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CES (; formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester,
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, United States, the event typically hosts presentations of new products and technologies in the
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industry.


History

The first CES was held in June 1967 in
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. It was a spinoff from the Chicago Music Show, which, until then, had served as the main event for exhibiting consumer electronics. The event had 17,500 attenders and over 100 exhibitors; the kickoff speaker was
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chairman
Bob Galvin Robert William "Bob" Galvin (October 9, 1922 – October 11, 2011) was an American executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986. Motorola career Born in Marshfield, Wiscon ...
. From 1978 to 1994, CES was held twice each year: once in January in Las Vegas known for ''Winter Consumer Electronics Show (WCES)'' and once in June in
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, known as ''Summer Consumer Electronics Show (SCES)''. The winter show was successfully held in Las Vegas in 1995 as planned. However, since the summer Chicago shows were beginning to lose popularity, the organizers decided to experiment by having the show travel around to different cities starting in 1995 with a planned show in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. However, the inaugural E3 gaming show was scheduled to be held on the West Coast in May and proved a source of increasing competition, causing the Philadelphia Summer CES show to be cancelled. The 1996 Winter show was again held in Las Vegas in January, followed by a Summer show this time in Orlando, Florida, however only a fraction of the traditional exhibitors participated. The next "Summer" show was scheduled to be held in conjunction with Spring COMDEX in
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, however when only two dozen-or-so exhibitors signed on, the CES portion of the show was cancelled. In 1998, the show changed to a once-a-year format with Las Vegas as the location. In Las Vegas, the show is one of the largest (the other being CONEXPO-CON/AGG), taking up to 18 days to set up, run and break down.


Show highlights


1960s


1967

The first CES was held in New York City from June 24 to 28, 1967. The 200 exhibitors attracted 17,500 attendees to the Hilton and Americana hotels over those four days. On view: the latest pocket radios and TVs with
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s.


1970s


1970

Philips unveiled the first-ever home VCR, the N1500 videocassette recorder. Until that point, VCRs cost upward of $50,000 and were used mainly by TV stations, but the Philips model with a built-in tuner was just $900.


1976

Winter CES held January 7–9 in Chicago, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Per the show guide, it included video (with television receivers and video systems panels), audio (including CB radio, radio, audio compacts, audio components, and tape equipment panels), and calculator and watch areas, considered separate component conferences. Speakers included the FTC's Joan Bernstein on "The Warranty Law -- Its Status and Impact," and the FCC's Richard M. Smith on "Regulating Citizens' Band Radios." Summer CES held June 13–16 also in Chicago, at McCormick Place.


1977

The
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was shown publicly for the first time at the 1977 CES.


1979

Winter CES held January in Las Vegas. Atari 400 and 800 computers introduced. Bill Gates appeared at CES for the first time, introducing the first BASIC compiler for the
Apple II The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-m ...
.
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showed off the TI-99/4. Summer CES held June 3–6 in Chicago, at McCormick Place. Features (per the show guide) included personal communications, retail advertising, promotion and store layout, exports, video, audio, auto sound/telephone sales, and a large series of retail sales and sales management breakouts.


1980s


1981

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and
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introduced the CD player which was developed together.


1982

Summer CES June 6 at
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saw the first appearance of Commodore 64 and General Consumer Electronics' (GCE) Vectrex.


1984

The Amiga was first shown publicly at the CES this year. In addition, Japanese jazz fusion artist, Ryo Kawasaki, performed with the Commodore 64 at the Summer CES (June 3–June 6 at Chicago) as a demo for the '' Kawasaki Synthesizer''.


1985

At Summer CES. Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the American version of its Famicom, with a new case redesigned by Lance Barr and featuring a " zero insertion force" cartridge slot.


1988

The game Tetris was first shown publicly in the U.S. at the CES this year.


1990s


1990

The game John Madden Football was unveiled at the 1991 CES.


