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One of the biggest tech exhibitions is officially kicking off tomorrow 7 January 2020. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has expanded from having 250 exhibitors and only 17,500 curious attendees in 1967 to more than 4,400 exhibitors and more than 170,000 attendees from more than 160 countries in 2020.
You will already see some coverage from CES today. Press conferences and media previews already started yesterday (Sunday, 5 January) and will continue today, with the event officially starting tomorrow morning (Tuesday, 7 January).
What to Expect
There is an enormous list of categories at CES and with 4,400 exhibitors, writing articles of each product showcased is infeasible. I’ll be writing about the stories that are closest related to the wider consumer market and throw in a couple of interesting picks.
Topics
CES has a wide range of topics for 2020 which include Smart Cities, Home Entertainment, 5G, Accessibility and Digital Health.
Topics related to gaming includes Gaming in general, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.
On the more extreme side are Drones and Robotics.
The Startup section is a great place for new entrepreneurs to show off their new products to attract investors.
Apple
After a 28-year absence, Apple is back at CES with Jane Horvath who is Apple’s senior director of global privacy and she will be a panellist tomorrow at 1PM PST (GMT-8).
Apple partners will evidently demo their Siri-enabled products designed for the home.
Image: Jeandré Badenhorst/techTography
Travel and Tourism
This year, Delta Airlines’s CEO will be making history as Delta Airlines will be the first airline ever to present a keynote and have a considerable presence in the exhibition showroom.
Image: Miguel Angel Sanz
Robot Cat Waiter
Ever wanted a cat to take your order, bring your food and meow at you while doing so? It’s possible.
BellaBot, a four tray restaurant food delivery robot. Image: Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
Transportation
Fisker, an American carmaker will be showing off their Ocean SUV, which allegedly has optional solar panels to add a few extra kilometres.
Santa’s new Sleigh??❄️ Fisker Ocean generating sun power in the winter! #fisker #ocean #solarroof #sun #power #electriccar #evs #electricvehicle #cars #innovation #design #slay pic.twitter.com/4EN3T6csbl
— Fisker Inc. (@FiskerInc) December 18, 2019
Toilet Tech
Your toilet is getting smarter too at #CES2020 pic.twitter.com/4mc9wFzcLW
— Evan Kirstel #CES2020 (@evankirstel) January 6, 2020
Eye Tech
A computer inside your contact lens allows you to record videos, surf the web, facial and object recognition, and take photos #CES2020 pic.twitter.com/nAlYgxEyZl
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) January 3, 2020
Excitement for CES 2020
iJustine, one of our favourite tech vloggers, getting her gear ready for CES 2020.
I’ve been packing for #CES since 10am. Almost done ? pic.twitter.com/OyG8jgJW6I
— iJustine (@ijustine) January 6, 2020
Closing
Don’t go too far. techTography will have regular short updates on CES as the week progress.