to last year, there were 25 percent more health-related exhibitors in Las Vegas, and a 15 percent increase in the amount of floorspace dedicated to health tech, according to the Consumer Technology Association, the organization that presents the show. This shouldn't come as a surprise. There are an estimated 74 million Baby Boomers in the … [Read more...] about Blood pressure watches, sleep tech and more: CES 2019 was all about health
Blood pressure watches and DIY sonograms: CES 2019 was all about health
With its abundance of companies promising to help you stay fit, eat healthier or measure your [insert whatever biometric reading here] more accurately, this year's CES evolved to be more like a MedTech conference instead. And while health, wellness and medicine have always been tied to technology, their steady influence on consumer products and portable devices such as phones and wearables is only growing. More and more, consumers are getting access to gear that can handle serious diagnostics of the sort that were previously only available to healthcare professionals. Now playing: Watch this: CES 2019: What makes us say WTF 9:48 Compared to last year, there were 25 percent more health-related exhibitors in Las Vegas, and a 15 percent increase in the amount of floorspace dedicated to health tech, according to the Consumer Technology Association, the organization that presents the show. This shouldn't come as a surprise. There are an estimated 74 million Baby Boomers in the … [Read more...] about Blood pressure watches and DIY sonograms: CES 2019 was all about health