1991

In Summer CES, Sony revealed a Super Famicom with a built-in CD-ROM drive, that incorporated Green Book technology or CD-i, called "Play Station" (also known as SNES-CD). However, a day after the announcement at CES, Nintendo announced that it would be breaking its partnership with Sony, opting to go with
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instead while using the same technology. Winter CES saw unveiling of Game Gear. Games for NEC's TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis, and SNK's Neo-Geo took center stage


1992

In the summer CES held in Chicago and dominated by video game products, Apple Inc. unveiled off its
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. First recorders introduced for the two rival digital systems targeted as replacements for the
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Compact Cassette analog audio tape system: MiniDisc created by Sony and Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), created by Philips and Matsushita.


1993

In a one-time experiment, the Summer CES 1993 was open to the general public. Major announcements during this edition were: * Capcom unveils '' Mega Man X'' for the first time in North America. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer was announced. The MiniDisc was announced as well.


1994

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, displayed prototype AT&T 3DO units at the Winter CES.


1998

The show is dominated by players for the burgeoning DVD format, with a variety of features and price points; the DIVX format is also showcased, but gets relatively little attention, and no companies have DIVX players to show.


2000s


2001

Microsoft officially unveiled the final design of its Xbox console. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates showed the finished design of the Xbox console and controller. The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) announced expansion of Charge Up to Recycle! program to include all consumer rechargeable batteries, adding
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(Ni-MH),
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(Li-Ion), and Small VRLA (SSLA/Pb).


2002

Microsoft demonstrated a preview version of Windows XP Media Center Edition at CES 2002.


2003

The Memory Stick PRO was introduced as a joint effort between Sony and SanDisk,. Adobe announced
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to import, organize and edit digital photos, and allows quick and easy searching and sharing of entire photo collections. Pentax announced the OptioS digital camera. Sony launched its first DVD Handycam
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s. Olympus announced weather proof metal body Olympus mju U10D, S300D, u300D and 400 Digital cameras


2004

The first handheld video players based on Microsoft's Portable Media Player (PMC) were introduced. The media saw this as a challenge against Apple's iPod line, which by that time did not have a portable video player.
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planned to be the first to introduce a player based on PMC. Digital video recorders (DVC) were highly prolific during the show of 2004, as well as the
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interface. The Blu-ray Group held at the PRIL April 2004 CES the first US press conference to promote the
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format.


2005

The 2005 CES was from January 6 to 9, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event started off with a twist when the main keynote address by
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chairman
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went wrong, as his demonstration of the
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resulted in an out of memory error, much to the amusement of the onlookers.
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showed off a plasma television. Zimiti Ltd (renamed Boardbug Ltd in 2007) won the "Best of Innovators" award for Personal Electronics. It is the only British company to have won this award.


2006

The 2006 exhibition took place on January 5–8, 2006, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Convention Center, the Alexis Park hotel and the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.
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was a central theme in the Bill Gates keynote as well as many of the other manufacturer's speeches. The standards competition between HD DVD and
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Disc was conspicuous, with some of the first HD movie releases and first HD players being announced at the show.
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showed a rollable display prototype whose screen can retain an image for several months. Hillcrest Labs won the "Best Of Innovations" award in the video accessories category for software and hardware that allows a television to be controlled with natural gestures. Attendance was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million net square feet of space, making it the largest electronics event in the United States.


2007

In a break from recent tradition, the 2007 CES exhibition did not begin on a Thursday, nor span a weekend. It ran from Monday to Thursday on January 8–11, 2007. The venues also changed slightly, with the high-performance audio and home theater expo moving from the Alexis Park venue to The Venetian. The remaining venues were the same as previous years: the Las Vegas Convention Center was the center of events, with the adjacent Las Vegas Hilton, and the Sands Expo and Convention Center hosting satellite exhibitions. The location for the main keynotes was the other major change for 2007. Previously held at the Las Vegas Hilton's Main Theater, they staged for the first time at The Palazzo Ballroom in The Venetian. Bill Gates gave his ninth pre-show keynote address on the Sunday evening. The opening keynote was presented by Gary Shapiro (President/CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, which hosts the event), with Ed Zander, Chairman/CEO of
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. Other keynote speakers scheduled included
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from
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, Michael Dell, founder of
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Inc., and Leslie Moonves of CBS. Finally, Industry Insider presentations moved to the Las Vegas Hilton, with contributions from
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, CEO of
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and John Chambers, CEO of
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. In the gaming section for Windows Vista and DirectX 10, there were two games shown: ''
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'' and '' Crysis''.


2008

The 2008 exhibition was from January 7 to 10, 2008, in Las Vegas with 141,150 attendees. Bill Gates gave the keynote speech, in which he formally announced his retirement from his day-to-day duties at Microsoft. Along with the announcement, he presented a lengthy comedy skit on what his last day with Microsoft would be like, complete with cameos from celebrities including Jay-Z,
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,
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,
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and many others. Panasonic attracted much attention by releasing a 150" Plasma TV, as well as a 50" TV as thin as 0.46 in. (11.6 mm).


2009

The 2009 exhibition, held January 7–10, 2009, returned to the previous Thursday–Sunday schedule, and attracted 113,085 attendees. Among more than 2,700 exhibiting companies were approximately 300 first-time exhibitors. Several highlights include organic light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions, the
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,
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MindFlex Game, pico projectors, the Marvell SheevaPlug plug computer, and 3D projectors. The Minoru 3D Webcam, a USB webcam that is billed as the world's first stereoscopic 3D consumer stereo
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won the "Fans Favorite" award. Dell introduced its Dell Adamo subnotebook. The game show ''
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'' filmed one episode from the celebrity series and the 2009 Tournament of Champions on a new set at the Sony booth. The set was moved to their main studio at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, starting with the show's 26th season through the 29th season. CES 2009 suffered 22 percent or more attendance drop, which was attributed to the global financial crisis.


2010s


2010

The 2010 exhibition was held January 7–10, 2010, and attracted more than 120,000 attendees. Highlights include the Intel Infoscape, which is run on the Intel Core i7 processor. One computer ran two screens, displaying 576 cubes hooked up to 20,000 info sources, including 20 live video feeds. Visitors would touch one of the cubes, and an infobox displaying that content would come forward. One journalist explained, "The graphics on the giant screens were a tons of fun to move around with their uncanny quickness and smooth motion, and the whole thing felt super responsive, Giving us a peek into the future, it seemed a lot like that computer screen in the movie Minority Report. It was the most spectacular demo we saw at CES 2010." Equally impressive, Parrot presented the 1st prototype of Parrot AR.Drone, a remote-controlled flying toy which streams video via WiFi to an iPhone. Sustainable Planet grew by 40% in 2010.


2011

The 2011 exhibition was held from January 6 to 9, 2011. CESWEB is reporting that their pre-audit numbers show an attendance of 128,949. Many tablets were introduced in 2011's show, such as the
Motorola Xoom The Motorola Xoom is an Android-based tablet computer by Motorola, introduced at CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was the first tablet to be sold with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The Verizon branded Xoom was the first tablet to run Android 3.1. The ...
tablet, winning Best of Show, which runs Android Honeycomb. Many 4G phones were also unveiled at the show, including the LG Revolution,
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, HTC Thunderbolt, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Motorola CLIQ 2, Motorola Droid Bionic, and
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. In a push towards mobile devices,
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demonstrated an early version of the next release of the Windows operating system, running on ARM-based devices. 3D TVs were introduced by many giants, such as Mitsubishi's 92-inch model of its 2011 lineup of theater-sized 3D Home Cinema TVs. Toshiba also unveiled its Glasses Free 4K 3D TV prototype. Samsung announced the Plasma 3D HD TV series named D8000 and LG introduced the LED 3D TV of its Infinia Nano series. 3net, a 3DTV channel co-owned by
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,
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, and
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, was previewed.


2012

The 2012 exhibition was held from January 8 to 13, 2012. Microsoft released an official statement saying that CES 2012 will be Microsoft’s last appearance at the event. The show organizers claimed that 153,000 people attended the 2012 show, a 2% increase from the previous year and a new all-time attendance record. Intel was caught falsifying a demo of their new Ivy Bridge processors. AMD demonstrated their new
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APUs. AMTC was demonstrating this ‘Tier-2’ CE products (‘middleware’) featuring the
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platform. Inview claimed that its low processing and memory footprint means connected TV capabilities are available at low-cost, as the software is provided royalty free. Parrot presented the "world's most advanced headphones" the Parrot ZIK By Starck. This was also the first year in which the Photo Marketing Association held its annual trade show in conjunction with CES, with the PMA show branded as PMA@CES.


2013

The 2013 International CES, instead of starting on Thursday went from Tuesday to Friday, January 8–11, 2013, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Over 3,000 exhibitors showcased a wide range of innovative products this year. CES 2013 was known for what was billed as an insane opening by Qualcomm. This year the categories include 3D, Accessories, Audio, Automotive Electronics, Embedded Technology, Lifestyle Electronics, Wireless & Wireless Devices to name a few. 2013 International CES however was not necessarily being noted for announcing the newest products, but getting a lot of press for the fundamental changes about to hit the digital world; such as motion detection sensors, the driverless cars and digital home safety and technology. Major announcements during this edition were: * Samsung unveils multi-view TVs and Flexible OLED Display Youm * Sony announced Sony Xperia Z smartphone, and Samsung Announced
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plus smartphone. * Sony announce
TRILUMINOS
quantum dot display technology. * Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 600 & 800 processors that can bring 4K recording capability in Mobile Phones * Intel reveals ATOM processor for embedded markets as well as Bay Trail * Panasonic announces a wide range of smart TVs. The Panasonic's Smart Viera HDTVs lineup includes 16 plasmas and 16 LEDs. * Razer announces Razer Edge tablet PC * Nvidia announces Android handheld Project Shield * Research In Motion shows off Blackberry 10 touch screen phone


2014

The 2014 International CES was held during the week from January 7 to 10, 2014, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The first Li-Fi
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prototype was presented at the show. The smartphone uses SunPartner's Wysips CONNECT, a technique that converts light waves into usable energy, making the phone capable of receiving and decoding signals without drawing on its battery. The phone also has a transparent photovoltaic screen that lets light recharge the phone. LG debuted its webOS on smartTVs and new 77-inch curved OLED Ultra HD TV. Samsung unveiled its curved TVs with two series of concave TVs. ProtectCELL showcased its comprehensive mobile protection plans for all major devices, including the iPhone 5S and 5C, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 and Galaxy S4. With demonstrations such as blending a Blackberry, ProtectCELL proves they will cover all damages. The AMD presentation mentioned (among others) – the Kaveri CPU of the Steamroller architecture, Heterogenous System Architecture (HSA) lineup and the intention to build upon that, immersive experience,
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and
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. In the Intel keynote presentation, its CEO talked about three areas in which technology can improve: living, working, and playing. He also presented
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, a SoC of the SD card format. Pebble announced the Pebble Steel
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, which has a thin body, tactile metal buttons, and Corning Gorilla Glass. Laser diodes were unveiled at the show that are going to be used for high-beam headlights in
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vehicles. The high beams will be lasers, though the low beams will be
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s. The car maker says that their high beams have a 500-meter range, which is roughly twice the distance of LED high beams. Lasers are expensive though. Lasers are smaller, brighter and more energy efficient than LED headlamps. Their laser headlamps use less than half the energy of LEDs. Laser diodes can emit 170 lumens per watt, while LEDs generate only 100 lumens. Lasers are sensitive to heat but that has not stopped their production for vehicles. Laser technology is not as advanced compared with LEDs, which have been around for decades.


2015

The 2015 International CES was held during the week January 6–9, 2015, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The 2015 CES was reportedly the largest in its history, with 3,600 exhibitors and 170,000 professional/industry attendees.


2016

The 2016 CES was held January 6–9, 2016, in Las Vegas and 3,600 companies attended; the CES 2016 venues of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino and the Sands Expo & Convention Center had over 2.4 million square feet utilized for the event. The 2016 event had notably more security with full bag searches and police officers in armored gear and explosives detection dogs. In 2016, there were only 22 CES Innovation Awards Honorees in the Tech for a Better World category. These included Advanced Ordnance Teaching, Clinical Bidet, Ossia’s Cota Wireless Power Technology, eFit, eGeeTouch Smart Fingerprint-NFC Luggage Lock, Eye Tribe Tracker Pro, homnistat, Hydrao, Jacoti Hearing Suite, K-1 Assistive Device, Luminon, MATRIX, Netatmo Presence, Noke U Locke, Owlet Baby Monitor, PanaCast 2, RemoPill, SCiO, Smart Air Purifier, The New Kano, Whirlpool Smart Top Load, and ZPower. One of the most anticipated technologies at 2016 CES was experiencing consumer device charging without wires—or "wireless power" --, as shown by companies like Energous, Ossia, and WiTricity.


2017

CES 2017 was held January 5–8, 2017, in Las Vegas. Even with tight security at the show, two prototype Razer triple-screen gaming laptops were stolen during the show. Min-Liang Tan, co-founder and chief executive officer of Razer, said that the company is treating the case as "industrial espionage". A Razer spokesperson said they were offering $25,000 for any "original information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction" of anyone who was involved with the crime.


2018

CES 2018 was held January 9–12, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Many companies such as
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had a presence at the event. The newest model of Sony's Aibo companion robot was featured here, and was noticed as one of the standout items of 2018. In this year, there were 31 CES Innovation Award categories. CES Best of Innovation Award Honorees included Siren Diabetic Socks, 2018 Nissan Leaf, Samsung's first consumer Micro LED TV, Wi-Charge's Long-Range Wireless Power Technology, Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick, 3D Touch Surface Display by Continental Automotive Systems, Aipoly Autonomous Store Platform, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, Amaryllo's AR4, A.I. security camera, IRIVER media player, Bang & Olufsen's BeoSound Shape, BUDDY robot by Blue Frog Robotics, HP's 3D Camera, Dell Ocean-Bound Plastics Packaging Program, ElliQ by Intuition Robotics, Ethereal Halo by Ethereal Machines, InstruMMents 01 world’s first Dimensioning Instrument, Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key, Lancey smart space heater, LG 4K UHD Projector, Light L16 multi-aperture camera, Looxid VR, MARS smart TWS earbuds, Sproutel's social robot, Nura headphones, 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro True Wireless In-Ear Headphones, NUVIZ Head-Up Display for motorcyclists, Samsung Family Hub 3.0 Refrigerator, Trident 3 Arctic gaming console, Dynamic's WalletCard, WHILL Model Ci and Willow Wearable Breast Pump. In a way of celebrating CES 2018, a Las Vegas strip club even decided to introduce the public to their creations, which were the world’s first ever robot strippers.


2019

CES 2019 was held on January 8–11, 2019 in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada with 182K+ total attendants and 4.4K+ companies exhibited. John Deere had a presence at the event while
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debuted the second-generation CLA Class at the show. Hikvision and
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, two companies later sanctioned by the U.S. government for allegedly enabling human rights abuses in
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with their technology, were also present. * News Conference (Media Only) — January 6–9 * Keynotes & Conference Program at Tech East, Tech West and Tech South — January 7–11 * Exhibitors at Tech East and Tech West — January 8–11 * C Space Conference Program & Exhibits at ARLA — January 7–10 Honda introduced the Autonomous Work Vehicle and P.A.T.H. (Predicting Action of The Human) Bot at the show. Russia's search giant Yandex announced that they had been offering free driverless rides as a demo of their autonomous Yandex taxi service. There are 30 CES Innovation Award categories. CES Best of Innovation Honorees include the KitchenAid Cook Processor Connect,
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, Zumi RoboCar, Ring Spotlight Cam, Samsung 2019 Family Hub, and the 2018 Nissan Leaf for the second time in a row. Google had set up its Google Assistant-themed ride at their booth. Notoriously, CES received a large amount of negative press and backlash from feminists worldwide for its decision (later reversed) to revoke a CES Innovations Award for a female pleasure device presented to Lora DiCarlo, with CES stating the reasoning for the revocation was “products that are immoral, obscene, indecent, profane, or not in keeping with CTA’s image will be disqualified.". The award was later reinstated.


2020s


2020

The 53rd CES was held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 7 to 10, 2020. Apple Inc. attended its first CES since 1992. Automotive has become a major part of CES with focus on innovation in electric vehicles, infotainment, telematics, autonomous capabilities and ride sharing. Even major OEMs are now using CES to introduce new automotive technologies to the public the first time. Suppliers to the automotive industry involving electronics are increasingly present at the CES. At the CES 2020 it was particularly noticeable that a large number of vendors in autonomous (self driving) technology were present. Mercedes showcased their Vision AVTR concept car of the future inspired by the movie Avatar. Sony was possibly the biggest surprise at CES 2020 with their electric vehicle concept incorporating Sony technologies for sensors and infotainment. A range of the electric vehicles shown at CES 2020 are expected to enter production in the next 1–2 years from the established OEMs as well as startups such as Rivian, BYTON, Faraday Future and others.
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and Uber announced a joint-initiative at CES 2020 to develop a 100% electrically-powered flying taxi that will feature vertical take off/landing and a four-passenger capacity at 180 mph. The partnership marks the first for th
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initiative for aerial ridesharing. Consumer-focused internet security startup, Clario Tech Limited, launched at CES 2020, announcing their new cross-platform security application, while hosting booth #12055. Hydraloop won Best of the Best, Best Start Up and, Best Sustainable Product at the at CES 2020.


2021

CES 2021 was a full-digital event due to the
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. The show ran from January 11 to 14. CES management reviewed dozens of Video conferencing platforms to find one that would support tens of thousands of people and at the end chose to use  Microsoft Teams for the service. For exhibiting companies, the digital venue remained live for 30 days until February 15. On January 12, 2021, Billie Eilish gave a live digital performance. Ryan Seacrest held a session discussing digital performances and spoke to Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa.


2022

The show ran from January 5 to 7. Although the show was originally scheduled to run until January 8, the Consumer Technology Association decided to close the show one day early citing public health concerns after many companies pulled out of the in-person event. Due to increased COVID-19 Omicron variant infections, many companies such as
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, T-Mobile,
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, and Meta switched to a virtual-only appearance. As of December 25, 2021, 42 exhibitors had canceled, which is approximately 7% of the total exhibit floor. Additionally, many major tech publications such as
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, TechCrunch, TechRadar and Tom's Guide as well as many tech YouTube channels only reported on the show remotely. General Motors CEO Barra said the company would participate in a digital only format, and that her keynote speech to debut the electric version of the
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would be delivered remotely. Samsung Electronics introduced Bespoke Home, a consumer-tailored home appliance. It also unveiled a micro-LED TV and
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panels. Benz announced the new electric concept car EQXX. Hyundai Motor Group unveiled a meta-mobility vision that combines robotics and metaverse. It also unveiled personal mobility, L7, Spot, and MobED. BMW unveiled an iX flow that uses electronic ink to change the color of the vehicle's exterior.
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a member of Vingroup from
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also introduced their electric sub VF 5, VF 6, VF 7, VF 8 and VF 9.


2023

Concept cars: * Peugeot Inception


CES Asia

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but has been cancelled indefinitely: * 2019: The CES Asia 2019 took place from 11 to 13 June 2019. * 2020: The CES Asia 2020 was originally scheduled for 10 to 12 June 2020, but was cancelled due to safety concerns caused by the coronavirus disease.


See also

*
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(Berlin, Germany) * CeBIT (Hannover, Germany) * CEATEC (Chiba, Japan) *
Computex COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show (), is a computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. Since the early 2000s, it is one of the largest computer and technology trade shows in the world. The last COMPUTEX was ...
(Taipei, Taiwan) * Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) *
GITEX GITEX GLOBAL (abb. of Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is a global tech show, organised by, and taking place at, the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United Arab Emirates. The 42nd edition in October 2022 hosted more than 5,000 companies an ...
(Dubai, UAE) * LA Auto Show


References


External links


CES official website

CES Asia official website

6 things in CES 2020 that will dominate this year's show
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